Category: in memoriam

in memoriam

In memoriam: Stella Tennant

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Stella Tennant in Oscar de la Renta opera coat, Oh, Pioneers! Arthur Elgort / Grace Coddington
Stella Tennant in Oscar de la Renta FW 2001, Vogue, June 2001. Photo: Arthur Elgort. Editor: Grace Coddington. Image: Bellazon.

In memory of Stella Tennant, 1970–2020.

Silk crepe bias-cut dress with gold ivy, Givenchy Haute Couture by Alexander McQueen. "White Noise" photographed by Craig McDean; fashion editor: Melanie Ward.
Stella Tennant in Spring 1997 Givenchy Haute Couture by Alexander McQueen (The Search for the Golden Fleece), Harper’s Bazaar, May 1997. Photo: Craig McDean. Editor: Melanie Ward.

Read her British Vogue obituary.

Plainsong: Chintzy prints brighten dusty gray days. Cabbage-rose taffeta off-the-shoulder gown with matching wrap belt, John Galliano Paris.
Stella Tennant in John Galliano FW 2001 (Techno Romance), Vogue, June 2001. Photo: Arthur Elgort. Editor: Grace Coddington. Image: Vogue.com.
in memoriam

In memoriam: Kenzo Takada

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Vibeke Knudsen photographed in a Kenzo dress and skirt ensemble outside Biarritz by Helmut Newton, 1975
Kenzo ensemble photographed in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Vogue, August 1975. Model: Vibeke Knudsen. Photo: Helmut Newton. Image: Vogue Archive.

Farewell to the singular Kenzo Takada, pioneer of the prêt-à-porter.

Kenzo Takada photographed by Deborah Turbeville, Vogue 1975
Kenzo Takada (bottom left) with models in Vogue, February 1975. Photo: Deborah Turbeville. Image: Vogue Archive.

Read his New York Times obituary.