page_title: Omar Kiam
section_title: Costume design
hierarchical_section_title: Omar Kiam / Costume design
caption_attribution_description: Cropped screenshot of Janet Gaynor from the film A Star is Born. Costume designed by Omar Kiam
context_page_description: Alexander "Omar" Kiam was an American fashion designer and costume designer.
context_section_description: Following a stint in Paris as a student, Kiam returned to the United States and opened his studio in New York City, where he produced work for Broadway theatre. Among the theatre productions he costumed were Dinner at Eight, the Robert E. Sherwood play Reunion in Vienna, and the Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes play Dishonored Lady. In 1933 he moved to Hollywood, where he headed the film costume design departments for Sam Goldwyn Productions and United Artists. Before leaving Hollywood in 1939, Kiam also worked for David O. Selznick and Hal Roach.
  One of Kiam's most notable films was the 1937 film A Star is Born, for which he dressed Janet Gaynor. He collaborated with Irene on Algiers.
caption: Janet Gaynor, costumed by Kiam, in A Star is Born
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