“Fashion, as we know it, is dead,” the Austrian-born American designer Rudi Gernreich proclaimed in ... was when he did that unisex thing Life magazine, in which a young man and a young ...

who was photographed for publications including Life magazine and Women’s Wear Daily. According to “The Rudi Gernreich Book” (1991), a tribute to the designer published by Ms. Moffitt and ...

A radical fashion designer and Austrian expat in Hollywood, Rudi Gernreich, had a solution: The thong swimsuit. “The Thong is my response to a contradiction in our society: nudity is here ...

PHILADELPHIA — Now that the Sept. 11 attacks have made the materialistic, celebrity-fueled fashion scene seem all the more frivolous, it could be time for another Rudi Gernreich moment.

The design’s influence would extend far beyond California’s beaches; to this day, Gernreich is considered the modern thong ... leaving the wearer’s breasts exposed – had been revealed in Time and Life ...

The Smithsonian has two of these Rudi Gernreich skirts in its collection ... onstage by more than one performer. Throughout his life, Gernreich’s work was invariably prized for being comfortable ...

But then, Gernreich was wellknown for approaching fashion as a social commentator. For the Jan. 1, 1970, issue of Life magazine ... and social conscience Rudi Gernreich was born in Austria ...

It can’t be said that the Nazis launched many fashion careers, but when, after the Anschluss, Hitler banned nudity in buff-loving Austria, a young Rudi Gernreich may have taken note.

Although Claxton’s photos were initially intended for Life, the magazine declined ... including a topless swimsuit — designed by her friend Rudi Gernreich — that scandalized the fashion ...