Received lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion
Designers of America in 1993.
In 1961, she became the first name designer to use an African-American
model.
Had two sons, Jean-Pierre Radley and Philippe Radley and a
granddaughter, Karen.
She wore only her own designs, and she generally punctuated them with
several of her trademark turtle pins.
Her 50th anniversary in fashion, a milestone reached by no other
designer in this country, was celebrated in 1992 at a benefit fashion
show and dinner at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.
Designer, model and symbol of the American fashion industry for more
than half a century.