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<p></p>AP Photo/Jim Cooper <p>Madonna Badger, the fashion advertising executive whose Stamford, Conn., home tragically burned down early Christmas morning, killing her daughters Lily (9), Grace (7) and Sarah (7) and parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson, has made many close friendships in the fashion industry over the years. But few so close as Michelle Kessler-Sanders.</p>our editor recommendsMadonna Badger: How The Tragedy Could Have Been AvertedSupport Pages Pop Up Following Madonna Badger's Christmas Day TragedyMadonna Badger Tragedy: Fireplace Ashes May Have Started House Fire <p> Currently executive vice president and creative director of the Vera Wang Group, Kessler-Sanders was accessories director at Vogue for six years, president of Miu Miu at Prada and VP of the accessories division at Donna Karan before her tenure at Vera Wang.</p>