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Charles Kleibacker, a former fashion designer whose taste for intricately constructed gowns gave him the nickname Master of the Bias in the 1960s, died Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. He was 88.The cause was pneumonia, said the Columbus Museum of Art, where Mr. Kleibacker had been an adjunct curator of design, overseeing several influential exhibitions, since retiring. His most recent show, Kleibackers Class Act, opened last April and included clothing worn by fashion plates like Brooke Astor, Nan Kempner and Nancy Reagan, much of which he personally collected for the museum. Some of his own designs are featured in a new survey of 20th-century American fashion, American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion, on view at the Museum at the Fa...(read more)
... Charles Kleibacker, a former fashion designer whose taste for intricately constructed gowns gave him the nickname Master of the Bias in the 1960s, died Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. He was 88.The cause was pneumonia, said the Columbus Museum of Art, wher ...
... much of which he personally collected for the museum. Some of his own designs are featured in a new survey of 20th-century American fashion, American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion, on view at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech ...
... an F.I.T. curator who worked with Mr. Kleibacker on that show. Because he was a couturier who became a curator, he had a very different eye.At earlier points in his career Mr. Kleibacker was also a journalist, a copywriter and a driver for the cabare ...
... typically cost more than $1,500 and took hours to make.After retiring he taught fashion design at several universities, initially as designer in residence at Ohio State University, and served as curator for more than a dozen exhibitions. The most ...
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