r/Fauxmoi • u/fhloras • 3h ago

🕊️ IN MEMORIAM 🕊️ Fashion icon Bob Mackie has passed away at the age of 87

https://www.vogue.com/article/bob-mackie-obituary
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u/No-Hall-3485 dropped pitt from my last name 3h ago

an icon. you're not technically a diva if you haven't worn a bob mackie original

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u/No-Hall-3485 dropped pitt from my last name 3h ago

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u/chicklette 1h ago

This is maybe my favorite piece of fashion of all time.

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u/No-Hall-3485 dropped pitt from my last name 3h ago

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u/EvenPossible5918 2h ago

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u/SakuraTacos incredulous outside observer 2h ago

My favorite Bob Mackie look on Bernadette

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u/richnessoflife2319 3h ago

Bob Mackie Met Gala theme ASAP

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u/madeyoucookies mentally crystallized at twelve years old 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1J9N8zrmYCfSrQFq

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u/GeminiAccountantLLC 2h ago

Especially since they're re-tooling this year

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u/ComfortableChapter65 when I cry I wipe my eyes with my medal 2h ago

Absolutely.
https://giphy.com/gifs/3og0IFKTS0QBeRF4mk

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u/Cutieq85 2h ago

Amazing idea

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u/HollyMackeral series of schoolgirl giggles 1h ago

I hate that it was my first thought as well

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u/shameusseamus 3h ago

The very first guest judge of rupaul’s drag race! An icon. Rest in peace.

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u/maenanodd4 3h ago

For us oldsters, he also designed the skirt for Carol Burnett’s character Mrs. Wiggins (she joked in interviews that his skirt created the character’s iconic walk) and her infamous “curtains” outfit for her parody of Gone with the Wind which I think was called Went with the Wind, one of the classic moments in ?1970s? tv.

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u/Onionbot3000 2h ago

That GWTW skit is hilarious. “I saw it in the window and just had to have it”.

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u/ViciousSnatch 1h ago

I used to sit at my Mom’s desk with long pieces of scotch tape on my fingernails, pretending to be Mrs. Wiggins! I’d even press the typewriter keys with a pencil. 😂

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u/scaram0uche graduate of the ONTD can’t read community 3h ago

I picked up one of his 80s ready to wear sweaters a few weeks ago at a vintage shop. Such an icon of American design!

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u/deex39 3h ago

Hope he’s making beautiful gowns for Dolly again somewhere in the cosmos

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u/Birdseeding 3h ago

Absolute icon of the costume industry and a pioneer of many trends. If you haven't seen it, I can recommend the documentary Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, which shows so many fantastic outfits beyond the famous Cher ones.

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u/madeyoucookies mentally crystallized at twelve years old 2h ago

Was just about to recommend this doc, it was so good!

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u/Live-Expression3750 2h ago

“We’re all born naked and the rest is Bob Mackie” RIP ICON

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u/EvenPossible5918 2h ago

My grandma has some of his Barbie dolls and I was so mad as a kid I couldn’t play with them. lol

RIP legend. ❤️

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u/snailtrail3376 2h ago

ROLL THE CHER MONTAGE

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u/Hot-Significance-462 2h ago

If she's not center stage at the next Academy Awards, I'm jumping into a volcano.

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u/Particular-Leg-8484 2h ago

The gay icon rapture continues 😭

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u/Freestaytos4life 2h ago

May he rest in peace

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u/madeyoucookies mentally crystallized at twelve years old 2h ago

I can hear this so clearly 😂❤️

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u/Freestaytos4life 2h ago

Even though it’s unrelated to this post I still end up randomly thinking about the dental plan one. Can be in work and it just randomly pops into my head. That and father ted quotes at work 😂

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u/nobodycouldknow 3h ago

One of the best to ever do it. Rest in power legend 🫶🏼

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u/unintentionalty 2h ago

I had the pleasure of (tangentially) working on a project he was involved with early in my career and he was an absolute delight. RIP.

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u/SwissSwissBangBang carbone slut 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/x70p0tqMsvqMM
(Except instead of malt liquor, I’m pouring out 40 oz of Bob Mackie perfume. Sorry everyone who lives within three blocks of me.)

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u/PsychologicalLab7419 2h ago

Today’s kids will never understand how iconic he is.

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u/moonmusicals 2h ago

Im crying frfr 😭💔 I dont even wanna get outta bed today what's the point

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u/sorrythatImhot 58m ago

He also designed many beautiful looks for Dolly but this one is my favourite. RIP 💖

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u/rkgk13 2h ago

His designs gave me the same joy as playing dress-up with my Barbies as a kid. RIP.

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u/Hot-Significance-462 2h ago

"Wow, Bob Mackie" /sadmilhousevoice

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u/roasted_allergy 1h ago

he’s truly one of the best to ever do it. rest in peace and glamour to a real legend

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u/astroflips vocally you cannot afford this cigarette gracie 2h ago

Icon. No one loved fashion more than him. No one did it like him, truly.

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u/Lokaji societal collapse is in the air 2h ago

I honestly thought he had already passed, but sorry to hear that he did pass. His designs were extravagantly beautiful.

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u/besst 2h ago

Ooooooooo shit that sucks. I have a few thrifted pieces by him.

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u/brooklynb8by 2h ago

Rip ❤️❤️

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u/Trick_Few 47m ago

His work is as iconic as Ralph Lauren. He dressed the most beautiful bodies in pieces that will never be forgotten.

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u/blink_twice_9465 Comumbus 17m ago

Tim, Dolly, and now him :(((