On any given night in the late 70s at the legendary New York City nightclub Studio 54, chances are someone was wearing designs by Norma Kamali. Grace Jones, Bianca Jagger, even the bouncers who wore her now-famous sleeping- bag coats dressed in her creations. Kamali herself, however, stayed home. The shock is I never went to Studio 54, the designer tells PEOPLE in this week s issue. My
clothes were at Studio 54. She didn t have time for nightlife she had work to do. I was sewing every night, she says. I was trying to get the clothes done and stay in business.
Norma Kamali knows there s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all timeline to happiness her own late-in-life love story is proof.
The legendary designer, whose known for her celebrity-loved swimsuits and sleeping-bag coats, broke out on her own when she relaunched her fashion business in 1976 and she hasn t followed a prescribed path in business or love ever since. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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When Kamali was 25 she was told by an astrologer that she would meet her soulmate at 65. I said, That s not going to happen. I don t think so, the fashion designer tells PEOPLE in this week s issue with a laugh.
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Fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose name became synonymous with branding and licensing, has died.
Cardin, 98, died on Tuesday morning at the American Hospital in Paris, his family told the Agence France-Presse. The French Academy of Fine Arts confirmed his death on Twitter.
As an haute couture designer, Cardin s futuristic fashions were popular in the 1960s. But he became globally influential for decades past that because he understood, pioneered and created the globalized market for French luxury items, and showed a demand for licensing brand names on items beyond a typical fashion line. This is a day of great sadness for all our family, a statement from his relatives reads. Pierre Cardin is no longer. The great couturier that he was, has crossed the century, leaving France and the world a unique artistic heritage, but not
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Gal Gadot finds herself decked in diamonds often whether it s in new movies (she has two upcoming films that have big accessory moments) or attending virtual premieres in chic pieces (she wore Tiffany & Co. to the
Wonder Woman 1984 celebration). But at the moment, she has two people already eyeing her jewelry box full of gems her daughters, Alma, 9, and Maya, 3. They love jewelry and love accessories, Gadot, 35, tells PEOPLE. So, every time they see me wear something new, they are always very intrigued. They are already deciding amongst themselves who is going to get what when they grow up.