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Nancy Talbot (1920 - 2009)
BOULDER, Colo. - The co-founder of the upscale Talbots women's clothing company has died from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Nancy Talbot was 89. The Talbots Inc. said that Talbot died Sunday in Boulder, where she lived near one of her daughters. Talbot and her husband Rudolf opened their first store in Hingham, Mass., in 1947 and launched their mail-order business...
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Naomi Sims, 61 (1948 - 2009)
Naomi Sims, among first black models, dies at 61 NEW YORK — Naomi Sims, whose 1968 Ladies' Home Journal cover shot was a breakthrough for black fashion models, has died. She was 61. Sims, said by some to be the first black supermodel, died Saturday of cancer in Newark, N.J., her son Bob Findlay told The New York Times. It had been decades since she left the runway to become an author...
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Guy Mascolo (2009)
DALLAS , Texas - Guy Mascolo, co-founder of the international hair salon Toni & Guy, died Wednesday. He was 65. Mascolo suffered a fatal heart attack and died at his Dallas home, his family said. Guy Mascolo founded the renowned hairdressing company with his brother, Toni Mascolo, in London in 1963 when they were both teens. With skills learned from their hairdresser father, they...
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Charles "Mask" Lewis, Jr. (2009)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Mixed martial arts figure "Mask," who co-founded the TapouT clothing line, was killed early Wednesday when a $300,000 Ferrari crashed and was torn in half. The driver of another car was arrested for investigation of manslaughter. TapouT announced the death of Charles "Mask" Lewis Jr. in a statement and said a memorial service was being planned. However, the Orange...
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Ted Lapidus (2008)
PARIS - Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, died Monday. He was 79. President Nicolas Sarkozy, in an homage to the designer, said Lapidus "democratized French elegance and classicism" and "made fashion accessible to men and women in the street." An assistant of Rose Torrente-Mett, Lapidus' sister, said the designer died Monday in a hospital in...
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Alfred Shaheen (2008)
Torrance, Calif. - Alfred Shaheen, a pioneering textile manufacturer credited with creating the modern Hawaiian garment industry and in the process transforming the state's garish, tacky souvenir...
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Bettie Page, 85 (1923 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday....
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Richard Blackwell, 86 (1922 - 2008)
LOS ANGELES -- Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died. He was 86. ...
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Eletra Casadei (2008)
Los Angeles - Fashion designer Eletra Casadei, whose collections were carried in boutiques and departments stores across the nation and were seen on TV shows such as "Golden Girls" and "Dynasty,"...
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Mila Schoen (2008)
ROME -- Mila Schoen, an Italian designer of elegant, impeccably tailored clothes, died early Friday at her villa in northern Italy at the age of 91. Her fashion house in Milan said Schoen died...
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Thomas Bata, 94 (1914 - 2008)
Thomas Bata, the Czech-born head of the worldwide family shoe empire that bears his name, died Monday in Canada, an official said. He was 93. Bata died on Monday in a hospital in Toronto, said...
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Yves St. Laurent, 71 (1936 - 2008)
Yves Saint Laurent -- one of the most influential and enduring designers of the 20th century, famous for putting ladies in pants to make them freer but no less feminine -- will be remembered for...
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Liz Claiborne, 78 (1929 - 2007)
Fashion designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles became a cornerstone of career women's wardrobes in the 1970s and 1980s, has died, the company she founded said Wednesday. She was 78. The cause of...
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Gianfranco Ferre, 62 (1944 - 2007)
Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He...
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Oleg Cassini, 92 (1913 - 2006)
The magic of Camelot may have had something to do with Oleg Cassini, the designer who created Jacqueline Kennedy's graceful, elegant look. Cassini died Friday at age 92 in a Long Island...
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Bill Blass, 79 (1922 - 2002)
Bill Blass, the fashion designer whose signature designs broke fashion molds and set standards for casual American style, died Wednesday. He was 79. Blass died at his home in Washington,...
