Post by Admin on May 29, 2015 17:35:17 GMT
From the New York Times article:
www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/fashion/lwren-scott-remembered-by-cathy-horyn.html?_r=2
L’Wren Scott Remembered: 3-20-2014
"L’Wren Scott was beguiling to her friends, so I can’t imagine what strangers thought of her. There was her height: 6-foot-7 in heels, which made me (5-foot-7) feel like a shrimp.
I remember sitting on a trunk backstage at Madison Square Garden, watching a parade of guests come to greet her boyfriend, Mick Jagger, at the start of the Rolling Stones’ Bigger Bang Tour, in 2005. There, after Ahmet Ertegun, were Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, then undergrads, and L’Wren beamed and swept down like Glinda the Good Witch to hug the girls."
"L’Wren was made of softer clay, to use a phrase of the writer Lesley Blanch. The Olsens were then struggling for acceptance, as adults, as would-be designers, and L’Wren, who wasn’t big on group opinion, offered her encouragement. And this was while she was quietly starting her own label and facing the inevitable detractors.
Like many small designers, she had problems managing her business: cash flow, finding the right managers, getting her goods out of Italian factories on schedule. Two years ago, our friendship was tested when, after hearing her troubles, I told her she should give herself a time limit to resolve matters or get out. Putting her health in jeopardy because of stress was not worth it, I told her."
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From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Wren_Scott
Laura "Luann" Bambrough (April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014), known professionally as L'Wren Scott, was an American stylist and fashion designer.
Scott started her career as a model in Paris before moving to California and styling movie stars such as Madonna and Julia Roberts. In 2006, she launched the first of her fashion collections.
Scott’s longest relationship was with Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, whom she met around 2001. Following a period of depression, Scott hanged herself at her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan, aged 49. The cause of death was found to be suicide by hanging.
Rolling Stones
L'Wren Scott collaborated with Mick Jagger the designs for his costumes for the Rolling Stones tours. The range included a gorilla coat covered in ostrich feathers, a green jacket that Scott dubbed "Glamouflage," a black jacked adorned with butterflies, an embroidered gold jacked inspired by Gustav Klimt.
Personal life
Marriages and relationships
L'Wren Scott was married twice, for short periods of time. From 1990 - 1993 as "Lauren Scott," she was married to British property developer Andrew Ladsky. In 1993, one month after her divorce from Ladsky, she married Andrew Brand, manager of a Prada franchise in Beverly Hills. The marriage lasted only 9 months. The divorce was finalized in 1997.
Her longest relationship was with Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, whom she met around 2001. The couple lived in London, NYC, France, and Mustique. Scott's family members have divided opinions regarding Mick Jagger's relationship with their sister
Death
After a long period of depression, Scott was found dead by her assistant at her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan on March 17, 2014. The police reported that no note was found and there was no sign of foul play. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner determined Scott's manner and cause of death to be suicide by hanging. She was 49.
Upon learning of her death Mick Jagger wrote on his website and on his official Facebook page: "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way. We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me. I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her."
A memorial in Utah on April 12, 2014 was led by her brother Randall Bambrough. Bambrough urged people to remember L'Wren "As a wonderful terrific person who was highly talented and had a very large heart and brought the best out in people.” Her estranged, adoptive sister Jan Shane was also in attendance. L'Wren Scott's ashes were buried next to her parents, Ivan and Lula Bambrough, near the family home in Ogden, Utah. A final memorial was held for her friends on May 2, 2014, led by Jagger and Randall Bambrough in New York City.
Legacy
In January 2015, it was announced that Mick Jagger created a three-year scholarship fund in her name for fashion design students at the London-based school Central Saint Martins. The scholarship, which will begin in October 2015 will cover all the fees for one student each year, over the course of three years (through 2017).
In the weeks following her death, both her Banana Republic collection, and her higher-priced line at Barneys were in demand and sold out. She left her entire estate, estimated at about US$9 million, to Mick Jagger.
www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/fashion/lwren-scott-remembered-by-cathy-horyn.html?_r=2
L’Wren Scott Remembered: 3-20-2014
"L’Wren Scott was beguiling to her friends, so I can’t imagine what strangers thought of her. There was her height: 6-foot-7 in heels, which made me (5-foot-7) feel like a shrimp.
I remember sitting on a trunk backstage at Madison Square Garden, watching a parade of guests come to greet her boyfriend, Mick Jagger, at the start of the Rolling Stones’ Bigger Bang Tour, in 2005. There, after Ahmet Ertegun, were Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, then undergrads, and L’Wren beamed and swept down like Glinda the Good Witch to hug the girls."
"L’Wren was made of softer clay, to use a phrase of the writer Lesley Blanch. The Olsens were then struggling for acceptance, as adults, as would-be designers, and L’Wren, who wasn’t big on group opinion, offered her encouragement. And this was while she was quietly starting her own label and facing the inevitable detractors.
Like many small designers, she had problems managing her business: cash flow, finding the right managers, getting her goods out of Italian factories on schedule. Two years ago, our friendship was tested when, after hearing her troubles, I told her she should give herself a time limit to resolve matters or get out. Putting her health in jeopardy because of stress was not worth it, I told her."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Wren_Scott
Laura "Luann" Bambrough (April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014), known professionally as L'Wren Scott, was an American stylist and fashion designer.
Scott started her career as a model in Paris before moving to California and styling movie stars such as Madonna and Julia Roberts. In 2006, she launched the first of her fashion collections.
Scott’s longest relationship was with Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, whom she met around 2001. Following a period of depression, Scott hanged herself at her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan, aged 49. The cause of death was found to be suicide by hanging.
Rolling Stones
L'Wren Scott collaborated with Mick Jagger the designs for his costumes for the Rolling Stones tours. The range included a gorilla coat covered in ostrich feathers, a green jacket that Scott dubbed "Glamouflage," a black jacked adorned with butterflies, an embroidered gold jacked inspired by Gustav Klimt.
Personal life
Marriages and relationships
L'Wren Scott was married twice, for short periods of time. From 1990 - 1993 as "Lauren Scott," she was married to British property developer Andrew Ladsky. In 1993, one month after her divorce from Ladsky, she married Andrew Brand, manager of a Prada franchise in Beverly Hills. The marriage lasted only 9 months. The divorce was finalized in 1997.
Her longest relationship was with Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, whom she met around 2001. The couple lived in London, NYC, France, and Mustique. Scott's family members have divided opinions regarding Mick Jagger's relationship with their sister
Death
After a long period of depression, Scott was found dead by her assistant at her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan on March 17, 2014. The police reported that no note was found and there was no sign of foul play. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner determined Scott's manner and cause of death to be suicide by hanging. She was 49.
Upon learning of her death Mick Jagger wrote on his website and on his official Facebook page: "I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way. We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me. I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her."
A memorial in Utah on April 12, 2014 was led by her brother Randall Bambrough. Bambrough urged people to remember L'Wren "As a wonderful terrific person who was highly talented and had a very large heart and brought the best out in people.” Her estranged, adoptive sister Jan Shane was also in attendance. L'Wren Scott's ashes were buried next to her parents, Ivan and Lula Bambrough, near the family home in Ogden, Utah. A final memorial was held for her friends on May 2, 2014, led by Jagger and Randall Bambrough in New York City.
Legacy
In January 2015, it was announced that Mick Jagger created a three-year scholarship fund in her name for fashion design students at the London-based school Central Saint Martins. The scholarship, which will begin in October 2015 will cover all the fees for one student each year, over the course of three years (through 2017).
In the weeks following her death, both her Banana Republic collection, and her higher-priced line at Barneys were in demand and sold out. She left her entire estate, estimated at about US$9 million, to Mick Jagger.