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Willi Donnell Smith (February 29, 1948 – April 17, 1987) was an American fashion designer. At the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry. [ 1] His company, WilliWear Limited, launched in 1976 and by 1986 grossed over $25 million in sales. [ 1]
DC originally stood for "Droors Clothing," but since the sale of Droors Clothing [when?], DC no longer has ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes, Inc. [2] On March 8, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver in an $87 million transaction. [4] [5] In 2010, DC Shoes moved from Vista, California, to Quiksilver's headquarters in Huntington Beach. [6]
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), [ 1] referred to as Yves Saint Laurent ( / ˌiːv ˌsæ̃ lɔːˈrɒ̃ /, also UK: /- lɒˈ -/, US: /- loʊˈ -/, French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ⓘ) or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the ...
Alexander McQueen. Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. [ 2] He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. [ 2] His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and ...
This is a list of notable fashion designers sorted by nationality. It includes designers of haute couture and ready-to-wear. For haute couture only, see the list of grands couturiers. For footwear designers, see the list of footwear designers.
Betsey Johnson jewelry, 2011. Betsey Johnson (born August 10, 1942) is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the end of her fashion shows. [ 2]
William John Cunningham Jr. (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) was an American fashion photographer for The New York Times, known for his candid and street photography . A Harvard University dropout, he first became known as a designer of women's hats before moving on to writing about fashion for Women's Wear Daily and the Chicago Tribune.
Virgil Abloh ( / ˈæbloʊ /; September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021) was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. A trained architect, Abloh founded his own line of luxury streetwear clothing under the moniker Pyrex Vision in 2012, which he transformed into the Milan -based fashion label Off-White in 2013.