L'Wren Scott

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

L'Wren Scott (born April 28, 1964 as Laura "Luann" Bambrough ; † March 17, 2014 in New York City ) was an American fashion designer and model. She was a successful stylist in Hollywood , whose clothes were worn by well-known actors and politicians.

biography

Early years

Scott grew - along with two step-siblings - all of their adoptive parents in a Mormon family in Roy ( Utah ) on. Her height of 1.93 m was striking for Scott. During her school days she started designing clothes. After high school in Roy, she left Utah and went to Paris to study and become a model. She changed her real name "Laura" to the stage name "L'Wren".

Career

In Utah, L'Wren Scott was discovered skiing by photographer Bruce Weber . He photographed them for Calvin Klein . In Paris she worked for Thierry Mugler , Chanel and others, including the photographers Guy Bourdin , David Bailey and Jean-Paul Goude .

Scott moved to California in the early 1990s. She established herself as a stylist and worked with Herb Ritts , Helmut Newton , Karl Lagerfeld and Mario Sorrenti . A career springboard was the advertising campaign for Elizabeth Taylor's “White Diamonds”, which was followed by many commissions, including 2009 and 2011 with Madonna . The American designed costumes for films such as Diabolisch , Ocean's 13 , Eyes Wide Shut and Shine a Light , a concert film by Martin Scorsese about the Rolling Stones . Her creations have been worn by actresses such as Nicole Kidman , Sarah Jessica Parker and Angelina Jolie, and by the first lady Michelle Obama . However, Scott's London-based LS Fashion Ltd. six million dollars in debt.

Private life

In 1992, L'Wren Scott and Anthony Blake Brand married. The marriage was divorced in 1996. From 2001 until her death in 2014 she was in a relationship with the musician Mick Jagger , the front man of the Rolling Stones. L'Wren Scott died from strangulation in her Manhattan apartment on March 17, 2014, one month before her 50th birthday . The suicide was confirmed by forensic medicine after the autopsy on March 20, 2014 . Scott was buried on March 25, 2014 in Hollywood Forever Cemetery , Los Angeles .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bunte, No. 13/2014, p. 93.
  2. ↑ On the Death of L'Wren Scott: More Than Just an Accessory , Der Spiegel , accessed March 19, 2014
  3. ↑ Norbert Klus: On the death of L'Wren Scott. "I wish she had asked for help." In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved on March 23, 2014
  4. ↑ L'Wren Scott hanged himself with a scarf. In: Die Welt from March 18, 2014 (accessed March 19, 2014).
  5. ↑ CBS New York: Autopsy Confirms Fashion Designer L'Wren Scott's Death Was Suicide from March 18, 2014
  6. ↑ L'Wren Scott († 49) buried. In: Blick vom March 26, 2014 (accessed on March 27, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Scott, L'Wren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bambrough, Laura (maiden name); Bambrough, Luann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fashion designer and model
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1964
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 2014
Place of death New York City