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<blockquote data-quote="Grant Jennings" data-source="post: 268267" data-attributes="member: 746">I&#039;m not suggesting Travilla&#039;s designs were derivative of Nolan Miller. I&#039;m saying the decision to hire a costume designer was a response to Dynasty and the publicity it received because of Nolan Miller&#039;s designs. Aaron Spelling had a long working relationship with Nolan Miller. Spelling liked Old Hollywood glamor and he liked to cast actresses from that era on his shows. I&#039;m sure the fact that they would be dressed by Nolan Miller made offers to guest star on Spelling&#039;s shows more appealing. Lorimar didn&#039;t typically use costume designers on their shows; unless something specific was needed, actresses wore clothes that were purchased off the rack.When Lorimar hired Travilla it was heavily promoted. Shows like Entertainment Tonight interviewed Travilla, showed sketches of his designs and finished costumes and even had Susan Howard twirling around in a Travilla dress. These stories, both on television and in print, almost always included references to Dynasty and said that this was an attempt by the producers of Dallas to be just as glamorous. I find it interesting that Lorimar decided to have Travilla design for Knots Landing but not Falcon Crest, I wonder if Travilla was given a choice or if the actresses on Knots Landing lobbied more aggressively than those on Falcon Crest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grant Jennings, post: 268267, member: 746"] I'm not suggesting Travilla's designs were derivative of Nolan Miller. I'm saying the decision to hire a costume designer was a response to [I]Dynasty[/I] and the publicity it received because of Nolan Miller's designs. Aaron Spelling had a long working relationship with Nolan Miller. Spelling liked Old Hollywood glamor and he liked to cast actresses from that era on his shows. I'm sure the fact that they would be dressed by Nolan Miller made offers to guest star on Spelling's shows more appealing. Lorimar didn't typically use costume designers on their shows; unless something specific was needed, actresses wore clothes that were purchased off the rack. When Lorimar hired Travilla it was heavily promoted. Shows like [I]Entertainment Tonight[/I] interviewed Travilla, showed sketches of his designs and finished costumes and even had Susan Howard twirling around in a Travilla dress. These stories, both on television and in print, almost always included references to [I]Dynasty[/I] and said that this was an attempt by the producers of [I]Dallas [/I]to be just as glamorous. I find it interesting that Lorimar decided to have Travilla design for [I]Knots Landing[/I] but not [I]Falcon Crest[/I], I wonder if Travilla was given a choice or if the actresses on [I]Knots Landing[/I] lobbied more aggressively than those on[I] Falcon Crest[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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