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June 7, 2013

Stylist Annabel Tollman Has Died

By Charlotte Cowles

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Stylist Annabel Tollman died suddenly in her sleep from a blood clot this week in her West Village apartment, sources confirm. She was in her late thirties.* Known for dressing celebrity clients like the Olsen twins, Shakira, and Liv Tyler, Tollman also worked as Interview’s first-ever fashion director.

Born in Brussels, Tollman was raised between London and New York, and earned her degree in fashion journalism from Central St. Martins. She began dressing Scarlett Johansson after they met on a cover shoot for Interview in 2003, and left the magazine to pursue celebrity styling full-time in 2008. In 2010, she was profiled in the Times when she became a spokeswoman for eBay Fashion. At the time of her death, she was in the process of developing a Bravo reality show.

Tollman applied her personal motto, “Make a fairy tale and go and live in it,” to both life and fashion. While friends and family will remember her warmth and intelligence, the public will remember what every creative person wants to be known for: her work. According to her website, she prided herself on “her old-Hollywood glamour aesthetic and her ability to work with both the most gamine and the most curvaceous of bodies.” Here’s a roundup of her best moments in celebrity styling through the years.

* There are conflicting reports about her age. While a November 2010 New York Times profile stated her age as 33 (so, born in 1977), the paper now states that she was 39 (born in 1974) at the time of her death. Her birthday was March 7.

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Scarlett Johansson, 2004  Photo: SGranitz
Scarlett Johansson, 2005  Photo: Vince Bucci/2005 Getty Images
Scarlett Johansson, 2006  Photo: KMazur
Kristen Wiig, 2011  Photo: Mike Marsland/2011 Mike Marsland
Kristen Wiig, 2011  Photo: Lisa Maree Williams/2011 Getty Images
Kristen Wiig, 2011  Photo: Gregg DeGuire/2011 Gregg DeGuire
Anne Hathaway, 2006  Photo: Jean-Paul Aussenard
Liv Tyler, 2011  Photo: Stephen Lovekin/2011 Getty Images
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, 2008  Photo: Amy Sussman/2008 Getty Images
Cynthia Nixon, 2010  Photo: Andrew H. Walker/2010 Getty Images
Cynthia Nixon, 2010  Photo: Gregg DeGuire/2010 Gregg DeGuire
Cynthia Nixon, 2010  Photo: Ethan Miller/2010 Getty Images
Cynthia Nixon, 2010  Photo: Brendan Hoffman/2010 Getty Images
Shakira, 2009  Photo: Paul Morigi/2009 Paul Morigi
Shakira, 2009  Photo: Michael Loccisano/2009 Getty Images
Shakira, 2009  Photo: Jason Kempin/2009 Getty Images
America Ferrera, 2009  Photo: Steve Granitz/2009 Steve Granitz
America Ferrera, 2009  Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/2009 WireImage
America Ferrera, 2008  Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/2008 WireImage
America Ferrera, 2008  Photo: Michael Loccisano
Amy Ryan, 2008  Photo: Jon Kopaloff/2008 Jon Kopaloff
Amy Ryan, 2008  Photo: Jeff Vespa
Mandy Moore, 2007  Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/2007 WireImage
Lynn Collins, 2012  Photo: D Dipasupil/2012 Getty Images
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