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Betty Lee Bloomingdale (née Newling; August 2, 1922 – July 19, 2016) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was considered a fashion icon, first appearing on the International Best Dressed List in 1962, [3] [4] and in 1970 was named in the list's Hall of Fame.
Jul 20, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale, the long-reigning queen of Los Angeles society, died Tuesday at 93, from complications of a heart condition, at her home in Holmby Hills.
Jul 21, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale, the socialite and renowned fashion leader who was the widow of Alfred S. Bloomingdale, the department store heir, and a celebrated hostess to royalty, world dignitaries...
Jul 22, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale, a department store heir’s widow who hobnobbed with the world’s elite, epitomized high fashion and was best friends with former first lady Nancy Reagan, has died. She...
Dec 6, 2016 · Few society figures remain as iconic as Betsy Bloomingdale. A true emblem of glamour and style, she epitomised the confidence of a post-war United States — a moment in history in which the sun-soaked terraces and candlelit tables of southern California captured the world’s imagination.
Jul 20, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale died Tuesday afternoon from congestive heart failure, according to family members. She was 93. At Bloomingdale’s request, there will be no funeral, only a private family...
Jul 20, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale died on Tuesday night at age 93, a family source confirmed to Pret-a-Reporter. The nonagenarian succumbed to an illness she had been battling for an undisclosed period of...
Mar 1, 2017 · In 2009, High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles displayed 60 of her gowns. At the show’s opening, Valentino succinctly described Betsy Bloomingdale as ‘the last of the great women of style’.
Jul 22, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale, a department store heir's widow who hobnobbed with the world's elite, epitomized high fashion and was best friends with former first lady...
Jul 21, 2016 · Betsy Bloomingdale, who has died aged 93, was a fashionable hostess and philanthropist whose life was touched by sordid scandal; but as the wife of Alfred Bloomingdale, the heir to Bloomingdale...
