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Antonio Castillo
Born
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey

(1908-12-13)13 December 1908
Madrid, Spain
Died13 May 1984(1984-05-13) (aged 75)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Costume designer, fashion designer
Years active1936-1972

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey (13 December 1908 – 13 May 1984[1]), known professionally as Antonio Castillo, was a Spanish fashion and costume designer who won an Academy Award for the film Nicholas and Alexandra in the category Academy Award for Best Costume Design during the 1971 Academy Awards, that he won along with Yvonne Blake.[2]

Biography

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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey was born in 1908 in Madrid. He was educated in his home city at the Colegio del Pilar and the University of Madrid before studying in Granada at the El Sacro Monte.

In 1936 the Spanish Civil War started and Castillo went to Paris.[3] He spent some time as a diplomat until in 1949 he became a designer for Paquin and Robert Piguet. He also designed accessories for Coco Chanel.

Castillo, together with Pierre Balmain, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Christian Dior, were the new generation of Paris designers after World War 2. In 1945, Elizabeth Arden persuaded him to join her in New York. He produced collections based on natural shoulder lines and slim silhouettes, topped with small hats, until 1950. Castillo also worked as a costume designer for the New York Metropolitan Opera Company and for Broadway shows.[citation needed]

In 1950, Castillo was invited by Jeanne Lanvin's daughter to design for her mother's firm in Paris, with hopes of relaunching the firm's name. In 1950 he joined the fashion house of Lanvin. Lanvin had died in 1946 and the salon needed a new designer. From 1950 to 1962, the salon was known for elegant clothes, slender lines, long flowing skirts in rich fabrics, and elaborate embroideries. In 1962, Castillo left Lanvin and in 1964 opened his own business in Paris. He continued to design clothes for clients, the film and the stage.[4] His assistant at Lanvin for ten years until 1962 was Dominic Toubeix who went to New York and became a Coty Award winning designer there,[5] before returning to Paris in 1974 to present a couture collection in Castillo's name.[6][7]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ Antonio Castillo, creador de alta costura y 'oscar' de Hollywood
  2. ^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Fashion Drawing and Illustration in the 20th Century". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 February 2015. At Jeanne Paquin's death in 1936, the house passed into the hands of the Spanish couturier Antonio Canovas del Castillo.
  4. ^ Profile, fashionmodeldirectory.com; accessed 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ Morris, Bernadine (3 October 1966). "Coty Awards Given". Phoenix Arizona Republic. New York Times News Service. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ Morris, Bernadine (26 July 1974). "Courreges's Fun Belies Uncertainty of Couture". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  7. ^ Mont-Servan, Nathalie (20 July 1974). "L'hiver en haute couture : la " belle urbaine "". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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