in 1963, at age 60, he retired to greece because of poor health, where he ran a small boutique which he had opened eight years earlier. he died in athens in 1970. in the 1990s, his fashion designs saw a revival with the interest in vintage dresses. naomi campbell wore a vintage boned bodice and ruched silk desses gown in may 1999 at a christie's party. later, in 2001, renée zellweger wore a lemon yellow strapless 1950s dessès gown to the academy awards. similarly, jennifer lopez wore a vintage moss green desses gown, made with 50 yards of chiffon, to the 2006 academy awards.