Claude Montana, troubled fashion designer known in the 1980s as 'King of the Shoulder Pad' – obituary
His aggressive silhouettes came to define the ‘power-dressing’ era after initial accusations that they demeaned women
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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.
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