Charla Krupp
Charla Miriam Krupp, an author and style expert who split her time between Sagaponack and Manhattan, died of breast cancer at her Manhattan home on Monday, January 23. She was 58.
Ms. Krupp, who preached the importance of looking your best, appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” eight times and was the author of The New York Times Bestsellers, “How To Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner without Dieting,” and “How Not to Look Old.” Ms. Krupp exposed what makes women look dated and heavier and offered easy solutions to look younger and thinner.
In an interview in The Press last year, Ms. Krupp discussed important basic steps all women should take to look pulled together.
“You have to give yourself every advantage,” she said. “It’s brutal out there for women.”
An advocate for women, Ms. Krupp’s energy went to finding realistic advice that could drastically change how a woman appears and how she feels about herself. Comparing clothes to food was an idea that hit her after working at several fashion magazines.
“I thought it was pretty genius,” she said. “A puffy orange skirt with white lacy tulle and a lot of pouf is the equivalent of cheesecake with strawberries on top—super high calories. But a plate of broiled kale is a black pencil skirt. And you can never have enough of this low-calorie treat.”
Born January 29, 1953 in Chicago to Walter and Esther Krupp, Charla Krupp was the editor-in-chief of the New Trier West High School newspaper. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1975, she began her career as an editorial intern at Mademoiselle in New York City. Ms. Krupp learned all the tricks of the trade working as a contributing editor for People: Style Watch, entertainment editor and beauty director at Glamour, senior editor at InStyle and as a fashion columnist at More.
Ms. Krupp is survived by her mother, Esther Krupp of Illinois; husband, Richard Zoglin of Manhattan; and siblings, Lora Nasby of California and Jay Krupp of Illinois; and two nieces, Mollie and Jamie Krupp.
A funeral was held Wednesday, January 25, at Goldman Funeral Home in Illinois.
Memorial donations may be made to the University of Illinois, 1305 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61802, or online at media.illinois.edu/give.
on Jan 31, 2012