Jessica McClintock, influential San Francisco designer who dressed women in calico and lace, dies at 90
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Designer Jessica McClintock, was famed for her Gunne Sax line of prom dresses, which were huge in department stores in the 1980s.Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle 2011Show MoreShow Less
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Designer Jessica McClintock at her San Francisco headquarters in 2011.Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle 2011Show MoreShow Less
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Designer Jessica McClintock said “the most famous person to wear her designs” was Hillary Clinton, who wore a McClintock wedding gown when she married Bill Clinton in 1975.Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle 2011Show MoreShow Less
From her headquarters on Potrero Hill, Jessica McClintock oversaw a clothing empire that, at its height, operated dozens of stores across the country and outfitted women in dresses, handbags, watches, eyeglasses and a perfume that hinted of jasmine.