The Fashion Icon Antony Price, Famed for Creating Looks for David Bowie and Duran Duran, Passes Away at Age 80.

Fashion legend Antony Price, the visionary style architect responsible for many legendary styles worn by musical icons like Bowie and members of Roxy Music, as well as Queen Camilla, has passed away at 80 years old.

Price was best known for his sculptured silhouettes and dramatic aesthetics, including the pastel suits that became famous from rock band Duran Duran's seminal music video for "Rio".

"In a tribute, they called him a 'visionary' and a 'kind, intelligent and razor-witted friend,' the group posted a remembrance online."

This news arrives shortly after he presented his most recent collection in London, his first in more than 30 years. The performer Lily Allen walked in a dress evoking the famous black velvet "dress" made famous by Diana, Princess of Wales.

A Pioneering Career

Hailing from Yorkshire, where he was born in 1945, Price headed for London in the early 1960s to study at the esteemed Royal College of Art.

A year after graduating, he started his work in men's fashion at Stirling Copper and was behind the form-fitting, button-fly pants that The Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger famously wore during the iconic group's "Gimme Shelter" tour in the late sixties.

He founded his own label in 1979 and presented his inaugural collection a year later. The show featured as its opener outfits on supermodel Jerry Hall, who was also seen in the marriage dress Price specifically designed for her marriage to Sir Mick Jagger.

Partnerships with Stars

A long-time collaborator of the late David Bowie, Price created the distinctive jacket the artist wore for his "As The World Falls Down" music video in 1986.

His trademark skill to blend menswear and womenswear along with his technical proficiency in designing form-fitting garments cemented his status as a "true original," as stated by the British Fashion Council.

By the 1990s, he commenced designing outfits for Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, such as various looks for her tour of the United States after becoming Duchess.

With a vocation that covered more than five decades, Price presented his final runway show in London recently in partnership with the fashion brand 16Arlington.

• Sculpted Silhouettes: A hallmark of his work.
• Theatrical Flair: Defining an era of music fashion.
• Boundary-Pushing Tailoring: Creating a unique, androgynous style.
• Working with Stars and Royalty: Spanning iconic musicians and members of the royal family.

The industry mourns the loss to a authentic original whose influence on fashion and music remains indelibly etched.