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Award winning costume designer Julie Harris, who was behind some of the most memorable outfits worn by The Beatles and Sir Roger Moore's James Bond , has died aged 94.

The designer passed away in a London hospital after suffering from a brief illness from a chest infection, close friend Jo Botting confirmed.

Harris designed outfits worn by hit band the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night and Help! and by Sir Roger in James Bond film Live and Let Die.

She later won an Oscar in 1966 for the Julie Christie film Darling and a year later bagged a Bafta for working on The Wrong Box.

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Ms Botting, senior curator at the British Film Institute National Archive, said: "In a career that embraced more than 80 films and television productions, as well as several stage plays, Julie worked with some of the greatest international stars in the history of the cinema, and for some of its most legendary directors and producers.

"Her outstanding work was constantly nominated for awards. She was an amazing woman."

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The award winner also designed clothes for 1967 film Casino Royale, Goodbye Mr Chips in 1969, Dracula in 1979 and and the Muppets in The Great Muppet Caper in 1981.

In 1965, after working with the Beatles, Julie said: "I must be one of the few people who can claim they have seen John, Paul, George and Ringo naked."

Ms Harris, who never married or had children, retired at the age of 70. She is survived by her god-daughter, Serena Dilnot.