ladyfiona 2,585 Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: Fully fleshed out Telegraph obit already. Media maybe knew that he was ill. Interestingly he seems to have been very private about his personal life/relationships. His Telegraph obit simply contains the single sentence paragraph "He never married." at the end. I thought it was because he was maybe gay. Then I read on wikipedia he's a bit crazy and lived several lives (including that of a prostitute in the time of Louis XV), to have known Jesus in a previous life, to have seen God three times, to have been visited by extraterrestrials, to have murdered Tutankhamun and believed to be 75,000 years old. No wonder he remained unmarried. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted February 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: You seem VERY nationalistic. Are you Jean Marie Le Pen? I am Marine ! no but the real thing is When you’re on a foreign site such as this one, it’s hard to be accostumed with another culture and way of Life and you have this kind of proudness for your own country and culture that you want to share. Not to talk about the fact that you’re the most able to relay your own countrie’s News and deaths 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,391 Posted February 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: you have this kind of proudness for your own country Blimey. I’ve forgotten what that feels like. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 3, 2023 I think Valentino is probably the one deadpoolers should keep in mind. Giorgio Armani and Calvin Klein seem to be still full of zest for life and in decent fettle. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,601 Posted February 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I think Valentino is probably the one deadpoolers should keep in mind. Giorgio Armani and Calvin Klein seem to be still full of zest for life and in decent fettle. Yes, Calvin Klein still shagging 20 year old models at 80. Maybe that’s what is keeping him young. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said: Yes, Calvin Klein still shagging 20 year old models at 80. Maybe that’s what is keeping him young. Mr Armani is not adverse to a bit of that too I'm sure! Maybe amour with men in their twenties is a route I need to consider going down.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,601 Posted February 3, 2023 Just now, Gooseberry Crumble said: Mr Armani is not adverse to a bit of that too I'm sure! Maybe amour with men in their twenties is a route I need to consider going down.... Tom Ford lives near me in London now. I see he’s single… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said: Tom Ford lives near me in London now. I see he’s single… Single and probably quite busy diligently checking the quality of mattresses and whether showers are environmentally friendly enough to fit two in I'm sure...! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OneManJury 84 Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: You seem VERY nationalistic. Are you Jean Marie Le Pen? Don’t mention 1940. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted February 4, 2023 19 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: 21 hours ago, Toast said: My all-time favourite perfume was made by Paco Rabanne. Métal. Sadly long discontinued. You can still buy a bottle online for about £90. I know, there are still a few that have been hoarded away. I'm still eking out the last bottle I got on ebay. Just wish I could still go into a shop and buy some. It was never as well advertised as Calandre (which is still available). Métal was rarely on display. I remember looking for it in a Paris department store and thinking that they must have discontinued it. Luckily the sales lady asked if she could help me and I said oh, they don't make Métal any more, do they? To which she replied with an emphatic "Si !" and produced some out of a drawer. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,585 Posted February 13, 2023 I discovered Antonio D'Amico died in December. He was the boyfrend of Versace up until he was murdered. Telegraph obit 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,600 Posted February 18, 2023 Franc' Pairon, Belgian Fashion designer who founded the La Cambre-Mode(s) at La Cambre and the "Master Fashion and Accessory Design" course at the Institut Français de la Mode. She died aged 74 on the 12th February 2023. Obit (In French). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted February 28, 2023 On 06/07/2021 at 15:46, gcreptile said: Fashion designer and DDP Dame Zandra Rhodes had a secret cancer battle but is now in remission: https://www.survivornet.com/articles/zandra-rhodes-secret-cancer-battle-six-months-to-live/ She was even told, she had only six months to live but is fine now. Still, bile duct cancer can be pretty bad: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9754947/The-real-reason-kept-cancer-secret-Dame-Zandra-Rhodes-80-told-six-months-live.html Zandra Rhodes donates decades of archive material to De Montfort University Leicester: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2023/february/legendary-designer-zandra-rhodes-to-donate-decades-of-archive-material-to-dmu.aspx She was also awarded an honourary degree from De Montfort University Leicester: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/zandra-rhodes-de-montfort-university-dame-london-princess-b1060684.html She looks good for someone diagnosed with bile duct cancer in mid-2020 (articles in July 2021 give the diagnosis as ' just over a year ago') during the first coronavirus lockdown. As I couldn't find any information on her in December, I dropped her in the DDP. The picture* makes me think it could be the right call, but she's coming up on three years since the diagnosis. She had chemotheraphy, but resection (resection = surgical removal) of the cancer gives the best outcomes - which I can't determine if she had. This matters, as the five year survival rate is zero for non-recected cases. Additionally, I can't determine what chemotheraphy agent was used, which would give some indication of the severity/progression. *Note the whites of her eyes - they are not jaundiced, which is a good sign 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,394 Posted April 13, 2023 Mary Quant dead at 93. 7 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 1,031 Posted April 13, 2023 BBC News actually responsive with this one: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65265531 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted April 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, tracy said: Mary Quant dead at 93. mini-skirt but big loss ! +1 for my shadowlist, RIP… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted April 13, 2023 Brief moment of excitement as I knew I'd picked her for something, followed by the usual disappointment when I discover it was 2 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted April 30, 2023 Russian fashion legend Slava Zaitsev dead at 85: https://www.barrons.com/news/russian-couturier-slava-zaitsev-dead-at-85-d0daf948 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted May 2, 2023 Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, who was known for his work appearing in the pages of Elle and Vogue and for redesigning Russia's military uniforms in 2010, died at 59 years: https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/umer-valentin-yudashkin-882371/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted September 8, 2023 Fashion great Marc Bohan, who served for three decades as head designer of the esteemed Dior label, died at 97 years: https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/09/08/marc-bohan-ancien-directeur-artistique-de-dior-est-mort_6188410_3382.html His elegant dresses were worn by the likes of Princess Grace of Monaco and Jacqueline Kennedy. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,600 Posted November 10, 2023 Moschino have announced the death of their new creative director Davide Renne aged 46. New York Times 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 30 Report that Patti Bell, half of the Birmingham designers Kahn & Bell who designed for the New Romantics, particularly Duran Duran, has died: Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahn_%26_Bell 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted February 21 Katharine Hamnett has binned her CBE, saying she is disgusted to be British re the lack of a ceasefire in Gaza: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13106151/Katharine-Hamnett-bins-cbe-israel-hamas-war-digusted-british.html Video here showing every minute of her 76 years: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,627 Posted February 21 38 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Katharine Hamnett has binned her CBE, saying she is disgusted to be British re the lack of a ceasefire in Gaza: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13106151/Katharine-Hamnett-bins-cbe-israel-hamas-war-digusted-british.html ---snip Historians will remember this day as the turning point in Gaza vs Israel 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 23 Claude Montana, a French fashion designer particularly popular in the 1980s, has died. He was 76. https://www.vogue.com/article/claude-montana-whose-big-shouldered-silhouettes-defined-the-1980s-has-died 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites