{"id":770908,"date":"2026-09-15T00:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770908\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T00:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:32:09","slug":"bob-mackie-legendary-costume-designer-dies-aged-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770908\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Mackie: Legendary costume designer dies aged 87"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Mackie, who designed dazzling costumes for stars including Cher, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton and Elton John has died, aged 87.<\/p>\n

The US fashion designer, known as the “Sultan of Sequins” for his sparkling creations, won a Tony Award, nine Emmys and received three Oscar nominations during his career.<\/p>\n

“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Mr Bob Mackie passed away today,” a statement on his Instagram account announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

“He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being a Fashion and Costume Designer, which is all he ever wanted to do,” it added. “His genius and extraordinary designs will live on forever, continuing to bring beauty into this world.”<\/p>\n

Mackie was particularly influential in Cher’s career and designed her iconic Mohawk outfit, which she wore to the Oscars in 1986. It became known as her “revenge” outfit<\/a>, because she wasn’t nominated for anything.<\/p>\n

The showgirl-inspired costume featured a plumed mohawk headdress and showed Cher’s bare midriff – a very new, and very shocking look at the time.<\/p>\n

The costume has gone down in fashion history as one of the most outrageous and extravagant ever to appear at the awards.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t get nominated for a movie that everyone thought I would actually win for [Mask] – so was dressing that night for a kind of revenge,” Cher explained in the 2024 documentary Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion.<\/p>\n

Mackie told the BBC in 2010 that when Cher started out she “looked like no-one else in the entertainment business at the time”.<\/p>\n

“Everybody just went crazy over this woman as she could wear anything,” he added.<\/p>\n

Cher was widely reported to be the first woman to show her belly button on US television – and Mackie’s designs were pivotal to that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Mackie, who designed dazzling costumes for stars including Cher, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton and Elton John has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-770908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}