L'Wren Scott obit

L'Wren Scott has died

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L'Wren Scott, 49, of London, England, passed away March 17, 2014 in New York City. She was born

April 28, 1964, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The daughter of Ivan Jonathan and Lula Randall Bambrough, both deceased. She graduated from Roy High School in 1982.

As a tall teenager, she took her first steps in image-making by creating her own clothes. Her look got noticed. Taking off to Paris as a model, she eventually found herself far more absorbed by the skills and artistry of dress making than walking the runway. After moving to Los Angeles, she began to work as a stylist and acquired prestigious commissions as a creative director for fashion advertising campaigns, as well as working as a costume designer for film.

L'Wren Scott's career moved from model, stylist, to fashion designer. There are two versions of how she got her start.

The first has her at age 16, being spotted by photographer Bruce Weber, when he came to Utah on a photo shoot. He advised her to go to Paris. It is said that a year later she flew to Europe on a one-way ticket, after telling her parents she was going to New York.

The second indicates that Scott moved to Los Angeles a year-and-a-half after graduating from high school, where she was spotted by a scout with agency ties in Paris and began calling herself "L'Wren."

Working with Paris-based agencies, Glamour and Marilyn Gauthier, she went on to work for Thierry Mugler and Chanel, Helmut Newton, as well as model for photographers as Guy Bourdin, David Bailey and Jean-Paul Goude. Her first commercial success was as the legs on a clock for the Pretty Polly hosiery ads, with photographs taken by David Bailey.

Scott moved to California in the early 1990s and established herself as a stylist, initially in collaboration with photographer Herb Ritts, and later with Helmut Newton, Karl Lagerfeld and Mario Sorrenti. One of her early assignments was an ad campaign for Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds, eventually the world's top-selling celebrity fragrance.

In 2009, she contributed designs for Madonna to wear in her photo shoot with model Jesus Luz for W Magazine and in 2011, Scott styled actress Julia Roberts for a W Magazine shoot, alongside Tom Hanks. She designed costumes for such films as Diabolique (1996 remake), Ocean's Thirteen, Eyes Wide Shut, as well as Shine a Light, a documentary by Martin Scorsese about The Rolling Stones, with Mick Jagger, with whom she had been romantically linked since 2001.

She took the experience of years of privately designing special dresses to the next level and launched her own company in 2006 and designed and sold clothing, handbags, sunglasses and perfume.

In 2006, L'Wren Scott launched her first collection "Little Black Dress." The collection presented black dresses, including her now famous "Headmistress" dress worn by Madonna.

Scott's creations were seen often on the red carpet. Sarah Jessica Parker, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz and Amy Adams have all worn Scott's dresses to the Academy Awards.

In addition, First Lady Michelle Obama favored L'Wren Scott's designs, especially embellished cardigan sweaters. The former First Lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wore Scott's designs, as did Naomi Campbell, Marion Cotillard, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Hendricks, Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Bullock and Uma Thurman.

In 2010, Scott collaborated with Lancôme to create a capsule collection for the 2010 holiday season featuring a lipstick in Scott's signature bordeaux color. The campaign was shot by photographer Mario Testino and featured model Daria Werbowy wearing an outfit designed by Scott.

May 2011 saw the launch of Scott's first collection of handbags, named "Lula" after her mother". The line was launched at Barneys New York, with a personal appearance by Scott.

In 2012, L'Wren Scott launched her eponymous scent sold exclusively at Barney's. The scent is an eau de parfum priced at $195 for 3.4 oz. She also launched an eyewear line the same year. The collection debuted at Vision Expo East, and was a collaborative partnership with the German-based Menrad Group.

She is survived by longtime boyfriend Mick Jagger, brother Randall Bambrough and sister Jan Shane.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit family Friday April 11th from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary.