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"It&amp;#39;s been a rocky road for many fashion designers in the past few months, and news of Bill Blass&amp;#39;s closure has been coming for a long time now, since they canceled a runway show, didn&amp;#39;t replace designer Peter Som when he resigned, and generally saw sales plummet...but now, according to the New York Times&amp;#39;s Cathy Horyn, it&amp;#39;s finally official. The man who was a pioneer in American sportswear and a favorite of Jackie Kennedy leaves behind a legacy of beautiful, feminine, well-tailored pieces and a bevy of smart and sophisticated women who wore them.\nPinterestFacebookMy favorite Blass moment of all time came two years ago, at the Fall 2007 show, when I was seated next to none other than...my all time style (and life!) hero...Joan Rivers. She was decked out in a Bill Blass suit and a fur stole and puddles of diamonds and an amazing blowout and she just radiated glamour in a way that I will always associate with the label.\nThese are sad times for the fashion industry, indeed...Horyn says the label is still hoping to be bought and that someone will again want to produce ready-to-wear under the Bill Blass name, but with the economy in the crapper, I&amp;#39;m not terribly hopeful. RIP Bill Blass, I loved you so!\nPhoto: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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