LIZ CLAIBORNE DIES @ 78

Liz Claiborne, a founder of the company the is considered a major designer of American sportswear throughout the Seventies and Eighties until she retired in 1989. She died Tuesday morning at age 78. The cause of death was not yet released. If you have don’t know who Liz Clairborne is below is some background information.

Fashion designer and business executive, born in Brussels, Belgium. She was raised in New Orleans, returning to Europe to study art instead of finishing high school. After 25 years as a New York designer she founded her own firm (1976), which she built into a billion-dollar-a-year business, first designing stylish, moderately priced sportswear that freed working women from plain, dark suits, then expanding into menswear, accessories, and perfume. She retired from active management in 1989. Click Here for more info.

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