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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Kinney" data-source="post: 268188" data-attributes="member: 3219">Lorimar hired Travilla for Dallas (61 episodes) and Knots Landing (60 episodes), both 1984-86! I didn&#039;t see any enlarged living rooms at the Seaview Circle...Travilla won an Emmy for Best Costume Design in September 1983 for The Thorn Birds . While people were talking more about Dynasty&#039;s shoulder-pad costumes Travilla was a natural choice for Lorimar to do something different. Travilla also won an Emmy for The Scarlett O&#039;Hara War (1980) where he dressed Morgan Brittany as Vivien Leigh. I think that could have been a stronger inspiration since Brittany&#039;s Katherine wore the most glamorous dresses. And his costumes for Victoria Principal, Linda Gray and Priscilla Presley actually bore more references to what he designed for Marilyn Monroe and her co-stars in How to Marry a Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and The Seven Year Itch.I really don&#039;t see the imitation of Dynasty. Dynasty&#039;s Nolan Miller had an own distinctive style as Travilla had too. When Lorimar hired him they had the extra money to spend on clothes for two of their highest-rated shows (and a few episodes for a third one, Berrenger&#039;s in 1985). Before that Lorimar spend more money on location shootings than Dynasty.[ATTACH=full]26712[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian Kinney, post: 268188, member: 3219"] Lorimar hired Travilla for [I]Dallas [/I](61 episodes) and [I]Knots Landing [/I](60 episodes), both 1984-86! I didn't see any enlarged living rooms at the Seaview Circle... Travilla won an Emmy for Best Costume Design in September 1983 for [I]The Thorn Birds[/I] . While people were talking more about [I]Dynasty[/I]'s shoulder-pad costumes Travilla was a natural choice for Lorimar to do something different. Travilla also won an Emmy for [I]The Scarlett O'Hara War[/I] (1980) where he dressed Morgan Brittany as Vivien Leigh. I think that could have been a stronger inspiration since Brittany's Katherine wore the most glamorous dresses. And his costumes for Victoria Principal, Linda Gray and Priscilla Presley actually bore more references to what he designed for Marilyn Monroe and her co-stars in [I]How to Marry a Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes[/I] and [I]The Seven Year Itch[/I]. I really don't see the imitation of [I]Dynasty[/I]. [I]Dynasty[/I]'s Nolan Miller had an own distinctive style as Travilla had too. When Lorimar hired him they had the extra money to spend on clothes for two of their highest-rated shows (and a few episodes for a third one, [I]Berrenger[/I]'s in 1985). Before that Lorimar spend more money on location shootings than [I]Dynasty[/I]. [ATTACH type="full"]26712[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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