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mid-'60s, during the
age of mod and the
wild youth culture,
you had barbecue and
beach-type affairs.
"In medieval days,
Jews were the first
ones to have wed-
dings in the open air
because if Jews mar-
ried under the stars, it
meant they would
have as many babies
as stars in the sky."
For Schreier, a pas-
sion for classic design-
er clothes can be
traced back to child-
hood, when she
would visit her father,
Edward Miller, at
work. He was in
charge of the fur
department at
Russek's in Detroit,
and the store's wealthy
clients gave him their
outdated couture for
his daughter.
She began saving the
items, and her hobby turned into a
career. Today, Schreier owns the world's
largest collection of French couture,
American fashion and Hollywood cos-
tumes, consisting of more than 15,000
pieces. Representing high fashion in the
1900s, her priceless assortment includes
gowns by Yves St. Laurent, Gaultier,
Givenchy, three Valendnos once worn by
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a silver-
mesh minidress that belonged to Twiggy.
As for wedding dresses, she owns a
Charles Frederick Worth gown that he
made in the 1890s, and a wedding
gown by Norman Norell, the first
American designer who earned name
recognition after World War 11.
In creating a niche for herself while
raising her four children in the sub-
urbs of Detroit, Schreier began lectur-
ing around the country about fashion.
Along the way she befriended
Hollywood's top designers, such as
Edith Head, and hobnobbed with
high-profile classic movie stars like
Lana Turner and Loretta Young.
Before long she found herself on the
talk-show circuit. Her first television
appearance was on Kelly and Company.
From there she landed spots on NBC
affiliates and the late Bill Kennedy's

One O'clock Movie.
"That's when I started to make the
segue from talking about the history of
fashion to talking about what celebrities
wear on and off the screen," says
Schreier, who also has appeared on

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Charles "Buddy"
Rogers and
Nancy Carroll
in the movies'
first screen
intermarriage,
Mbie's Irish
Rose" (1928).

Michael Meyers,
Lori Shelle
and Jack
Klugman in
"Goodbye
Columbus" —
the movie famous
for the scene in
which the guests
stuff their faces at
an over-the-top
Jewish wedding.

Oprah, CNN, American Movie Classics,
(AMC) and the A&E cable channel.
Over the years she has loaned pieces,
from her voluminous collection to fi ne
arts museums worldwide, including
the Detroit Institute of Arts, New
York's Metropolitan Museum of Arts,
the Louvre in Paris and the Hermitage
Museum in Leningrad.
Now, through Aug. 18, items from
Schreier's collection can be seen again
in New York at the Met in the exhibit
"Adrian: American Glamour."
"This exhibition entails fashions that
the designer Adrian made for celebrities
off-screen, and one quarter of it is
loaned by me," she says. "That includes
the pussycat dress he made for Joan
Crawford, and the crepe dinner gown
he made for Stanley Marcus of Neiman
Marcus in 1944, to be auctioned off for
the war effort."
Now that she is an expert on
celebrity weddings, gowns and brides-
maid attire, it looks like Schreier will
have even more to talk about when
she travels the world lecturing.
"People love to hear about wed-
dings," she says. "And I have lots of
stories to tell." ❑

Sandy Schreier's Hollywood Gets
Married will be available for pur-
chase May 21. She'll speak and
sign copies at the Book Beat in
Oak Park 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2.
(248) 968-1190.

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