Bob Mackey's 1989 Beverly Hills Home Revisited

A 1989 home tour of designer Bob Mackey's Beverly Hills residence is revisited, offering a rare look inside the interiors of the costume designer known for dressing Hollywood's biggest stars. In the tour, Mackey addressed the gap between visitors' expectations and the reality of the house. "People come expecting black and chrome and glitter—I don't know what they expect," he said. "But when they walk in they say, 'Oh.'" The feature documents the Beverly Hills property and its interiors as they were presented in 1989, capturing Mackey's own commentary on how guests reacted upon entering. The residence stands apart from the aesthetic many associate with him, an assumption he acknowledged directly in the tour. The piece is a retrospective look at the home, published by Architectural Digest.