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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Morwenna Ferrier

Antony Price, ultra-glam designer for Duran Duran, Bowie and Roxy Music, dies aged 80

‘Master craftsman and frock surgeon’ … Price in 2008.
‘Master craftsman and frock surgeon’ … Price in 2008. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

Antony Price, the maverick British designer and theatrical “image maker” has died aged 80. He was among the first to combine music, theatre and fashion, helping to craft Roxy Music’s glam rock aesthetic and designing Duran Duran’s yacht rock tailoring a decade later. More recently, he became Queen Camilla’s go-to designer.

Often described as the greatest designer you’ve never heard of, Price only ever staged six shows – or “fashion extravaganzas” – in his 55-year career but just last month returned to the London catwalk for the first time in more than 30 years with a show in collaboration with 16Arlington. There, Lily Allen created headlines by modelling a black velvet “revenge dress”.

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