{"id":4712,"date":"2025-12-18T05:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2025-12-18T05:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:41:29","slug":"antony-price-designer-for-bowie-and-duran-duran-dies-aged-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4712","title":{"rendered":"Antony Price, designer for Bowie and Duran Duran, dies aged 80"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

British fashion designer Anthony Price (L) with singer David Bowie (C) and his wife Angie Bowie at King’s Cross station in London in 1973 <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
\n

Antony Price, the British fashion designer responsible for some of the looks favoured by David Bowie, Roxy Music and Queen Camilla among others, has died aged 80.<\/p>\n

Price was best known for his sculptured silhouettes and theatrical styles, including pastel suits which featured in rock band Duran Duran’s music video Rio.<\/p>\n

The band released a statement on social media<\/a> remembering him as a “visionary” and a “kind, intelligent and razor-witted friend”.<\/p>\n

Price’s death comes less than a month after he unveiled his latest collection in London in more than 30 years, where singer Lily Allen modelled a dress inspired by the black velvet “revenge dress” worn by Diana, Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Price styled rock group Duran Duran for their music video Rio in 1982<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Price (C) with Duran Duran at his 70th birthday party in London in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
\n

Born in Yorkshire in 1945, Price moved to London in the early 1960s to study at the Royal College of Art.<\/p>\n

A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sir Mick Jagger wearing Price’s buttoned trousers on tour in New York City in 1969<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
\n

He founded his own label in 1979 and staged his first fashion show a year later, opening the collection with looks from model Jerry Hall, who also wore the dress Price designed for her wedding to Sir Mick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Model Jerry Hall and Price attending an event in 1985<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
\n

A long-time collaborator of David Bowie, Price designed the jacket the singer wore for his As The World Falls Down music video in 1986.<\/p>\n

His signature ability to blend menswear and womenswear along with his technical proficiency to shape body-hugging looks made him a “true original”, said the British Fashion Council.<\/p>\n

In the 1990s, he began working on pieces for Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, including several ensembles for her US tour after assuming the title.<\/p>\n

After a career spanning more than five decades, Price staged what would be his last show in London last month in collaboration with fashion brand 16Arlington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\"GettyGetty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Price (L) with singer Lily Allen (C) at his fashion show in London last month.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n