Maurice Levin

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Maurice Levin (January 6, 1926 – August 30, 2007)^[1][2] was an American fashion designer, working in both men's and women's fashion in the 1950s through 1970s. He worked as a designer for Jantzen, Alex Colman of California, American Cyanamid, and Catalina.^[3]

About

Maurice Levin was born in 1926 in New York City, New York.^[4] He graduated in Costume Design from Traphagen School of Fashion in 1949.^[5] After graduation Levin moved to Los Angeles to attend University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) majoring in Social Science with curriculum in Apparel Design.^[3] In the 1950s he worked for the Jantzen swimwear brand, and popularized the trend of the color pink worn on men.^[3] He won two Caswell-Massey awards for design.^[3]

His work is in various public museum collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),^[4] among others. Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum's Special Collections has a Maurice Levin Archive.^[3]