Makeup Beat

Liz Claiborne, a leading fashion designer, has died at the age of 78.

She died June 26, 2007 at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. She was suffering from stomach cancer for many years.

Claiborne came out in the 1970s with designs for women to wear to work to help them in the corporate world. She launched her own label in 1976 with husband Art Ortenberg. The company went public in 1981 and became the first company founded by a woman to be listed in the Fortune 500.