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Italian French designer, Pierre Cardin was born on July 2, 1922  in Treviso. He studied in central France and began his career at the age of fourteen when he did an apprenticeship at a clothier  in order to learn about making apparel. He left his home in 1939 to work in Vichy under a tailor. From here, Cardin polished his fashion designing skills and eventually became one of the most recognized designers of the 20th century. During the second world war, Cardin became interested in humanity at the time he worked in Red Cross.

In 1945, he moved to Paris to learn about architecture and did a job in a fashion house. He became the head of tailoring at Christian Dior after working with Elsa Schiaparelli. In 1950, he founded his own fashion house and launched his career after completing an order for a masquerade ball in Venice at Palazzo Labia in 1951. Eight years later, he traveled to Japan and found the market of high fashion attractive. In the 1960s, Cardin surprised everybody by launching a collection of clothes with his logo attached to the garments, since this practice was not common then.  Between 1953 and 1993, he was one of the members of Chambre Syndicale of Prêt-à-Porter and Haute Couture. In 1994, he limited the showcase of his collections to a small group of journalists and clients but after fifteen years Cardin displayed his new collection in Cannes to more than 100 journalists.

Apart from this, he practiced industrial design as well by developing 13 themes that can be applied to an assortment of products, each recognizable and carrying his logo. Pierre Cardin and American Motors Corporation signed a contract to design and manufactured Cardin Javelins.

Moving on, since Cardin was spellbound by geometric shapes, in 1975 he applied this obsession to building the Bubble House. It is spread on more than 1,200 square meters with a panoramic lounge and ten contemporary bedrooms. For this project, Cardin took help from Antti Lovag, an architect who measured the practicalities of Cardin’s design. With such an avant-garde approach, in 1954 he introduced the bubble dress. His unisex apparel designs were not practical, mostly they were just experimental.

Later in 1981, Pierre Cardin purchased Maxim restaurants and hotels. He spread this business in London, New York and Beijing within three years. He also licensed various food products by that name.

Then from the 1980s till the 1990s, Cardin supported a press association in France for arts, dance and circus managed by Jacqueline Cartier with personalities and authors like Jean Pierre Thiollet, Yves Mourousi, Guy des Cars and Francis Fehr.

In 1991, Cardin became the Goodwill Ambassador of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). His creations have been worn by several celebrities, like Nora Arzeneder and Shirley Maclaine.

In 2001 with much riches in his hand, he bought a castle’s ruins in France’s town Lacoste that once sheltered the Marquis de Sade. PierreCardin has somewhat renovated the location for dance and music carnivals. The designer has spent expansively in acquiring property and land in this area, in order to turn it into a resort. Some villagers condemn his existence and find it detrimental to the reputation and atmosphere of the area. Despite this, the designer is not lagging behind in fulfilling his visions since he is a wealthy and influential person after all.

The Mumbai born Tarun Tahiliani is India’s answer to Karl Lagerfeld. He is famous in the Indian fashion industry for his couture bridal gowns. After completing his primary education from Doon Boarding School, Dehradun in 1980, Tarun joined from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi. He went to the US for higher studies and graduated from Vassar University in New York in Economics. He finished his masters in business administration from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School. The Indian fashion designer has gained recognition throughout the years for designing Indian influenced rich and opulent apparel in combination with modern western silhouettes.

He was studying in the US when he met his future wife Sailaja who was also studying economics at the University of Pennsylvania. She had quite a short lived modeling career where she even modeled for Pierre Cardin once. The couple was joined in holy matrimony soon after Tarun’s return to India. He joined the family business of oil field equipments as soon as he returned from abroad but his fate was to become a fashion designer. He came to a realization that there was an enormous scope in the designer wear sector of India. In 1987, Tarun’s first multi designer store, Ensemble opened in the city of Mumbai with designer Rohit Khosla’s help. The store was home to his own label Ahilian along with five other designers Anuradha Mafatlal, Sandeep Khosla, Neil Bieff, Abu Jani, Rohit Khosla and Anita Shivdasani and Sunita Kapoor’s joint venture label Anaya. The store was an instant success and Tarun, still untrained, started designing his own line but that changed when he went study at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology in 1991. Upon his return, his business was relocated to Delhi.

Tarun Tahiliani rose to fame in 1995 when Jemima Khan wore his outfit for her wedding with Pakistani cricketer, Imran Khan. Ensemble today is about 25 years old, co-owned by Tarun’s sister Tina Tahiliani Parikh who joined the business in 1990; with stores located in both cities of Mumbai and Delhi. Although Tahiliani is known as a versatile designer producing a number of lines including accessories, diffusion and prêt-a-porter, he is best known for his bridal couture lines. He has drawn in potential customers since 2009 with his annual bridal expos held in various cities of India in association with brands like the World Gold Council and De Beers. Tarun’s designs are sold all around the globe today in high-end department stores of Australia, US, Japan and the Middle East.

With his work showcased internationally, from Milan to London; Tarun Tahiliani is also one of the founding member of India’s official fashion week governing body, Fashion Design Council of India. Tarun’s well known works which were also showcased at international fashion weeks throughout the world are ‘The Rubaiyat’ and ‘Kumbhback’. His collection, ‘Kumbhback’ was inspired by traditional Mahan Kumbh Mela which included outfits designed with an incredibly amazing color palette of sunset tones like amber, subtle rust, saffron, deep red with hues of aubergine, pink, blue and black. Tarun is also an active member of Save the Children India which urged the Indian government to raise the health budget up to three percent prior to the announcement of budget. He currently lives with his wife Sailaja at a Delhi farmhouse. He has two children Anand, 23 and Jahan, 21.

Born on 15^th November 1940, Roberto Cavalli is a fashion designer from Florence, Italy. He is famous for creating interesting and intricate prints. Moreover, he is known for his sand-blasted jeans which have become a standardized style for several jean manufacturers.

Roberto belongs to an artistic family, Giuseppe Rossi, his grandfather was one of the members of Macchiaoli Movement and his work can be seen in the Uffizi Gallery. Roberto’s mother was a seamstress.

In 1964, he married Silvanella Giannoni and has two kids from her. Before marriage the couple knew each other for four years. A decade later, Roberto and Silvanella divorced. Later, Roberto and Eva Düringer got married in 1980. She has not only been his enduring companion but a business partner as well. Eva was assigned the creative director’s job in Roberto’s company and the couple works together to manufacture some of the most amazing designs using different types of patterns, materials and embellishments.

In total he has five children, Christiana and Tommaso from his first wife and Daniele, Rachele and Robert from his second. Daniele is a fashion designer as well.

Roberto Cavalli enrolled himself to an art institute in his locality in order to concentrate on textile print. As a student, he created a series of floral prints using the knitting technique which caught the attention of key hosiery factories. In early 70s, he developed and patented a ground-breaking procedure of printing on leather. Gradually he began making patchwork patterns from an array of materials. With this kind of work in hand, he immediately got commissions from Pierre Cardin and Hermès. When he turned thirty-two years old, he displayed his debut namesake line for prêt-a-porter in Paris at the Salon. In addition to this, he exhibited his designs at runway shows at Palazzo Pitti, Florence. In 1972, he launched his first fashion store in Saint-Tropez.

In 1994 he presented his first set of sandblasted jeans in Milan. The same year, he opened more boutiques in the French Caribbean and Venice. His collections including beachwear, underwear, perfumes, watches, eyewear, accessories, children-wear and menswear are sold in more than forty-five countries across the world.

Apart from this, he was included in the jury panel of 1977 Miss Universe pageant where Düringer was a participant representing Austria and came second. The winning woman was the first Black to win a Miss Universe – Janelle Commissiong.

In 2007, the designer collaborated with leading female musicians, such as Jennifer Lopez, Spice Girls and Christina Aguilera. He designed costumes for their concerts and tours. Other collaborations include one with Diet Coke in 2008, when he had to design limited edition bottles.

In 2009, he came on The Martha Stewart Show and expressed his willingness to exhibit his photographic skills that feature images of exotic places in Africa and other nations.

In 2011, Roberto Cavalli’s collection was showcased in Barcelona fashion show at The Brandery catwalk. Two years later, he received an Honorary Master Diploma in Management of Fashion from Domus Academy located in Milan. This award was presented to him during a ceremony.

Along the way of his creativity, he faced some sharp criticisms in 2004 by Hindus because he produced a line of underwear for women that featured pictures of goddesses from Hindu mythology. Following the negative feedback, the collection was withdrawn and the designer formally apologized.

A French prêt-a-porter and haute couture designer, Jean Paul Gaultier was born in  Arcueil on 24^th April 1952. He never formally got educated or trained as a designer; instead Gaultier sent his sketches to popular couture designers from an early age. In 1970, after being impressed by his drawings, Pierre Cardin hired Gaultier as an assistant. A year later, he took a break in order to work with Jacques Esterel before returning to administer Pierre Cardin fashion house for a year in Manila.

In 1976, he released his first collection and since then he has been recognized as the enfant terrible of the fashion industry in France. His designs have been developed using diverse approaches based on popular culture, street war or have reflected playfulness and bizarreness. Most people at the time found his creativity as decadent, but individuals like Melka Tréanton from Elle, Catherine Lardeur and Claude Brouet from Marie Claire were impressed and seduced by his designs and helped Gaultier launch his career.

By the end of 1980s, he suffered from personal losses. His business partner and lover Francis Menugue died of some causes related to AIDS. Although this was heart wrenching for Gaultier, he made himself busy with his business. In the 1990s, he created some extraordinary sculptured outfits for Madonna for her Confessions Tour and Blond Ambition Tour. Other musical artists for whom he has designed outfits, include Mylène Farmer, Marilyn Manson, Kylie Minogue, and Leslie Cheung

In addition to this, he designed wardrobes of many films, including The Fifth Element by Luc Bresson; Kika by Pedro Almodóvar; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover by Peter Greenaway; and The City of Lost Children by Jean Pierre Jeunet.

His choice of models is shockingly eccentric for the fashion industry, since he uses old men, fat women, tattooed and pierced models in his shows. Because of this, he faced criticism and popularity simultaneously.

Apart from fashion designing, Jean Paul Gaultier associated himself with the music industry as well by releasing dance singles and a music album that included mixes by George Shilling, Norman Cook, Mark Saunders, Tim Atkins, David Dorrell, Latin Rascals and so on.

Moreover, he is known for sponsoring an exhibition entitled Brave heart: Men in Skirts, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was a retrospective of works by Rudi Gernreich, Vivienne Westwood and Dries van Noten. Gaultier designed a collection of skirts for men in 1985. He also collaborated with Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2011 to organize a show called The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk.

In 2012, Gaultier was included in the jury panel at the Cannes Film Festival. This was the first time that a person belonging to the fashion industry was made a part of the jury. The same year he participated in Cali in the Expo-Show, flaunting his collection of fragrances and classic outfits. In the same year , he was appointed as the creative director of Diet Coke and his job involved tasks like pitching in creative ideas for the commercial campaigns of the company, as well as for the online projects and retail events. Following the footsteps of Roberto Cavalli, Gianfranco Ferre, Matthew Williamson and Karl Lagerfeld, he designed limited edition bottles as well.

Jean Paul Gaultier collaborated with Puig to create a perfume line. They created fragrances like Le Mâle, Classique, Fragile, Ma Dame, Kokorico and some more.