His clothes, said Valerie Steele, director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, “were fierce, with a power that was both militaristic and highly eroticized.” She added: “It was not the American power look of the shoulder-padded executive. His was a different kind of working woman.”

Designer: Claude Montana (French, Paris 1947 - 2024 Paris)
Article: Green, Penelope. “Claude Montana, Fashion Designer Whose Look Defined the ’80s, Dies at 76.”
Source: nytimes.com

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