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Charles Frederick Worth. Charles Frederick Worth (13 October 1825 – 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of haute couture.
Neiman Marcus Fashion Award, 1957. Gabrielle Bonheur " Coco " Chanel ( / ʃəˈnɛl / shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ⓘ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) [2] was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post– World War I era with popularizing ...
Dame Mary Quant, who has died aged 93, was credited with making fashion accessible to the masses with her sleek, streamlined and vibrant designs. Here is a selection of quotes from the designer ...
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 ...
The best fashion quotes of all time, from Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and more.
Sometimes all you need in life is a little inspiration. And as we write trend reports and look forward to the next Fashion Week, we can't help but turn to the fashion greats for their wisdom, wit ...
Karl Otto Lagerfeld ( German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈʔɔtoː ˈlaːɡɐˌfɛlt] ⓘ; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer . Lagerfeld began his career in fashion in the 1950s, working for several top fashion houses including Balmain, Patou, and Chloé before joining Chanel in 1983. As the creative director of ...
Yohji Yamamoto: A Kind of Woman by Matthew Donaldson, from Nowness. Yohji Yamamoto (山本 耀司, Yamamoto Yōji, born 3 October 1943 [1]) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. Considered a master tailor [2] alongside those such as Madeleine Vionnet, he is known for his avant-garde tailoring featuring Japanese design aesthetics.