Bernard Newman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Newman (18 November 1903 – 30 November 1966) was head designer for Bergdorf Goodman and head costume designer for RKO Pictures. He designed costumes for some 35 movies, including costumes for Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Helen Broderick. He was posthumously included in the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame in 2004. Bernard Newman was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1903. He studied in Paris and at the Art Student's League. He started working at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury goods department store in Manhattan, as a window dresser. He later became the head designer for Bergdorf Goodman, and his clothes were worn by film stars like Kay Francis. Bernard Newman started working as costume designer in the film industry from 1933 on, working mainly for RKO Pictures for the next three years. Newman is best remembered for the costumes he designed for Ginger Rogers in movies like Top Hat and Swing Time. He made a blue dress with ostrich feathers, to Rogers's specification, which she wore in the Cheek to Cheek sequence and which gave her the nickname of Feathers. 15 of his costumes for the 1935 movie Roberta were reproduced and merchandised by the Modern Merchandising Bureau. Other films he worked on include Sylvia Scarlett with Katharine Hepburn and You Can't Take It with You.
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Costume & Make-UpBirthday
November 18, 1903Deathday
November 30, 1966Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
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Crew credits
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The Lady Consents
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In Person
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History Is Made at Night
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Walking on Air
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oKH3Vfx9cPmhD74iAaKLdGdk32w.jpg)
Tales of Manhattan
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qoPBiN6PBs2NsP7BNOJGCnmwruG.jpg)
Top Hat
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rCrLr32lMOeqKHrBuxAPYpDEDJX.jpg)
Theodora Goes Wild
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cECQGtw13ooPIuEpVWOUlUXaAnO.jpg)
Swing Time
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Star of Midnight
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1cptWzKLijmmFTZ4bh53rIsDOrU.jpg)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lhkDEnO3gZLDAdLihgMpcRn38G.jpg)
Vivacious Lady
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dvwmiD6qQ05gojrFQRaFbdhbNDF.jpg)
Dark Passage
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2LxPfJES8LGIX5DlIvu1HK9FsA9.jpg)
The Bride Walks Out
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You Can't Take It with You
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eIBGMcWiPkQR5s9blOnpj1Nc63k.jpg)
Two in the Dark
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/890xjbWFJYKhXYFZka6FDBf6Jz.jpg)
The Farmer in the Dell
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eDGhhNQMOMmINURJAn8aL3eELkX.jpg)
Battle of the V-1
Novel![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/i4apYC87andlqfn5IhbxZN3b8Up.jpg)
Roberta
Costume Design![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1Whyoac7ta8uwCuP4I28Cauox1p.jpg)
I Dream Too Much
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The Nitwits
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Break of Hearts
Costume Design