Designer Claude Montana, a key figure in 80s fashion, dies. The creator has died at the age of 74 in a Paris hospital.

His designs marked an era of excess, where everything was taken to the extreme. “His daring creations influenced an entire generation of designers,” said Bruno Pavlovsky, president of the French Fashion Federation. He was a pioneer in making women's clothing with great references to men's fashion. He made leather his hallmark and appropriated military fashion to reconvert it into punk pieces in strong colors.