Costume designer, Raymond Chin

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Title

Costume designer, Raymond Chin

Description

"Raymond on the go: Jamaica's top costume designer, Raymond Chin, (left) receiving a cheque from Wayne Chin of Cathay Restaurant for the 1977 Emmy Awards taking place in California at Caesars Palace on November 26. He has been selected as one of the top ten designers in the world and is competing for the first three honour award positions.
     His creation will be worn by TV celebrity Farrah Fawcett-Majors who is rated as one of the ten best dressed women in the world. She is also well known in Jamaica as one of the "Angels" in JBC-TV series Charlie's Angels.   
      Raymond Chin recently won first prize in the 1977 national costume show with his entry Victory in Flight and in July took part in two major international competitions, winning the Annual Golden Nugget Award with his entry in The Magical Garden of San Pan at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. He is responsible for the design of the sets, costumes and effects in the interplanetary film Star Wars, rated top movie fare for 1977 and soon to be released in the local circuit.
      In the above photograph, Wayne Chin (right) Director of Cathay Restaurant is seen presenting the cheque to Raymond Chin as sponsorship of his entry in the 1977 Emmy Awards Competition."

Subject

Costume designers; Prizes, etc.

Creator

Daily News

Date

26-Sep-1977

Source

NLJ Photograph Collection IN: Daily News Collection - Chin, Raymond

Identifier

D0006712

Rights

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.

Format

JPEG

Type

Photograph

Citation

Daily News, “Costume designer, Raymond Chin,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed November 21, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/5964.