The ’80s saw Little continue to produce working woman favorites that included bright, floral silks and slouchy wool gabardine suits. Little faced hard times in the ’90s and eventually filed for bankruptcy and lost the rights to her own name, but she continued designing clothes until her retirement in 2013.
What happened to Carole Little?
Carole Little, a Los Angeles fashion designer whose sportswear found an eager audience among working women looking for affordable style, died on Sept. 19 at her home in San Diego. She was 80. The cause was cancer, her daughter, Jennifer Heft, said.
