Rudi Gernreich

Fashion Designer

Birthday August 8, 1922

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Austria

DEATH DATE Apr 21, 1985 (62)

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About

Austrian fashion designer most famous for creating the topless bathing suit.

Before fame

He was a member of the Lester Horton company as a dancer.

Trivia

Quietly, he was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society.

Family life

He left Austria with his family to escape the Nazis.

Associated with

He fled the regime of Adolf Hitler and came to America.