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Some Gentlemen Didn’t Prefer Blondes
Travilla was one of the few, if not ONLY people to understand the blondes’ ambition.
The Grace Affect™
The Grace Affect™ is a new book by co-authors Patrick Hicks and Cynthia Richmond. If you resonate with the questions above we’d like to include your story in our book and help you inspire and lift the hearts and spirits of others.
A RODEO ROUNDUP OF STAR STYLE- TRAVILLA DESIGNS DALLAS
As a popular series, Dallas was a television phenomenon in the 1980’s. The dramatic lives of J.R. and Sue Ellen Ewing and their Texas oil clan were the talk of every town the day after airing.
MARILYN MONROE’S ITCH TO BE FAMOUS
As a young girl, Norman Jean Baker had little idea that she would actually one day grow up to become the likes of “Marilyn Monroe.”
Marilyn Monroe and Barry Goldwater
In the case of Marilyn Monroe, she depended upon her friend Billy for every item in her Hollywood costume arsenal. All of her famed 20th Century-Fox costumes, Travilla designed; including the “white” pleated halter dress she wore
100 Year Celebration coming in 2017
Litchfield Park has become known for its award winning special events, concerts, festivals, and celebrations that take place over the year. Of the more than twenty events annually the City has been honored for their 25th Anniversary of Incorporation event, Christmas in the Park,
A Turning Point
Because of the influence of WWII, Litchfield Park was changed from a small group of labor camps in the desert to a modern village whose inhabitants had most of the conveniences of a larger city.
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
For the films big fashion show scene, in keeping with designers like Christian Dior’s tradition to name each of his outfits, Travilla gave his costumes names that were all included in the films script: names such as; Rainbow Over the Everglades; Good Afternoon Sweetheart
Billy Travilla’s World
If Danielle Steel, the glamorous writer of hundreds of novels about fantasy lives,
Litchfield Park Cattle
The cattle were kept 100-200 per pen and there were so many pens if they were stretched end to end they would be six miles long. A railroad spur came right up to the pens for ease of delivery and pick up. Their automatic feed system could feed up to 600 cattle at one time.