Maurice_Levin_(fashion)

Maurice Levin

Maurice Levin

American fashion designer

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Maurice Levin (January 6, 1926 – August 30, 2007)[1][2] was an American fashion designer, working in both men's and women's fashion in the 1950s through 1970s. He worked as a designer for Jantzen, Alex Colman of California, American Cyanamid, and Catalina.[3]

About

Maurice Levin was born in 1926 in New York City, New York.[4] He graduated in Costume Design from Traphagen School of Fashion in 1949.[5] After graduation Levin moved to Los Angeles to attend University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) majoring in Social Science with curriculum in Apparel Design.[3] In the 1950s he worked for the Jantzen swimwear brand, and popularized the trend of the color pink worn on men.[3] He won two Caswell-Massey awards for design.[3]

His work is in various public museum collections including Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA),[4] among others. Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum's Special Collections has a Maurice Levin Archive.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Social Security Death Index: Maurice Levin". Fold3. Ancestry.com, Social Security Administration. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Maurice Levin obituary". Legacy.com. Los Angeles Times. September 2, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Intern Report: Maurice Levin Archive". FIDM Museum Blog. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  4. [4]
    "Maurice Levin". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. [5]
    "Traphagen Alumni, The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion". FIT Museum. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
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