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Ms. Khanh in 1964 with her husband, Nguyen Manh Khanh, a Vietnamese engineer known as Quasar Khanh.
Larry C. Morris/The New York Times; thumbnail, Keith Beaty/Toronto Star, via Getty Images, 1990
Emmanuelle Khanh
Died on February 17, 2017 at age 79
Ms. Khanh chafed at the rigidity of haute couture and the lack of spontaneity on the French fashion scene, which she reinvigorated in the early 1960s with quirky, fluid clothes intended for young, active women.
Notable Deaths 2017
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