Liz Claiborne...RIP

[Hammster]

I know my wife wears some items with her name on them. She was quite an innovator for working women everywhere.
A link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19463584/?GT1=10056

[Deechef]

I LOVE her clothes. I have a Liz Claiborne golf shirt on right now. She did a lot for the clothing industry. I will not throw anything of hers away as they last forever. May she rest in peace.

[mbrogier]

I've worn a lot of her clothes. She had some wonderful younger looking suits in the 80s and 90s.

[Lauren]

Another Liz fan here! :D We have an "outlet" store nearby and I've bought many things things there over the years, shoes, too.

I just found this on their website:

Liz Claiborne Inc. designs and markets an extensive range of branded women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products. Our diverse portfolio of quality brands - available domestically and internationally via wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels - consistently meets the widest range of consumers’ fashion needs, from classic to contemporary, active to relaxed and denim to streetwear. Liz Claiborne Inc.’s brands include Axcess, Bora Bora, C & C California, Claiborne, Concepts by Claiborne, Curve, Dana Buchman, Elisabeth, Ellen Tracy, Emma James, Enyce, First Issue, Intuitions, J.H. Collectibles, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, Kenzie, Kenziegirl, Laundry by Shelli Segal, LIZ, Liz & Co., Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand Jeans, Mac & Jac, Mambo, Marvella, Mexx, Monet, Monet 2, Prana, Realities, Sigrid Olsen, Soul, Spark, Stamp 10, Tapemeasure, Tint, Trifari, Villager and Yzza. In addition, Liz Claiborne Inc. holds the exclusive, long-term license to produce and sell men's and women's collections of DKNY® Jeans and DKNY® Active in the Western Hemisphere. The Company also has the exclusive license to produce jewelry under the Kenneth Cole New York and Reaction Kenneth Cole brand names.

Who knew the company owns so many brands! I love Sigrid Olsen and Dana Buchman!!!! :p

[funniegrrl]

Until the end of March I worked at an Elisabeth store part-time. It is amazing how many brands LCI owns, I didn't know until I started working there. Liz herself wasn't crazy about the direction the company took after her retirement. In fact, she was quoted fairly recently as not wearing the clothes herself much anymore. Now that there is a new CEO as of last year, it's changing even more. Some of the changes are interesting, some are seen as troublesome. They're throwing a lot of emphasis to things like Juicy Couture and Lucky. For example, the reason I don't work at Elisabeth any more is because they closed ALL Elisabeth stores. Why? In the words of the CEO ... "Plus-size women just don't really care enough about what they look like to buy higher-end clothes." :rolleyes: