NOMI Art Deco Week

Lecture #1: NoMi Art Deco

Your Lecturer Rory Cunningham After receiving his BFA from Washington University in St. Louis Rory headed West to work Hollywood in the business of show. His first costuming job was at Elizabeth Courtney, the company owned by Costume Designer Bob Mackey. Working with the master of bugle beads and sheer fabrics was a dream come true. In the intervening years, Rory has worked in film, television and stage, on such projects as Star Trek: Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and, Enterprise, both Black Panther films, multiple other Super Hero films and television shows. Having worked for the legacy costume manufacturing house, Bill Hargate Costumes, for over two decades, Rory now owns the company where he and his team continue to create everything from Super Heroes to period gowns and the occasional space suits, and red carpet gowns. Rory is also a former President of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, and a founding board member of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation.