Peter Hidalgo dead at 53: Fashion designer who dressed Kanye and Nicki Minaj dies ‘in homeless shelter’

FASHION designer Peter Hidalgo, who dressed Kanye West and Nicki Minaj, has died in a homeless shelter, according to reports.

The 53-year-old, originally from the Dominican Republic, died on January 17 in New York City.

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The Dominican designer dressed Kanye West, User and Nicki Minaj[/caption]

His publicist Marion Greenberg confirmed the news but a cause of death has not been revealed.

Friend and former employer Miguel Adrover said Hidalgo had been living in a homeless shelter as he awaited qualifying for subsidized housing, WWD reports.

Adrover added that the designer had been difficult to reach recently.

“I know he was not feeling well. It was really hard to get in touch with him,” Adrover told WWE.

“I would tell him all the time, ‘Peter, love, you should move back to Santo Domingo, because you have your family.’ Also, you know how New York is. If you don’t have money, it is really a hard city to survive. He was not young either. I was devastated.”

Hidalgo won the Fashion Group International’s “Rising Star” award in 2010.

Aside from dressing Kanye West in the past, Hidalgo also dressed Usher, who wore his suits to the 2011 MTV Music Video.

Hidalgo also dressed Nicki Minaj for her opening performance of the MTV Europe Music awards ion 2014.

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Hidalgo was reportedly living in a homeless shelter at the time of his death[/caption]

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Hidalgo’s cause of death has not been revealed[/caption]