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Costume designer Helen Rose spent the bulk of her career with MGM studios where she clothed the stars of 200 films. A native of Chicago, she began designing nightclub and stage costumes at age 15. She also costumed for an ice show before moving to Hollywood in the early '40s where she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox. In the late '60s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide fancy attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column, wrote a book, and staged traveling fashion shows.