The Death of American Icon, Andre Van Pier

Top fashion designer Andre Van Pier died from liver failure in a NYC hosital in August of 2008, from his battle with Hepatitis C, the same liver disease that Pamela Anderson has. In the 1980s in the fashion industery in NYC Andre Van Pier was a Icon, yet virtually unknown to the general public. Andre Van Pier died in a NYC hospital all alone and broke and buried by the state in a unmarked grave in August of 2008. Long gone where the days that he ruled the fashion trends and dressed the stars and the wealthy ladies,in his most classic, chic fashion. using the most expensive fabrics and simple designs, he was a marketing expert and with his impecable taste and his perfectionist he was one of a kind.

MICHAL JACKSON, MADONNA, image came from Van Pier in the early eighties, as he dressed the rock stars.Vogue magazine and Harpers Barzar featured Andre Van pier for many years in the 1980s. His small couture collections sold east and west coast at excutive stores, Andre Van Pier often spoke of the 1980s as the best time in his life he remembered the parties, the nightlife that he so much adored a time when Andre was the toast of the town. Money was no problem and the parties where endless as these where the days of excess for everyone. STUDIO 54 was the place to be and the party was non stop.

Madonna stage worn cropped trousers from The Girlie Tour by Andre Van Pier A pair of black sequin encrusted silk cropped trousers with low waist worn by Madonna on her 1993 tour The lot is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Andre Van Pier The investment fund acquired the trousers in January 2007 Andre Van Pier’s career in fashion has been meteoric since he was commissioned to design the famous dress worn by Dustin Hoffman in the hit film Tootsie, Jessica Lange and Gina Davis fashions for the same movie For the past 20+ years, Andre Van Pier has worked with an amazing array of celebrities on three continents and many islands Andre’s first clients: former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and socialite Judy Peabody, Diana Vreeland of Vogue fame, Mrs. Roger Noall, Jessica Lange, and many others Andre has also designed clothing for many other distinguished celebrities: Lamia and Nabila Kashogi, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Nina Griscom, Barbara Davis, Maria Shriver Schawarzenegger and some of the biggest names in the entertainment world from Mick Jagger to Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Bruce Sprinsteen, Elizabeth Taylor, Yoko Ono, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Priscilla Presley, Diana Ross, Liz Smith, Uma Thurman, Melania Kanuss Trump,  Matthew Broaderick, Tom Jones and legendary Life Styles of the rich and famous Robin Leach to name few Notes on Fashion Gross, Michael. (05/1987) Crystal bra shown at the Omni by Andre Van Pier. ”Joan Collins has purchased this,” said Mr. Van Pier’s marketing director, Victoria Vanayerst, who also showed sequined bandeaus and halters made of bugle beads. Which one a customer chooses, Miss Vanayerst said, ”depends on the shape of her body.” Also on the shape of her wallet: the bra will retail for $1,400.  For those who find sequined bras a little too cheap, Mr. Van Pier also offers a 24-karat gold shawl for about $2,500, depending, Miss Vanayerst said, ”on the price of gold, of course.”