Designer and boutique proprietor Stephanie Doucette died Monday on the age of 52.
The founding father of Douchette NYC and Petite Doucette was a well-liked member of the close-knit group of Chilly Spring, New York. Overlooking the Hudson River, the Putnam County city is a frequent day journey vacation spot for metropolis dwellers preferring climbing and buying on Major Road. With fewer than 2,000 year-round residents, Chilly Spring's homey environment and leisurely, unhurried velocity are a welcome retreat for a lot of hikers. Many locals have been leaving flowers in his reminiscence outdoors his Major Road retailer and congregating there Thursday, in response to an area retailer proprietor, who requested anonymity.
A celebration of his life continues to be being deliberate and will likely be hosted by the Clinton Funeral Dwelling. Doucette's husband and members of the family couldn’t instantly be reached for remark Thursday. Media requests to her firm weren’t instantly returned.
Doucette’s demise was introduced by her firm in an Instagram publish that stated: “Stephanie was the brightest gentle on this group. She introduced magnificence to all the pieces she touched on this world. Phrases can’t specific the magnitude of this gaping gap that has been left behind since her passing. Fixes are nonetheless being made, so an replace will likely be posted as quickly as potential. For now, ship like to Mark, the youngsters, his household, and his buddies, and within the meantime, in honor of Stephanie, costume up and produce the sunshine each day.”
Early in his profession, Doucette labored as a retailer supervisor on the modern sportswear multi-brand retailer Intermix on decrease Fifth Avenue in New York Metropolis. She then based Doucette Duvall with Annabet Duvall. The couple was nominated for Style Group Worldwide's ready-to-wear Rising Star award in 2009. The founders later separated and Doucette based her personal firm.
Folks's Revolution founder Kelly Cutrone stated Thursday: “All the things he did was recycled. She was only a beautiful, candy girl. “She at all times introduced trend to Chilly Spring, which was fairly enjoyable.”
Though the designer lived together with her husband and kids in Chilly Spring, she has made her collections in New York Metropolis's Garment District since 2005. The corporate touts on its website: “We all know everybody concerned in making every garment. , from improvement to manufacturing. – and pretty compensate everybody concerned, gladly.”
Doucette Duvall RTW Spring 2009
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The sustainability-minded firm makes a speciality of sourcing classic merchandise, useless inventory and different remnants to restrict its carbon footprint and gives distinctive designs to prospects. That spirit was stated to be in step with lots of the Brooklyn transplants and different former city dwellers who had moved to Chilly Spring.
Doucette Duvall RTW Spring 2009
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Doucette, who grew up in Fairfield County, Connecticut, as soon as defined that he cherished constructing wardrobes and inspiring individuals to dress each day. I salvage items, so I take advantage of what's already made and search for luxurious materials, trims, and notions with longevity in thoughts.
Heidi Bender, proprietor of one other Major Road enterprise, Cut up Rock Books, alongside together with her husband Michael described Doucette as “a real gentle on this group and a beautiful one that was at all times sort and supportive.” Doucette, one in all Cut up Rock Books' first prospects because it opened six years in the past, was steadfast in his assist of her, Bender stated.
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“She introduced one thing actually distinctive to Major Road. “I'm not precisely an aesthetic individual, however she knew learn how to make everybody really feel stunning and comfy,” Bender stated, “Chilly Spring received't be the identical with out her.”
Photographer Alix Brown, who shot a lookbook with Doucette three years in the past, recalled how a lot enjoyable they’d working collectively. “She confirmed me round Chilly Spring. She really reworked that road right into a particular place to buy distinctive objects. She had the reward of dressing you to make you’re feeling fabulous.”
Doucette is believed to have died of a coronary heart assault and was stated to have been discovered by a postal employee delivering her mail to her retailer, in response to Cutrone. The reason for demise was not instantly confirmed. A media request was acknowledged to the Putnam Nation Medical Examiner's Workplace, however no data was offered Thursday night. A media request to the Chilly Spring Police Division was not returned Thursday.
Doucette is survived by her husband and three youngsters. The names of her different family members weren’t instantly identified.