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Fashion & Design
Bill Blass
1922–2002Fort Wayne, INItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
American fashion legend
Biography
American fashion legend; dressed First Ladies and Hollywood stars; Fort Wayne Indiana Italian-American roots. CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award; dressed 10 First Ladies; $700M fashion empire
Notable For
- American fashion legend
- dressed First Ladies and Hollywood stars
- Fort Wayne Indiana Italian-American roots
Honors & Recognition
- CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award
- dressed 10 First Ladies
- $700M fashion empire
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Fashion & Design
- Specialty
- Fashion Design
- Years
- 1922–2002
- Birth Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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