Category: in memoriam
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In memoriam: Hervé Léger
Farewell to the great HervĂ© LĂ©ger. I wrote a brief tribute to the late designer for FASHION magazine. To learn more about LĂ©ger’s work for Guy Laroche under the name HervĂ© L. Leroux, and the commercial patterns from his tenure, see my series.
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China Machado for Vogue Patterns
China Machado, the first mixed-race supermodel, has died. She was 86. Born in Shanghai to Chinese and Portuguese parents, China Machado (1929-2016) was famous for working with Richard Avedon and Hubert de Givenchy. Later, she became a different kind of pioneer, as a model-turned-editor, when she succeeded Diana Vreeland as fashion director at Harper’s Bazaar.…
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