Fashion designer Liz Claiborne has passed away at the age of 78:
Liz Claiborne, one of the giants of the fashion industry, died Tuesday in New York of complications from cancer....Along with Donna Karan a decade later, Claiborne's name is synonymous with outfitting the new career women of the '70s and '80s. In fact, Karan's first major fashion job was with the Claiborne company.
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