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| The Rolling Stones cancelled a concert scheduled for Wednesday following the apparent suicide of Mick Jagger’s long-time partner, L’Wren Scott, as tributes to the designer were paid from the fashion and celebrity worlds. | The Rolling Stones cancelled a concert scheduled for Wednesday following the apparent suicide of Mick Jagger’s long-time partner, L’Wren Scott, as tributes to the designer were paid from the fashion and celebrity worlds. |
| Scott was found hanged in her apartment in New York on Monday, on the same day that Jagger arrived in Perth for a tour of Australia and New Zealand. A spokesman for the singer said he was “completely shocked and devastated by the news”. | Scott was found hanged in her apartment in New York on Monday, on the same day that Jagger arrived in Perth for a tour of Australia and New Zealand. A spokesman for the singer said he was “completely shocked and devastated by the news”. |
| New York police sources said that Scott, 49, was discovered by her assistant at her apartment on 11th Avenue in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood at about 10am. She is believed to have been found hanged. | New York police sources said that Scott, 49, was discovered by her assistant at her apartment on 11th Avenue in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood at about 10am. She is believed to have been found hanged. |
| Tributes were paid to Scott from across the worlds of fashion and celebrity. Jagger’s first wife, Bianca, said she was “heartbroken to learn of the loss of the lovely and talented L’Wren Scott. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.” | Tributes were paid to Scott from across the worlds of fashion and celebrity. Jagger’s first wife, Bianca, said she was “heartbroken to learn of the loss of the lovely and talented L’Wren Scott. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.” |
| American fashion designer Marc Jacobs said: “You’ll forever be missed.” A spokeswoman for Nicole Kidman said the actor was “heartbroken and in shock”, while the rock musician Bryan Adams wrote on Twitter: “Devastated to have lost my friend. Rest in peace my dear, I’m going to miss you. Condolences to all that were close to her.” | American fashion designer Marc Jacobs said: “You’ll forever be missed.” A spokeswoman for Nicole Kidman said the actor was “heartbroken and in shock”, while the rock musician Bryan Adams wrote on Twitter: “Devastated to have lost my friend. Rest in peace my dear, I’m going to miss you. Condolences to all that were close to her.” |
| Anna Wintour, the long-time Vogue magazine editor, wrote in a tribute: “L’Wren was a total perfectionist, someone who absolutely embodied everything her marvellous clothes stood for: strength of character combined with a confident and powerful style.” | Anna Wintour, the long-time Vogue magazine editor, wrote in a tribute: “L’Wren was a total perfectionist, someone who absolutely embodied everything her marvellous clothes stood for: strength of character combined with a confident and powerful style.” |
| Scott created acclaimed womenswear collections, and styled some of Hollywood’s biggest names. She also worked as a designer and consultant for costumes on several major films. The most recent show for her eponymous collection was scheduled to take place in London during fashion week last month. However, it was abruptly cancelled, apparently because of “production delays”. | Scott created acclaimed womenswear collections, and styled some of Hollywood’s biggest names. She also worked as a designer and consultant for costumes on several major films. The most recent show for her eponymous collection was scheduled to take place in London during fashion week last month. However, it was abruptly cancelled, apparently because of “production delays”. |
| Accounts filed last October with Companies House, the agency keeps records of UK businesses, show that Scott’s British company, LS Fashion Ltd, ran a loss of £3.5m in 2012, up from £2.5m the year before. The documents also showed that the firm owed creditors millions of pounds and that Scott’s adopted brother Randall Bambrough, a successful American executive, joined the company as a co-director last year. | Accounts filed last October with Companies House, the agency keeps records of UK businesses, show that Scott’s British company, LS Fashion Ltd, ran a loss of £3.5m in 2012, up from £2.5m the year before. The documents also showed that the firm owed creditors millions of pounds and that Scott’s adopted brother Randall Bambrough, a successful American executive, joined the company as a co-director last year. |
| Jagger and Scott became a couple in 2001 and Scott founded the label that bore her name in 2006. | |
| She became known for designs that had a vintage feel and showed little skin, like her famous “headmistress” dress — prim, with three-quarter sleeves, but also close-fitting and stylish. It was a favourite with Madonna, who said in a statement released by her publicist: “This is a horrible and tragic loss. I’m so upset. I loved L’Wren’s work and she was always so generous with me.” | She became known for designs that had a vintage feel and showed little skin, like her famous “headmistress” dress — prim, with three-quarter sleeves, but also close-fitting and stylish. It was a favourite with Madonna, who said in a statement released by her publicist: “This is a horrible and tragic loss. I’m so upset. I loved L’Wren’s work and she was always so generous with me.” |
| Jagger is in Australia for the sold-out Rolling Stones On Fire tour, which was to begin in Perth on Wednesday. Organisers of the concert in Perth said in a statement no further information was available for the concerts to follow in other Australian cities and New Zealand. “No further information is available at this time and ticket holders are asked to hold on to their tickets until a further update,” the statement said. | Jagger is in Australia for the sold-out Rolling Stones On Fire tour, which was to begin in Perth on Wednesday. Organisers of the concert in Perth said in a statement no further information was available for the concerts to follow in other Australian cities and New Zealand. “No further information is available at this time and ticket holders are asked to hold on to their tickets until a further update,” the statement said. |
| It directed those with tickets to watch frontiertouring.com, facebook.com/frontiertouring and the Twitter feed for Frontier Touring for updates. | It directed those with tickets to watch frontiertouring.com, facebook.com/frontiertouring and the Twitter feed for Frontier Touring for updates. |