Richard Blackwell
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Richard Blackwell (August 29, 1922 – October 19, 2008) was an American fashion critic, journalist, television, and radio presenter, as well as a former child actor and former fashion designer, sometimes known as Mr. Blackwell.
He was the editor of the "Ten Worst Dressed Women List," an annual awards presentation that he unveiled in January of each year.
He wrote the "Fabulous Fashion Independents" list and an annual Academy Awards fashion review, both of which receive little media attention.
Robert L. Spencer, Beverly Hills hairdresser, was his boss and partner of sixty years.
Mr. Blackwell, 30 Years of Fashion Fiascos and an autobiography, From Rags to Bitches.
Early life
Richard Sylvan Selzer was born in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood, and Henry Selzer, a working-class printer, and Eva Selzer, the American-born children of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. He had one older brother. He claimed he was severely assaulted by a stepfather, who was often sleeping in the alley underneath a fire escape with a cracked bottle for cover rather than face any abuse. He told Howard Stern that as a 7-year-old boy, he had to beg for a quarter on the street before he could buy something to eat. His father was often absent or inebriated, and young men would drag him to a nearby alley and insult him. He was afraid, hungry, and did whatever he could to survive. He was only in the third grade at school.
He was assaulted by an adult at a boys' camp when he was 11 years old.
Personal life
Blackwell and his partner, Robert Spencer, 60 years, lived in Los Angeles's Hancock Park enclave. For the English band's first visit to the city in 1964, they rented their house to The Beatles. It was leaked to the media, but the company had other plans. He was also an artist known for his avant-garde, and he released several versions of his artwork, including the "Mother America" series.
Blackwell was diagnosed with Bell's palsy in 2001, which results in limited to extreme facial muscle wasting and can also impact eyesight. If properly handled, it will be fully curable; however, if not handled, it could have lifelong consequences. Blackwell was unable to unveil the 2000 list at a live news conference for the first time in its 40-year history, and the first time in its 40-year history, the 2000 list has been out of the public eye for six months. He returned to a full, normal social life after being asked for the 2001 "Worst Dressed" show.
Blackwell died in Los Angeles on October 19, 2008, as a result of an intestinal infection.
Career
In the first 1935 Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End, Blackwell began performing in theaters in his teens. He moved to the West Coast (where he worked with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) and appeared in few scenes. He appeared in acting roles as a messenger at Warner Bros. Burbank, California, has a studio. Howard Hughes was hired to RKO and renamed Richard Blackwell. He returned to Broadway in 1944 for Catherine Was Great, starring Mae West, but he was forced to work as a Hollywood agent. When designing stage costumes for his clients, he discovered his gift for fashion design.
When he first started his clothing collection in the late 1950s, Mr. Blackwell" appeared. He and his line became synonymous with Valentino, Versace, and then Richard Tyler. He was a popular designer, and he was the first to broadcast his line on television broadcast and was the first to make his line available to plus-size women in the 1960s. His designer dresses ranged from $800 to $1,000, and they were very popular. During the nearly two decades of "House of Blackwell" he was designer to Yvonne De Carlo, Jayne Mansfield, Dorothy Lamour, Jane Russell, and California first lady Nancy Reagan. He openly announced his disdain for Women's Wear Daily and its publisher, John Fairchild, at the height of his fame. The shift toward casual wear brought an end to The House of Blackwell in the 1980s.
In his early days as a designer, he was asked to do a one-time article for the "Best and Worst Dressed" issue of The American Weekly magazine and created the company's website. Despite being best known for his "Worst Dressed" list, he maintained a fruitful career as a fashion journalist. He was syndicated in The Globe tabloid and contributed to newspapers and lifestyle magazines, and he also wrote articles about it. His book "Fabulous Fashion Independents" often featured celebrities who have not been named in his Ten Worst-Dressed.
The first "Ten Worst Women" list debuted in 1960, to moderate media success, but as the House of Blackwell expanded, the list grew. Every television and radio network, as well as almost all news broadcasting stations around the world, started to cover it by its third year. Blackwell spent a week after its debut in 1998 on telephone interviews to fashion journals, radio stations, and news networks, a week after publication on telephone interviews. "Doll, dowdy, and horribly dreary," Martha Stewart explains, to free verse: "British mother Teresa is the queen of the palace Christmas tree, or just a royal clown?" Wynonna Judd - "She looks like Hulk Hogan in sequins" — "She seems to be Hulk Hogan in sequins." Martha Stewart – "Dresses like the centerfold for Farmers' Almanac" — often cries out, but other times combines form: "They seem to be a trio of truck stop fashion tragedies/ trapped in a typhoon." In certain facets of modern life, the list's success has waned, with some people feeling that it is mean-spirited. Blackwell has also expressed appreciation for being chosen, including Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, and country singers Barbara Mandrell and Tanya Tucker. Marci Weiner, a "Hollywood Beat" editor who was criticized by Blackwell for saying she should "always dress like she's auditioning for a Fellini film," was initially outraged by her inclusion, but later admitted that it was an honor. Despite the fact that universal recognition has declined, it was still published every year.
A number of imitators were born from the list. Not all are lists, but virtually all include jibes and jabs that Blackwell first used to grab media attention in the early 1960s. "Blackwell on Blackwell" has been on Harry Shearer's Le Show radio show. Roger Stone, the British fashion critic, has revived Blackwell's tradition of top and worst dressed lists (though with a greater emphasis on the best dressed) since Blackwell's death.
Mr. Blackwell was a pioneer of television fashion and had been a fixture in the industry throughout his career as a designer and critic. He appeared on an episode of ABC's daytime soap Port Charles for the first time. From 1972 to 1974, he hosted a daily program on Los Angeles' talk radio powerhouse KABC, before moving to KIEV 1975-1901.
Mr. Blackwell Presents, his own two-hour color television special starring Anna Maria Alberghetti, Nick Adams, and Rose Marie in 1968 starred him in his own KCOP two-hour color television special, Mr. Blackwell Presents. It was the first television broadcast in which a designer spoke on television for the first time in history. Throughout his career, he was still considered a preeminent. Mr. Blackwell presented an LP album titled "The Mr. Blackwell Show" on the Rob Rich Records label in Las Vegas in 1967, as well as The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in early 1967. The album saw limited distribution as a result of poor sales, and as such, it is now a sought after collectors item. Mr. Blackwell reciting fashion commentary over a musical background on the album.
On daytime talk and variety shows, he has appeared in audience critique segments. After Carson moved the show from New York to Burbank, he appeared on The Mike Douglas Show on several occasions, as well as on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as a guest on the first broadcast. Rob Reiner, George Carlin, and Johnny Mathis were among the 72 copies of May 2, 1972. He appeared on four additional Tonight Shows between August 1970 and January 1973, and is included in the compilation Best Of The Tonight Show DVD sets. After the late night host joked that Mother Teresa had been on one of his worst-dressed lists in 1992, he sued Carson for $11 million. The lawsuit was dismissed right away.
A Golden Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars in 1997 was dedicated to him.