Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, said Westwood would be celebrated for pioneering the punk look, pairing a radical fashion approach with the anarchic punk sounds developed by the Sex Pistols, managed by her then-partner, Malcolm McLaren. “They gave the punk movement […]
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Rommy Hunt Revson, inventor of the iconic scrunchie, died on September 7. Mhari Shaw/NPR hide caption toggle caption Mhari Shaw/NPR The scrunchie is everywhere. And although its acceptance in pop culture and fashion has ebbed and flowed since its invention in 1986, the scrunchie has refused to go away. It’s […]
Helene Fortunoff, who built a multimillion-dollar jewelry empire with outlets across the New York region and a flagship store on Fifth Avenue, died on Nov. 8 in Miami Beach. She was 88. The cause was a respiratory illness, her daughter Esther Fortunoff-Greene said. Mrs. Fortunoff started her career in 1953 […]
The woman who fell 100ft to her death off a cliff at a coastal beauty spot after attempting to take a ‘short cut’ to the beach has been named as a Birmingham mother-of-five. Tahira Jabeen, who was in her 40s, is believed to have died in front of her adult daughter, as […]
A bride collapsed and died at the beginning of her wedding in India — so the groom married her younger sister instead after the body was moved to another room, according to reports. The bride — only identified as Surbhi — collapsed of a heart attack while exchanging traditional garlands […]
PARIS/ZURICH – Designer Alber Elbaz, the former creative director at French fashion house Lanvin, has died from Covid-19, luxury fashion company Richemont confirmed on Sunday. He was 59. Among Elbaz’s creations were the dress worn by Meryl Streep when she accepted her Oscar for Best Actress in 2012 for “The […]
FILE – In this file photo dated Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz acknowledges applause at the end of his Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection for Lanvin, presented during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris. Elbaz, best known for being at the helm of Lanvin from 2001 […]
April 9 has new meaning for the royal family. Prince Charles’ father, Prince Philip, died on his and Duchess Camilla’s 16th wedding anniversary. The palace announced the 99-year-old duke, who was set to turn 100 in June, passed away on Friday, April 9. “It is with deep sorrow that Her […]
Elsa Peretti, known worldwide for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co., as well as for her previous career as a fashion model, died in her sleep Thursday night at age 80. According to a statement from her family office in Zurich, and the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation, the […]
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. One day in the early 1960s, the extravagant showman Liberace found his way to Norman Landsberg’s booth in Manhattan’s bustling diamond district. Liberace wanted something opulent but wasn’t specific. Together, […]
They were the creative minds behind productions, including stage design for Hawai‘i Opera Theatre’s Madam Butterfly, as well as design work for Ala Moana Center, Louis Vuitton, Liberty House, Shirokiya, ad campaigns for Shiseido and Japan National Railways, and more.
PHOENIX — A Valley couple died from COVID-19 seconds apart, days after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Sally and Manny Montaño met in Phoenix in their early teens while Manny was on leave from Vietnam. They got married a few years later and had four kids. The two were inseparable. […]
