Philippe Venet, fashion designer, 91
From Lyon, Venet apprenticed with a local dressmaker before heading to Paris, where he found work chez Schiaparelli and met his partner, Hubert de Givenchy. Venet worked at Givenchy until 1962, when he started his own line. The purity of his designs identified him as belonging to the Balenciaga school of fashion.
Jessica McClintock
Photo: Lea Suzuki / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesJessica McClintock, fashion designer, 90
On the back of a $5,000 investment in a company called Gunne Sax, McClintock built a multimillion-dollar empire that celebrated the power of pretty in the form of printed and lace-trimmed frocks.
From left: Patrick Chalhoub, Jeremy Hackett, and Derek Khan.
Photo: Cameron Clegg / Gallo Images / Getty ImagesDerek Khan, stylist, 63
A stylist from Trinidad, Khan was responsible for creating influential and OTT looks for stars like Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill, and Mary J. Blige in the 1990s, when hip-hop and rap went mainstream.
Dolores Hawkins, in full bloom, with Cha-Cha Schatzberg. “Garden news here,” reads the accompanying caption. “Butterfly Pink in the lipstick; pink flower wig for a hat [by Sally Victor].”
Photographed by Jerry Schatzberg, Vogue, June 1, 1958Dolores Hawkins Phelps, Vogue model and realtor, 90
Active in the 1950s, Phelps was a new type of model, the kind that brimmed over with happiness rather than hauteur. She had a million-dollar smile, and in the context of the time, her look was considered natural. Phelps posed for two Vogue covers.
Harry Brant
Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography / WireImageHarry Brant, socialite, 24
“There was something about Harry, which everyone saw and loved,” wrote Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis of the fashion-forward man-about-town. “His jaw-dropping looks, his androgynous style, and his insatiable love for fashion placed him everywhere.”
This article first appeared on Vogue.com.
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