Designers Death and Legacy
The greatest Fashion designers of the 20-21century in our era are;
Christian Dior (1905-1957) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world’s top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior, but now owned by Groupe Arnault.
Coco Chanel (1883-1971) first female, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was a French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand. Along with Paul Poiret, Chanel was credited with liberating women from the constraints of the “corseted silhouette.”
Gianni Versace (1946-1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Versace, an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, make-up and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films. Versace was shot dead on 15 July 1997, in early 50’s, on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion as he returned from a morning walk on Ocean Drive. According to police source, he was murdered by Andrew Cunanan, after several days he toke his life out, commit suicide.
The news are making any research possible to find info why, police has no any information, only conclusion there was much public and press speculation, case close. But apparently it’s obvious, the motive its just front of our eyes, sometimes we can’t see it, but could be the family business after all. As of his will, Gianni Versace left 50% of his fashion empire to his niece Allegra Versace. Her younger brother, Daniel, inherited Versace’s rare artwork collection. Allegra inherited her stake, worth around half a billion dollars, when she turned 18 years old in 2004.
In September 1997, the media announced that Versace’s brother, Santo, and Jorge Saud would serve as the new CEOs of Gianni Versace S.p.A. Versace’s sister, Donatella, became the new head of design.
Lee Alexander McQueen, (1969-2010) CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier. He is known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label. McQueen’s death was announced on the afternoon of 11 February 2010. In the morning, his housekeeper found him hanged at his home on Green Street, London W1.
McQueen died nine days after his mother Joyce had died from cancer at the age of 75. He was mixing many drugs and he wasn’t happy at the time. Police recorded as suicide, diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, took an overdose prior to hanging himself.
