#Joan jett costume movie#

' It was wonderful! I worked with all of my favorites: Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers and Ann Miller, just to name a few. I got to do fantastic things like hand-paint June Allyson's shoes at 2:00 am and wire beads into a tiara for Esther Williams for the 1986 ACADEMY AWARDS.' Click Here to view 1986 Academy Awards clip. I worked as Nolan's assistant and as his in-house model - Joan Collins DYNASTY costumes fit me perfectly. Also for many movies, specials and live shows. Nolan was designing costumes for DYNASTY, HOTEL, LOVE BOAT and other hit television shows. Through Helen, I met Emmy Award winning designer, Nolan Miller.

#Joan jett costume movie#

I went to work with Helen producing the show and modeling the movie costumes worn by Elizabeth Taylor and Cyd Charisse. She had written two books and was doing a fashion show with 30 of her most famous movie costumes. A few weeks later, Fate intervened and I met my favorite movie costume designer, two-time Oscar winner, Helen Rose. 'I left Oregon and arrived in Los Angeles the week before I turned 21. 'People ask me so often, how did you get from Seaside, Oregon to Hollywood, California? I had a lot of guts, a lot of determination and a lot of good luck.' My dream came true in the very best ways possible.' I dreamed of knowing and working with the legendary people from that Golden era. From the time I was a very small child, I was obsessed with old Hollywood.

My life has been an adventure echoing a movie plot in old Hollywood. 'I have been so lucky, so often, to be in the right place at the right time.