Sir Creep 7,069 Posted August 28, 2019 Stephen MacMillan Moser, the former Austin (TX) Chronicle society columnist who was also a fashion designer and high-profile public figure, has died at 61. Moser died about 7 a.m. Tuesday. He was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in 2007 and had been under hospice care for two years. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,069 Posted November 4, 2019 Columbia Sportswear “matriarch” Gert Boyle has died at age 95, the company announced Sunday. Born in Augsburg, Germany in 1924, Boyle’s fled Nazi Germany with her family at the age of 13. They landed in Portland, where her father Paul Lamfrom founded the company that would become Columbia Sportswear. Boyle’s husband, Neal Boyle, ran Columbia after her father died. But six years later, in 1970, Neal Boyle died from a sudden heart attack and Boyle found herself at the helm of a debt-ridden company making less than $800,000 in annual sales at the age of 47. Boyle kept Columbia and led it to become a leader in the outdoor footwear and apparel industry globally alongside her son and current CEO Tim Boyle. Last year, the company posted annual sales of nearly $3 billion, and its stock price has grown more than 1,100% since its 1998 IPO. She was the first woman ever inducted into the Sporting Goods Association Hall of Fame in 2003, and was also named to the Global Business Hall of Fame. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted November 20, 2019 Someone has been studying the Nawaz Sharif playbook. https://nationalpost.com/news/canadian-fashion-designer-peter-nygard-says-he-is-too-ill-to-travel-to-bahamas-for-jail-sentence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mollyafox 455 Posted December 22, 2019 Emanuel Ungaro, a French fashion designer whose brand was taken over by many people after his retirement, most notably Lindsay Lohan, dead at 86. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50886433 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted February 13, 2020 Wendell Rodricks, a noted Indian designer, has died. He was 59. https://in.news.yahoo.com/fashion-designer-activist-wendell-rodricks-140911871.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,328 Posted February 18, 2020 Spanish fashion designer and perfume maker Paco Rabanne turns 86 today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,063 Posted February 18, 2020 Oooh, Paco Rabanne aftershave always had quite an effect on me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,328 Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Toast said: Oooh, Paco Rabanne aftershave always had quite an effect on me. Me too although Hugo Boss Elements aftershave edges it for me in terms of maximising the chances a man wearing it will make me go weak at the knees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted April 3, 2020 Sergio Rossi, famed Italian shoe designer, has died. Apparently COD is coronavirus, but not confirmed. And I learned a new word- cordwainer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted April 28, 2020 Clothing designer and stylist Nur Yerlitas, who is known to Turkish television audiences for her appearances on such fashion-related reality and competition shows, dead at 64 years. https://www.ahaber.com.tr/galeri/magazin/nur-yerlitasin-vasiyeti-ortaya-cikti Her tastes have made her massively popular on Instagram, where she has over 1.3 million followers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,431 Posted May 12, 2020 Valentino turned 88 yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,328 Posted June 15, 2020 On 19/02/2019 at 11:24, YoungWillz said: Lagerfeld dead: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-karl-lagerfeld-dead-85-14019724 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8420189/Why-furs-flying-Karl-Lagerfelds-fortune-16-months-designers-death-2019.html Now an enormous saga and feud over who inherits Karl Lagerfelds fortune and how it is divided between 7 different people as well as the problem of a missing accountant.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted July 27, 2020 Kansai Yamamoto, a fashion designer known for avant garde collections and best associated with David Bowie, has died. He was 76. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/kansai-yamamoto-fashion-designer/index.html?utm_content=2020-07-27T06%3A14%3A05&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,390 Posted August 27, 2020 Reporting Scotland mentioned Mary Quant is "too frail" to travel to an exhibition in Dundee. Could be a case of taking virus precautions in the Year of Our Lord 2020, or it could be that she genuinely wouldn't cope with the journey. She is 90 after all. Upcoming DL pick? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted August 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Reporting Scotland mentioned Mary Quant is "too frail" to travel to an exhibition in Dundee. Could be a case of taking virus precautions in the Year of Our Lord 2020, or it could be that she genuinely wouldn't cope with the journey. She is 90 after all. Upcoming DL pick? Good spot. Courier in April: "Heather keeps in contact with Quant but admits the designer is now “quite frail”. “It’s funny but most people think she’s younger than she actually is. We celebrated her 90th birthday in February. “She chopped four years off her age when she and Alexander got together...because he was younger than her. In those days, that sort of thing mattered.” DLy and worthy of a thread imo. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted August 27, 2020 https://www.pressreader.com/uk/good-housekeeping-uk/20190801/281595242069965 Reference in Good Housekeeping mag that Mary Quant was too frail to travel last summer, long before covid, @Clorox Bleachman 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,063 Posted August 27, 2020 She's my Q in the ABC pool. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,939 Posted September 24, 2020 German designer and founder of the eponymous company, Gerry Weber, has died at 79: https://fashionunited.uk/news/people/gerry-weber-founder-gerhard-weber-dies-aged-74/2020092451057 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,339 Posted October 4, 2020 Kenzo Takada, Japanese-French designer, has died aged 81. Founder of the Kenzo fashion house. Edit: Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, The Independent, Metro, Daily Express, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,797 Posted October 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, Thatcher said: Kenzo Takada, Japanese-French designer, has died aged 81. Founder of the Kenzo fashion house. COVID again, by the way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,069 Posted November 28, 2020 Tony Hsieh, the Zappos.com luminary who revolutionized the shoe business and built one of the most innovative companies in modern history, has died. He was 46.Hsieh’s family confirmed his death tonight in a text message to friends. Hsieh, a serial entrepreneur, co-founded Zappos in 1999 and grew it into a blockbuster business before selling it to Amazon in 2009. SC (Edit - Hsieh’s lawyer said in an email he "sustained injuries from a house fire" while visiting family in Connecticut.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,069 Posted December 5, 2020 Businessman Christos Tsiolias, co-founder and vice president of the Oxford clothing company, died aged 62 after being infected by the novel coronavirus. The announcement was made by the Hellenic Clothing Industry Association on Thursday. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,069 Posted January 5, 2021 Kid was 12, and did one thing, and that was design a shoe, so here he shall be placed. Just weeks after he got to see Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones' thrilling 77-yard touchdown run in the brightly colored cleats he designed, 12-year-old Ethan Haley has died. The Rochester, New York, boy was diagnosed in 2018 with anaplastic ependymoma, multiple tumors on his brain and spinal cord. He had undergone multiple surgeries and more than 80 rounds of radiation before receiving palliative care. Haley died Dec. 20, one day before Jones was selected for the NFL Pro Bowl. In late November, Jones surprised Haley with a video call to tell him he chose his design for "My Cause, My Cleats," the NFL’s annual campaign in which players raise awareness for a nonprofit organization or a cause of their choosing by wearing custom-designed cleats. Jones’ virtual meeting with the Haleys was shared in a video (see below). Ethan’s infectious smile was front and center, maybe biggest when he received a pair of cleats just like the ones he designed for Jones. “I was truly humbled to meet Ethan and his family. It tugged on the heartstrings a bit, but in an uplifting way, because his smile and positivity is so infectious,” Jones told the Green Bay Press-Gazette in December. “As a father, I definitely think about all of the kids and their families facing this challenge each day and I’m so inspired by their fight.” The cleats made Week 13 highlight reels thanks to Jones' career long 77-yard touchdown run with just minutes to go against the Philadelphia Eagles on Dec. 6 at Lambeau Field. _______________________ Sad story but also shows not all athletes are rubbish. Aaron Jones sounds like a great guy. And yes, he's a damn good player. Watch this video. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,328 Posted February 27, 2021 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fred-segal-icon-of-los-angeles-fashion-and-retail-dies-at-87 Los Angeles based fashion retailer Fred Segal has died aged 87 following stroke complications. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
