. >> in bruary, the 85-year-old head of the chanel fashion empire passed away in france after a brief he took over the iconic label in 1983 and cebrities loved his classic designs. >> it's still relevant and hip and edgy. >> i am a big n of everything he has done. >> claudia, what are we wearing? >> chanel. anel of course. >> though sometimes controversial, karl always had a strong work etc and a sense of >> i'm just working class. yes. yes, working with class. >> in june we also lost gloria vanderbilt. the designer and heiress passed away at her new york home from advanced stomach cance years old when she died. 95 >> on the day of her passing her n anderson cooper narrated her obituary on cnn. >> what an extraordary life. what an extraordinary mom, and what an incredible woman. >> born in a wealthy vanderbilt family, in the 1980s, it was her jeans that made headlines. >> hello i'm gloria vanderbilt introducing my new collection of status jeans. >> she had high profile romances with frank sinatra and howard hughes and later laughed about her infamous love life. >> you've actually aske