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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 07 > Mila Schoen, 91, a pioneer of high-end ready-to-wear

Mila Schoen, 91, a pioneer of high-end ready-to-wear

By Bruce Weber / The Bulletin
September 7, 2008

Mila Schoen, whose understated designs and precisely tailored clothes made her a stalwart of Italian haute couture beginning in the 1960s and a leader in high-end ready-to-wear, died late Thursday or early Friday. She was 91.

She died at her country home in Alessandria, southwest of Milan, her....

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