Claude Montana, troubled fashion designer known as ‘King of the Shoulder Pad’ in the 1980s – obituary
Claude Montana in 1987 – PIERRE GUILLAUD/AFP via Getty Images Claude Montana, the French fashion designer, who has probably died aged 74, defined the exaggerated silhouettes characteristic of power-dressing women in the 1980s, when he became known as the ‘King of Shoulder Pads’. Initially, Montana’s aggressive silhouettes, heavily influenced by constructivism, shocked critics and buyers. … Read more