Carrie Donovan, fashion editor, 73

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'Old Navy Lady,' editor Carrie Donovan dies at 73

NEW YORK (AP) --Carrie Donovan, the flamboyant fashion editor who
embarked on a second career as a high-profile spokeswoman for Old Navy
late in life, died Monday. She was 73.

Donovan died at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center. She had been
ailing for several months, said George O'Brien, a friend.

Donovan's eye for trends and outgoing personality brought her success
as a fashion journalist, first as a reporter for The New York Times and
then as an editor for Vogue, Harper's Baazar and The New York Times
Magazine.

With her trademark pearls and oversized black-rimmed glasses, Donovan
was a one-of-a-kind fashionista. Her home on New York City's Upper East
Side had red walls, red furnishings and leopard carpeting, and she
sprinkled her speech with French phrases.

Although she worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, well into
the computer age, she wrote all her copy by hand -- never having
mastered the typewriter.

In 1997, Donovan began working for Old Navy, taping a series of
television ads that showcased her quirky image and fashion credibility.


She appeared in 42 spots, including one that featured her piloting an
airplane with a dog named Magic.

Donovan, born in Lake Placid, New York, in 1928, became enamored with
the fashion world at a young age. At 10, she sent actress Jane Wyman
sketches for a wardrobe and received a handwritten reply. She graduated
from the Parsons School of Design in 1950.

She is survived by her sister, Joan Donovan of Cambridge,
Massachusetts.


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