Cathy Cooper

{{Short description|American painter}}

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| birth_name = Catherine McPeak Cooper

| birth_place = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|08|mf=y}} Whittier, California, United States

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| nationality = American

| field = Artist, stylist (wardrobe and costume), sculptor, painter, model, musician

| training = California State University, Long Beach

| movement = Post-modern, assemblage

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| awards = MVPA, 2009 Best Costuming Video Awards

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Cathy Cooper (née Catherine McPeak Cooper, born November 8, 1960) is a postmodern artist and wardrobe stylist who lives and maintains a studio in Los Angeles.[http://www.studymode.com/essays/Fashion-43738516.html fashion StudyMode.com.] Retrieved November 2013, from http://www.studymode.com/essays/Fashion-43738516.html, Cooper noted as one of the few true, professional stylists in wardrobe{{cite web |url=http://cathycooper.blogspot.com/ |title=Cathy Cooper design studio blog, Blantonia |access-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122170326/http://cathycooper.blogspot.com/ |archive-date=November 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Working as a costume and wardrobe designer for the past 28 years, she has been collaborating with directors, musicians, commercial advertisers and photographers. Cooper completed the costuming and wardrobe for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's (and ballet) productions of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird ballet choreographed version of Ravel's Boléro.Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toyota Symphonies for Youth, December 2/9, 2017. [https://www.laphil.com/tickets/toyota-symphonies-for-youth/2017-12-09 Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird" Catherine Cooper, costume design.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116132923/https://www.laphil.com/tickets/toyota-symphonies-for-youth/2017-12-09 |date=November 16, 2017 }}Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toyota Symphonies for Youth, April 6/20, 2017.[https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/331/2019-04-20/toyota-symphonies-for-youth-ravels-bolero/ ] Ravel's "Boléro" Catherine Cooper, costume design.]

Her wardrobe and costuming work is seen regularly on numerous movies.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177922/?ref_=fn_al_nm_5 IMDb listing and credits for Cathy Cooper] In advertising, her wardrobe credits include Nike, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Ford, McDonald's, Clorox,Youtube, [https://www.youtube.com/user/vortie8 Clorox 'Stains'], director: Rafael Fernandez

wardrobe: Cathy Cooper Orbitz, Honda, The North FaceThe Los Angeles Times, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-28-tm-29512-story.html Style/Design: Dome, Dome on the Range], January 28, 1996 article, Cathy Cooper – stylist (for picture) and many others. Her work was nominated for the MVPA 2009 Best Costuming Video Award for the Modest Mouse hit single "Dashboard" music video.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=penvn9VL32Y/ Modest Mouse, Dashboard video] She has produced costuming work for videos with bands and artists such as Alice in Chains, The Cramps,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fyr0zbaFyE&playnext=1&list=PLD2CE0B75BCF8D13D The Cramps – Bikini Girls With Machine Guns video] Cut Copy, Sister Mantos,[http://vimeo.com/79421294 Little Bird], video from Sister Mantos. Cathy Cooper – wardrobe stylist Hayley Kiyoko,Hayley Kiyoko – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Na0tesrPA Jolly Old Saint Nicholas – A Very Maker Music Christmas], Youtube, Cathy Cooper – clothing stylist Stone Temple Pilots, Unwritten Law,Marty Pavatea, [http://flavors.me/mpavatea credits as assistant to Cathy Cooper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113805/http://flavors.me/mpavatea |date=December 24, 2013 }} – overseeing stylist Aerosmith, and Weird Al Yankovic.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw/ Weird Al Yankovic, White and Nerdy video] Her album/CD jacket design work can be seen with record labels such as Centaur Records,CD cover art/design for The Chamber Wind Music of Jack Cooper Geffen Records, Sony Records, Interscope, and A&M Records. She also works as a professional model for advertising and photo layouts in commercial media.[http://www.oprah.com/style/How-to-Wear-Gray-Hair-Preventing-Gray-Hair Hair Extravaganza (featured article) O, The Oprah Magazine, September 2013 issue, Hearst Communications Inc. pp. 141 and 154]Zmuda, Natalie. [http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/jc-penney-promotes-tagline/291588/ JC Penney Promotes New Tagline During Olympics Opening Ceremony] Advertising Age. J.C. Penney television ad, February 7, 2014, Cathy Cooper appears @ 16–17 seconds as model[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w_Ab/target-target-run-yoga-class Cathy Cooper in Target advertising campaign, role: yoga instructor, iSpot TV]