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Bill Blass

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The Resume

    (June 22, 1922-June 12, 2002)
    Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
    Founded Bill Blass Limited (1970)
    Expanded from womens and menswear to furs, perfume, luggage, chocolate and a limited edition of the Lincoln Continental
    Won the Fashion Institute of Technology's Lifetime Achievement Award (1999)
    Favorite designer of Nancy Reagan

Why he might be annoying:

    He said, 'Childhood bores the hell out of me. I think it bored me even as a child.'
    He affected a British accent.
    He was fired by designer Anne Klein, who said he had 'good manners but no talent.'
    In one of his less successful spin-offs, he licensed his name for a male crotch spray, 'Man's Other Deodorant.'
    He chain-smoked, which probably contributed to the oral and throat cancers that killed him.
    He titled his autobiography 'Bare Blass.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    When he was five, his father committed suicide.
    He was the first man to win Mademoiselle's Design for Living award (1940).
    He served in the Army's 603rd Camouflage Battalion during World War II.
    Women's Wear Daily publisher John Fairchild said, 'Bill Blass was the gentleman of American fashion -- the perfect gentleman.'
    He did have limits on what he would put his name on, turning down offers to market coffins and dental braces.
    He donated $10 million to the New York Library (1994) and left half of his $52 million estate to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 48.65% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying