Edgar Vos (5 July 1931 – 13 January 2010) was a Dutch fashion designer.
Vos was born in
Makassar
Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...
in the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
(now
Indonesia) in 1931. He studied fashion at the
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The academy was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design.
History
In 1924, th ...
in
Amsterdam.
He started a chain of fifteen boutique clothing stores known as Edgar Vos Boutiques.
Vos died of a
heart attack while holidaying in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
, a day after being admitted to a hospital suffering from what is suspected to have been
pneumonia. He was 78.
He is survived by his partner, Geert Eijsbouts.
Dutch fashion designer Edgar Vos dies
''Toronto Sun
The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place i ...
'', 14 January 2010.
References
External links
Edgar Vos Boutiques official website
1931 births
2010 deaths
Dutch fashion designers
LGBT fashion designers
People from Makassar
World War II civilian prisoners held by Japan
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