Frederick Mellinger

Post-World War II America was a different world until master designer and inventor Frederick Mellinger took it by storm with his introduction of playful lingerie. The bold entrepreneur created the now-iconic lingerie of Hollywood glamour and made technical advancements to help women achieve well-proportioned figures at a time when white cotton bloomers and utilitarian bras from rationed fabrics were the status quo, forever transforming undergarments across America. Lingerie was a natural outlet for the famous designer’s fearless creative genius but it did not stop there. He also designed divinely inspired glamour into all types of women’s fashion - including formal wear, club wear, suits and business wear, casual wear and denim, outer wear, active wear, nightwear, swimwear, and footwear - blending high fashion and sex appeal in enchanting ways. With inspired and imaginative shapes, patterns, colors, and details, his designs were exquisite to behold and empowering to wear. His vision and actions revolutionized both the undergarment and the fashion industries in the United States and worldwide and helped American culture move away from the war. He conjured up only the best for the female form, and his fashions launched to super stardom creating Frederick's Of Hollywood.

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