Woody Shelp was the preeminent "hat maker" - his term - for Broadway
shows for four decades (1962-2002). He created the hats worn by
Mia Farrow
as Daisy Buchanan in
The Great Gatsby (1974) and
Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil in
101 Dalmatians (1996),
but he will be best remembered by the theatrical community and
theatregoers the world over for making the signature, Champagne-colored
finale hats that crowned
Theoni V. Aldredge's costumes for
Michael Bennett's
record-breaking Broadway musical
A Chorus Line (1985).