Costume Designer Eilish Zebrasky

The Legacy Committee of the Costume Designers Guild are delighted to honor three outstanding members: Mina Mittelman, Rita Riggs, and Eilish Zebrasky at their annual Legacy Brunch on May 22nd, 2016. These three accomplished women have had long and varied careers in designing and costuming film and television. All three are dual card holders in both the Costume Designers Guild and Motion Picture Costumers. Eilish McNulty Zebrasky was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One of nine children, she went to work at fifteen as a seamstress making men’s suits, but her heart was elsewhere. Zebrasky had seen the film Palms Springs Weekend at a local movie theater, which inspired her to dream of going to America. When she learned of an opportunity to apply for a governess position, she took the chance and found herself in the United States, living in Toluca Lake, working for a family right across the street from Warner Bros Studios. Zebrasky got a job at Warner Bros. as a seamstress on the film Camelot. She became an expert ager and dyer working with the Irene Sharaff and Howard Shoup. She also spent time working at Bermans Costume Rentals, where she learned the business of renting costumes. Eventually, Zebrasky became assistant to Grady Hunt at the Columbia Television Wardrobe Department. Nolan Miller introduced her to Aaron Spelling where she spent much of her career creating the Aaron Spelling Rental Department and supervising all of Spelling’s television shows. Zebrasky was nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award for Murder She Wrote in 1993 and 1995. Written by Diana Eden