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Stephanie Seymouris opening up about how she’s coping with the loss of her sonHarry Brant— and carrying on his legacy through his love for fashion.
“If I think that Harry would love something, I do it, and it does help me with my grief,” Seymour, 54, told the outlet, following thetwo-year anniversary of his death.
“It’s a suit that I keep hanging in my dressing room, which is this big room where I keep all my stuff. I do my makeup there. I live in that room,” she shared of the piece. “I looked at that suit one night and I said, ‘I’m going to put it on.’ It fit me.”
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“It still feels so good to put his clothes on,” Seymour added, while revealing that she wants to continue to photograph Harry’s clothing because “he would love it.” Plus, she said, there’s a “whole flock of women that would love to wear his clothes and be photographed.”
In her cover story, Seymour also remembered her son’s love for styling outfits in his childhood years. “It was the cutest thing when they were in elementary school,” she shared, adding that Harry would pick out her clothes for parent-teacher conferences.
“I’d say, ‘Harry, I can’t wear a vintage couture dress to a parent-teacher conference,'” Seymour remembered, “He’d say, ‘Why not?'”
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Seymour and her business mogul husband, Peter Brant (who also shares stepson Dylan, son Peter Jr. and daughter Lily with the model), revealed that Harry had “lost his battle with addiction and died due to an accidental overdose of prescription medication,” in astatement shared with PEOPLEthe month of his death.
“Our hearts are shattered. Harry wanted to overcome his addiction and was just days away from re-entering rehab,” they stated.
“Harry was not just our son, he was also a wonderful brother, loving grandson, favorite uncle and a caring friend. He was a creative, loving and powerful soul that brought light into so many people’s hearts. He was truly a beautiful person inside and out.”
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source: people.com
