Tributes pour in as pioneering Melbourne fashion icon dies

Georgina Weir, the influential owner of Melbourne's luxury fashion boutique Le Louvre, has died at the age of 83 after a long illness. Le Louvre, founded by her mother in 1923 and known as the "Paris End" of Collins Street, was a social landmark and fashion haven for decades. Weir took over the family business in the early 1970s and was celebrated for making high-end fashion accessible to a wider range of people, not just the ultra-wealthy, emphasizing inclusivity. She continued to dress generations of women in cutting-edge styles, sourcing the best global haute couture and ready-to-wear. Her passing was announced by Le Louvre on social media, with tributes pouring in from the Australian fashion elite who remembered her as an icon, innovator, and a woman with a large personality and generous spirit. Weir, who had no chi... download the app to read more