Death announced in Monaco of Otto Kern, top couturier

The entrepreneur and designer Otto Kern has died in Monaco at the age of 67 from, as reported by German media, a heart attack. An investigation has been launched after the body of the long-time Monaco resident was found on the terrace of a building on avenue Princess Grace, having fallen, according to one source, from his thirteenth floor apartment. Kern was born in Nürtingen near Stuttgart and first studied law and economics in Frankfurt before entering women’s fashion in the early 1970s. His successes earned him the title “The King of Shirts and Blouses”. Later … Continue reading Death announced in Monaco of Otto Kern, top couturier