- Credited with creating the padded shoulder fashion trend that became a "trademark" of actress Joan Crawford.
- Despite never being even nominated for an Academy Award, he is considered by most as Hollywood's greatest costume designer.
- His costumes for the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939) were made entirely of felt.
- Did not get the opportunity to win an Oscar because the first Academy Award for Costume Design wasn't handed out before 1948, at which time he had retired already from costume design for film (with only a few exceptions, concentrating on his personal life and his own business.
- In addition to selling a million copies of Joan Crawford's white, ruffled organdy gown, Edith Head called Letty Lynton (1932) ,the film this dress is from, the most influential film in cinema fashion history.
- Posthumously won Broadway's 1961 Tony Award as Best Costume Designer (Musical) for "Camelot," along with his co-designer Tony Duquette.
- The only Hollywood keepsake that Greta Garbo saved was a pair of exquisitely beaded gloves from the 1936 film "Camille" which Adrian designed the gowns for. They were white kid with a pattern of curling ivy vines that formed the initials "G.G.".
- Adrian never tried to recreate actual historic period clothes but used the silhouettes as a springboard to create his original designs.
- Was first hired in Hollywood by Natacha Rambova who had him to assist her on her husband, Rudolph Valentino's last films.
- Died while preparing the costumes for the original Broadway production of Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot".
- Attended Parson's School of Design in New York and studied in Paris as well in the early 1920's.
- Adrian's wife, Janet Gaynor, died exactly 25 years and 1 day after he did. Adrian died on September 13, 1959. Gaynor died on September 14, 1984.
- Briefly portrayed in a movie at Disney's California Adventure called Golden Dreams about the history of California. He is introduced as the person who is designing the costumes for The Wizard of Oz (1939).
- First gained attention for designing Irving Berlin's "Music Box Review" on Broadway.
- Rudolph Valentino took him to Hollywood.
- As a child he could never copy anything.
- His first job was with Irving Berlin in The Music Box.
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