Luis Estevez(1930-2014)

Estevez attended Sanford Prep in Wilmington, Del. He went on to study architecture in college in Havana, but a summer job in the display department at Lord & Taylor after his freshman year started him on a fashion career, and he didn't finish the degree. A family friend, the Countess of Revilla de Camargo, set him up with a job at Jean Patou in Paris.

The women I've known have brought excitement, glamour, love and constructive friendship to my life. I was born rich and social. And my two grandmothers, different as they were, jointly had all the things I admire in a woman: beauty, glamour, position, gentleness, strength and reckless individuality. My mother was all of that plus. When she visited me at school, all of my friends loved her and envied me.