The year in deadly fashion

As the year winds to an end, we salute the fashionistas, sartorialists and all-around dandies who passed away this year.



Yves Saint Laurent. The original Marc Jacobs, a man who gave us Le Smoking, Belle de Jour, and Opium.



Bettie Page. Did she usher in the sexual revolution? Where would John Waters and Dita Von Teese be without her.





Polaroid film and Sparks. Both brands stopped production this year. Hipster everywhere wept.




The house of Bill Blass. In a Thursday Styles obit, Eric Wilson describes that disorganization, hubris and bad timing brought down one of the most elegant American fashion brands.



posted by Modus Couture - men's fashion blog