William Ivey Long Costumes

William Ivey Long (b. 1947) is a leading costume designer for the stage, film, and television, whose creativity, artistry, and craftsmanship have earned him ovations throughout the theater community and beyond. A defining presence on Broadway, he has won six Tony Awards for costume design and a National Arts Award for Fashion. Ivey is unique in the history of costume design, operating at once in the atelier traditions of court costumers of Louis XIV and in the dazzling mode of contemporary Pari... [Read More]

From the Mr. Ivey-Long's website: William Ivey Long recently won his sixth Tony Award for his designs for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella which is running on Broadway along side Chicago, now in its 17th year! He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board for The American Theatre Wing. He has also designed for such artists as Mick Jagger, Siegfried and Roy, the Pointer Sisters, Joan Rivers, and for choreographers Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Peter Martins, David Parsons and Susan Stroman. ... [Read More]

The Designs of William Ivey Long by Bobbi Owen is the twelfth book in USITT s series documenting the creativity of America s most outstanding theatrical designers. The monograph chronicles William Ivey Long's career from its earliest days and contains a chronology of his nearly 350 production credits -- and his six Tony Awards. More than 100 illustrations are included, among them renderings of Long s exquisite costume designs and photographs from some of his award-winning productions. The append... [Read More]