** FILE ** This is a July, 22, 1994 file photo of French designer Ted Lapidus, right, with his son Olivier in Paris. Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, has died Monday Dec. 29, 2008 in France. He was 79. President Nicolas Sarkozy, in an homage to the designer, said Lapidus "democratized French elegance and classicism" and "made fashion accessible to men and women in the street." Lapidus died of pulmonary problems Monday afternoon at a hospital in Cannes on the Riviera, his sister Rose Torrente-Mett said. He also suffered from leukemia. (AP Photo/Lionel Cirroneau)