[2] Lapidus was considered the creator and pioneer of the unisex fashion look[2] and is credited with introducing a military and safari look into haute couture.
[2] Lapidus proved influential outside France, too, and was the first designer to persuade Twiggy to wear a suit and tie rather than a mini-skirt.
John Lennon was another admirer and in 1969 he asked Lapidus to design a white leather bag to house a set of fourteen erotic lithographs he had made.
Lapidus also designed the white suit that Lennon wore on the cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road album.
[4] In the late 1970s the Lapidus label started to produce fashion accessories as the haute couture market declined.