Antony Value, who has been described as a ‘visionary designer’, has died on the age of 80.
The influential designer was primarily recognized for his collaborations with pop group Duran Duran and Bryan Ferry from Roxy Music.
Final month Value returned to the catwalk with a present in collaboration with atelier 16Arlington, during which singer Lily Allen modelled a black velvet gown mentioned to be impressed by the ‘revenge gown’ of Diana, Princess of Wales. It was his first assortment in London for over 30 years.
On Wednesday, in an Instagram submit, Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes introduced: ‘I’m deeply saddened to listen to that my very pricey good friend Antony Value, handed away yesterday.
‘He was a visionary designer, with extraordinary technical expertise. No person did glam higher than Antony…
‘Impressed by old fashioned Hollywood, he introduced that fashion into a brand new period with a pointy sense of modernity and with out ever forsaking class. His designs have been made to shine – whoever wore his garments inevitably obtained essentially the most consideration within the room.
‘For Duran Duran, he was an necessary collaborator from the very starting and we continued to work with him all through the years. Maybe most importantly, he conceived and designed the entire pastel colored silk fits we wore within the Rio video.
‘His distinctive creations have been distinctive and hanging. While he not often obtained the popularity he deserved from the style media, his notable clientele and plenty of different designers all knew Antony was a genius, a minimize above the remaining.
‘He by no means did not ship. His swan track vogue present, only a few weeks in the past was as spectacular and related as the primary one I ever noticed.
‘Greater than all of this, Antony was a loyal, sort, clever and razor-witted, good friend. I’ll miss you Tone…’
Born in Yorkshire in 1945 Value spent 4 years at Bradford Artwork Faculty earlier than finding out on the Royal School of Artwork, from which he graduated in 1968, designing body-hugging trousers for Sir Mick Jagger a yr later for The Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter tour.
He established his eponymous label in 1979 and staged his first vogue present in 1980, with opening seems worn by Jerry Corridor, who additionally wore a gown designed by him for her wedding ceremony to Sir Mick.
He additionally designed the jacket David Bowie wore for his As The World Falls Down music video in 1986, and extra just lately turned the go-to designer of Queen Camilla.
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