Posted on Sat, Sep. 5, 2009
Nancy Talbot, 89, cofounder of the Talbots women's clothing company, died Sunday in Boulder, Colo., where she lived near one of her daughters, of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Mrs. Talbot and her husband, Rudolf, opened their first store in Hingham, Mass., in 1947 and launched their mail-order business in 1948.
She once described their clothing as timeless, ladylike, smart, chic, and understated.
The couple sold the business in 1973 to General Mills. Rudolf Talbot retired but Nancy Talbot stayed on as a vice president until retiring in 1983. He died in 1987.
The company has 586 stores in the United States and Canada. - AP
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