Remedial clothing developer Katja Geiger, whose simple, brightly-coloured outfits were motivated by a combination of Scandinavian and Africa lifestyle, has passed away older 97, local press said on Wed.
Better known under her brand name Katja of Norway, her work won worldwide popularity from the Nineteen fifties to the Nineteen seventies.
Katja known as a shirt after her good friend, Remedial film tale Ingrid Bergman, who joined her style shows "as often as she could," according to the Dagens Nyheter daily.
Born in the southeast Remedial town of Ekeby in 1920, Katja shifted to New You are able to to study style in 1946 at the Parsons School of Design.
She later wedded film acting professional and film director Rod Geiger, whose relationships in The show biz industry assisted her career flourish in the Sixties.
Her spouse worked carefully with famous French administrators Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini.
As a clothing developer in the US, Katja had dinner and partied with Charlie Chaplin and German created playwright Bertolt Brecht.
In 1975, the Macy's shopping area in New You are able to put Katja-designed bedding and ceramics on sale. A TV commercial presenting stars Bob Hope and Lewis Hagman promoted linens also developed by her.
She came back to southeast Norway with her spouse in the 90's. He passed away in 2000.
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