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His aggressive silhouettes came to define the ‘power-dressing’ era after initial accusations that they demeaned women

Claude Montana, the French fashion designer, who has died probably aged 74, defined the exaggerated silhouettes that characterised power-dressing women of the 1980s, when he became known as the “King of the Shoulder Pad”.

Claude Montana has died at age 76. He was the French designer who defined power-woman dressing in the 1980s.

The French designer defined power-woman dressing in the '80s.

Who is Christian Dior? A history and timeline of the designer who revolutionized fashion with his New Look.

Couturier who led the house of Dior for three decades and dressed Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren and Lauren Bacall

Norman residents held a diverse range of answers to the question, “Is home where the heart is?”

Pierre Cardin with some of his famous dresses at the Pierre Cardin Museum in Paris in 2014. Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP The fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who has died aged 98, had a technician’s obsession with the malleable properties of wool cloth and the possibilities of cut. He was not inspired by the female body but, as he admitted, inserted women into architectural carapaces. “My clothes aren’t fun,” he said, “they are worry...