Mon Jul 27, 01:15:15 pm Views: 3018A pioneer of the '90s minimalism movement, Narciso Rodriguez embarked on a career in womenswear after graduating from Parsons School of Design. After graduating, he held several posts at many New York houses, including Anne Klein (during Donna Karan....
Mon Jul 27, 01:12:18 pm Views: 4719 Comments: 1After winning Mademoiselle.s guest editor contest in 1964 and later designing for London label Paraphanelia, Betsey Johnson and her friend and former model Chantal Bacon founded the Betsey Johnson line in 1978. She was raised as a dancer in Connectic...
A Parsons School of Design graduate and Detroit native, Anna Sui is considered one of New York.s strongest fashion talents. Known for their rebellious, punk take on girlie styles, Sui.s designs feature .60s references, elaborate embellishments, and p...
Mon Jul 27, 01:06:26 pm Views: 4135 Comments: 1Born in Elmira, New York, Tommy Hilfiger began his empire of preppy Americana classics in 1969. Hilfiger.s designs are clean and crisp, and he uses a variety of textiles and embellishments to add character. Hilfiger involves himself in charities and ...
Mon Jul 27, 01:00:09 pm Views: 3224 Comments: 1After rising to fame in the 1990s, Brooklyn-born Isaac Mizrahi has enjoyed a successful career in the fashion industry and in other artistic circles. Known for his contemporary takes on classic .50s silhouettes, Mizrahi starred in the documentary Unz...
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Carolina Herrera moved to New York City in 1980 to launch her fashion label after gaining encouragement from her friend and former Vogue editor in chief Diana Vreeland. Her well-crafted designs have gained Herrera a tony i...
Mon Jul 27, 12:53:50 pm Views: 3328Born in Brussels, designer Diane von Furstenberg is best known for pioneering the effortless wrap dress, a style she created in 1972. Wanting to create "elegant ease" for modern women, von Furstenberg moved to the United States with her the...
Mon Jul 27, 12:51:16 pm Views: 3675 Comments: 1From intern at Rocawear (an urban brand helmed by rap impresario Jay-Z and his best friend, Damon Dash, now her husband) to head honcho of her own namesake womenswear brand, designer Rachel Roy has come a long way since her childhood in Southern Cali...
Mon Jul 27, 12:48:15 pm Views: 4347 Comments: 1After graduating from business school at the City College of New York, Ralph Lauren worked as a glove salesman, soon borrowing $5,000 to begin Polo Fashion, a collection of wide-cut ties. As they became popular, Lauren expanded his collection to incl...
The designers behind the label Rodarte, sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, hail from Pasadena, Calif. Arriving at New York Fashion Week in the spring of 2005, the self-taught sisters were quickly recognized by fashion critics and buyers for their abili...
At the age of 18, Oscar de la Renta left his hometown in the Dominican Republic to study painting in Madrid. Preferring design over oils and watercolors, de la Renta got his first start in the fashion world in Paris as an apprentice to Crist?? Balen...
Mon Jul 27, 11:58:58 am Views: 2982Traveling the streets door-to-door, collecting scrap metals, old rags, and bones for reuse and resale – that was the rag & bone man, a British recycling pioneer. Classic American style and crisp tailoring by David Neville and Marcus Wainwri...
Nicole Miller has been a household name for quite some time. Miller is known for having great prom dresses and sophisticated attire for the masses. At the start in 1982, she designed mostly smock dresses. In 1986 she opened her first boutique, and in...
Donna Karan got her start in the fashion industry working for Anne Klein during the summer after her sophomore year at Parsons School of Design, an experience that would shape her future career and lifestyle choices. At Anne Klein, Karan continued fo...
Mon Jul 27, 11:33:38 am Views: 4559 Yves Saint Laurent, or YSL, is a luxury fashion house that was founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé, in 1962. Historically, Yves Saint Laurent is credited with spurring couture rise from the sixties - making ready-to-wea...
For over a century, Bulgari has been setting the pace for Italian style in jewelry. The designs have a forward-looking, innovative spirit that never ceases to draw inspiration from the enduring beauty of Greek and Roman art, while giving it a disting...
As one of the world’s most influential designers, Tom Ford has gained international fame for his turnaround of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford Label. Texas-born Ford began his career when he took a design job under des...
In May of 1932, one of the world’s most prominent fashion designers was born in Voghera, Italy. Valentino Garavani, known in the professional world as Valentino, is most famous for creating some of the most elegant eveningwear and classic desi...
Bronx-born fashion designer, Calvin Klein, has been gracing us with his unwavering taste and style since 1968, when Klein founded Calvin Klein Ltd with a mere $10,000 to his name. A man born with a natural style and elegance, Calvin Klein’s ta...
Milan, Italy-based fashion house, Dolce & Gabbana, is a comparatively young name in the fashion world but has created a vast impact for itself over time. The brand was started in 1982 when 24-year-old Domenico Dolce and 20-year-old Stefano Gabba...
