Founder of billion dollar fashion empire, Liz Claiborne, died of cancer last Tuesday, June 26, at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She was 78.
Liz Claiborne was known for her chic yet affordable fashion apparel for career women. Her company, Liz Claiborne, Inc., is now a multi-brand company that bears her name - from socks, sportswear, career clothes to perfumery. Many people consider the world renown designer a fashion icon with a unique sense of style.
Elisabeth Claiborne was born in Brussels, Belgium in March 31, 1929 and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1939 with her parents, Omer V. Claiborne and Louise Fenner Claiborne. She started her fashion career at age 21 when her design for a woman’s coat won a design competition. For 30 years, she worked as designer with various clothing companies, until she decided to go solo and establish her own label in 1976 with the help of her second husband, Arthur Ortenberg, a clothing manufacturer.
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