Frans Molenaar (; 11 May 1940 – 9 January 2015) was a Dutch fashion designer.Frans Molenaar. Geschiedenis
(flash website). Retrieved on 2008-08-28. He studied to become a

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in Amsterdam from 1955 to 1958. After his studies he did an

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with Charles Montaigne in

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from 1959 to 1960 and worked for Gerard Pipart at Nina Ricci also in Paris from 1961 to 1964. In 1967 he started his own business "Frans Molenaar Couture" and he worked as an '' haute couture'' designer since. He initiated the fashion award ''Frans Molenaar prijs'' in 1995. Molenaar died 9 January 2015, after suffering injuries from falling down a staircase at his home in December 2014. He was 74 years old.
Frans Molenaar kwam nooit meer thuis...
, '' De Telegraaf'', 2015. His final rest is at

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Frans Molenaar
(official website) 1940 births 2015 deaths Dutch fashion designers Designers from Amsterdam LGBT artists from the Netherlands {{fashion-bio-stub