Amsale Aberra’s career started when she could not find a dress for her own wedding in 1985. She wanted something simple, but every option on the market seemed over the top. So she made her own dress — ...

Amsale Aberra, an Ethiopian-born fashion designer whose simple, minimalist aesthetic transformed the modern American wedding dress, died Sunday in Manhattan. She was 64. p pulse Follow Her death, at ...

For more than two decades, a custom red Amsale gown hung undisturbed in Allison Winn Scotch’s closet — a relic of her brother’s wedding in 2003. This spring, it found new life: her teenage daughter, ...