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4 Jan

DLS Outfitters’ Lee Leonard Dead at 74

Lee Leonard, one in all the principals of the DLS Outfitters consulting firm, has died on the age of 74. Fred Derring, president and founding father of DLS, said he believes Leonard passed away on Recent 12 months’s Eve or Recent 12 months’s Day but wasn’t sure of the precise day or reason for death. Derring said he grew concerned when he couldn’t reach Leonard by phone or email and went to his apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Jan. 1 to examine on him. He didn't get a response and needed to call the police and fire department to interrupt down the door. It was then that they found Leonard’s body. “We’re pretty sure it was a heart attack,”...
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28 Dec

Éric Pfrunder, Karl Lagerfeld’s Photography Wingman, Dies at 74

Éric Pfrunder Éric Pfrunder, Karl Lagerfeld’s closest creative associate for his varied photography projects, died Monday in a Paris hospital at age 74 after an extended illness, his son Jasper confirmed to WWD. Services are scheduled for Friday at 3:30 p.m. on the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Pfrunder was Chanel’s director of image for 3 many years, and remained as artistic director of fashion image for a transient period following Lagerfeld’s death in February 2019. “A person of conviction and loyalty, a passionate employee, ‘vorarbeiter’ as Karl Lagerfeld affectionately called him, Eric tirelessly devoted his exceptional eye and vision to the excellence of Chanel, generously sharing his knowledge and insights with the image team and more broadly, the style division,” Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion,...
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