Moss Mabry

Who was Moss Mabry?

Moss Mabry was a famed Costume designer who lived from. He started off designing costumes for his high school plays, but actually studied mechanical engineering at the University of Florida. He later went to Hollywood to attend art school, eventually signing a contract with Warner Bros.. Some of the films he worked on included Dial M for Murder and Them!, The Manchurian Candidate and Mutiny on the Bounty, The Silencers, Murderers' Row, The Detective, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Shootist and King Kong.

Mabry received four Academy Award nominations throughout his career: for Giant in 1956, What a Way to Go! in 1964, spy thriller Morituri in 1965 and The Way We Were in 1973 .

One of his most iconic designs was the red jacket sported by James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. Mabry declared that his most difficult filmic assignment was the multiple costume changes required for Elizabeth Taylor in "Giant", which called for 42 changes of clothing.