Antony Price, designer of Bowie and Duran Duran, dies at 80

Antony Price, the British fashion designer responsible for some of the favorite looks of David Bowie, Roxy Music and Queen Camilla, among others, has died at the age of 80.

Price was best known for his sculpted silhouettes and theatrical styles, including the pastel suits that appeared in the rock band Duran Duran’s Rio music video.

The band issued a statement on social media remembering him as a “visionary” and a “kind, intelligent and resourceful friend.”

Price’s death comes less than a month after she presented her last collection in more than 30 years in London, where singer Lily Allen modeled a dress inspired by the black velvet “revenge dress” worn by Diana, Princess of Wales.

Born in Yorkshire in 1945, Price moved to London in the early 1960s to study at the Royal College of Art.

A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the button-down, form-fitting trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during the Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.

She founded her own label in 1979 and staged her first fashion show a year later, opening the collection with looks by model Jerry Hall, who also wore the dress Price designed for her wedding to Sir Mick.

Price, a long-time David Bowie collaborator, designed the jacket the singer wore for his As The World Falls Down music video in 1986.

His distinctive ability to combine menswear and womenswear along with his technical proficiency in shaping body-hugging looks made him a “true original”, the British Fashion Council said.

In the 1990s, she began working on pieces for Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, including several outfits for her US tour after assuming the title.

After a career spanning more than five decades, Price staged what would be her final show in London last month in collaboration with fashion brand 16Arlington.