EDIE ADAMS - DRESS UNSIGNED - HFSID 282748

EDIE ADAMS
Floor length, black wool coat designed by James Galanos, obtained from the estate of the late Ernie Kovacs and his recently deceased widow, Edie Adams, who wore it.
Dress, unsigned. Floor length cat in napped black wool, circa 1975. Straight design with two seam pockets and four buttons secured by loops to the underside of the front panel. Contrasting black quilted material at cuffs extends up the underside of the arm, the same material used to bind the rounded neck and front edge. This dress, designed by James Galanos and bearing his label, was sold to Edie Adams by Amelia Gray, owner of a boutique on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. It was part of the Ernie Kovacs/Edie Adams estate. Singer and comedian EDIE ADAMS (1927-2008), born Elizabeth Edith Enke in Kingston, Pennsylvania, appeared on TV's popular Ernie Kovacs Show in the early 1950s, and married Kovacs in 1954 (the couple was married until his death in 1962). Known to television audiences for her commercials for Muriel Cigars, she also appeared in several feature films, including The Apartment (1960) and The Best Man (1964). Adams, who received a Tony Award as Daisy Mae in Li'l Abner (1955), portrayed Mae West in a TV biography of her late husband, Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984). James Galanos (b. 1925) was an award-winning fashion designer whose clients included First Lady Nancy Reagan. Galanos' "ready to wear" dresses started at $300 in the early 1960s. Fine condition.