Mackie’s reputation was built dressing the most glamorous and charismatic women in the world. For years, his designs have graced the most famous stars in the entertainment industry and now his sportswear and dress collections are being enjoyed by everyone. His close attention to detail, as embodied in the design, choice of fabric, and use of color and opulent embellishment, is legendary in the world of fashion. When a woman chooses a “Mackie,” she dares to be noticed!

By the mid-sixties, Mackie was the hot young “Mod” designer and was designing costumes for many of the top television variety specials, featuring such stars as Fred Astaire, Mitzi Gaynor, Dinah Shore and Diana Ross and the Supremes. Beginning in 1967, Mackie worked with Carol Burnett throughout the 11 year run of the “Carol Burnett Show,” creating such characters as “Mrs. Wiggins,” “Nora Desmond,” “Eunice,” and of course, the infamous “Scarlett O’ Hara” in her green curtain dress (rod included!)

After guest starring on the Burnett show, Cher soon asked Mackie to create her costumes for the upcoming “Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.” With her amazing presence and Mackie’s outrageously glamorous clothes, Cher and her costumes soon became one of the biggest draws on weekly television. In fact, Cher was featured on the cover of TIME magazine in a Mackie creation.

In addition to designing for television, Mackie’s career spans film and stage as well. His film designs received Oscar nominations for “Lady Sings the Blues” (Diana Ross), “Funny Lady” (Barbara Streisand) and “Pennies from Heaven” (Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters).

As Mackie’s costume design career progressed throughout the 60’s and 70’s, the viability of the Mackie name as a brand became apparent. It seemed only natural that Mackie would take his flair, which had previously been reserved for performers, and transform his designs so that all women could enjoy his creations.

In recent years, Mackie’s extraordinary fashion and costume design career achievements have been acknowledged. In March 2007 Mackie won the tdf/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for his theatrical costume career.