Interview With Oliver Manhattan

Fashion designer Oliver Manhattan came to Downtown L.A. in the 1980s looking for community, which she found at Al’s Bar. She quickly made friends and started booking Monday nights there with acts from around the world. Known simply as Oliver, her creativity and drive fueled a series of guerrilla marketplaces called Sunday Jump, and although she had relocated “by accident” to New Orleans in the early 1990s, she returned often to take part in the “lunacy and beauty” that sprang from the American Hotel and Al’s Bar.
Oliver often uses recycled materials to fabricate her fashions. She is primarily known for creating extravagant, whimsical hats, which she showcases at l’Hatelier in New Orleans. Oliver was interviewed at her shop in September 2014 for “Tales of the American,” a documentary feature about the Downtown L.A. Arts District, Al’s Bar and the American Hotel.
Filmmakers Pamela Wilson and Stephen Seemayer interviewed more than a hundred artists, musicians, writers and others who lived, worked and partied in and around the American Hotel. They are periodically releasing (in alphabetical order) edited versions of these interviews on this channel.
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As always - Fabulous!