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FILE - In this Saturday May 22, 2004 file photo, Spanish Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and his wife Princess Letizia Ortiz leave the Almudena cathedral following their wedding in Madrid. Manuel Pertegaz, one of Spain’s most admired fashion designers who dressed Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and Ava Gardner, has died. He was 96. Pertegaz died Saturday in his hometown of Barcelona, Spain’s Education and Culture Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said. In a statement, Wert said he regretted Pertegaz’s passing, adding that to think of the designer was “to think of elegance.” The statement said Pertegaz had “dressed queens, princesses, actresses and countless celebrities,” in a long career that took off after he opened his first shop in Barcelona, aged 25. In 1953 he made ??his first trip to the United States and presented his collection in New York, Boston, Atlanta and Philadelphia. Queen Letizia of Spain chose a Pertegaz wedding dress for her marriage in 2004 to then Prince Felipe. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, pool, file)

Spanish fashion designer Manuel Pertegaz, who dressed Audrey Hepburn, dies at 96

MADRID – Manuel Pertegaz, one of Spain’s most admired fashion designers who dressed Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and Ava Gardner, has died. He was 96.

Pertegaz died Saturday in his hometown of Barcelona, according to Spain’s education and culture minister, Jose Ignacio Wert.

Wert said in a statement that he regretted Pertegaz’s passing, adding that to think of the designer was “to think of elegance.”

The statement said Pertegaz had “dressed queens, princesses, actresses and countless celebrities” in a long career that took off after he opened his first shop in Barcelona at 25.

In 1953, he made his first trip to the U.S. and presented his collection in New York, Boston, Atlanta and Philadelphia.

Queen Letizia chose a Pertegaz wedding dress for her marriage in 2004 to then Prince Felipe.

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