Kenneth D. Cole is a clothing designer from America, who was born on 23rd March 1954, Brooklyn. Cole studied at John L. Miller Great Neck North High School. In 1976, he graduated from Emory University‘s arts and sciences college. A decade later, he met Maria Cuomo who became his life partner in 1987. In 1982, Cole […]
Born in 1988, Petra Ecclestone is a Croatian-British heiress, socialite, model and fashion designer from Westminster in London. She is the daughter of Slavica, an Armani ex-model and Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One billionaire. Petra is fluent in Croatian and understands Italian and French. Petra studied at Trevor-Roberts School, followed by Francis Holland School in London. […]
Born in 1964, Nanette Lepore is a renowned fashion designer from Youngstown, Ohio but currently resides in New York. In this city, she started developing her professional life – she studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology and graduated with a design degree. Prior to relocating to the city, she completed an undergraduate degree from […]
Dasha Zhukova, a beauty with brains and the ‘It girl’ of today’s fashion industry was born in 1981 and comes from a wealthy background being the daughter of Alexander and Elena Zhukova. Her father was the owner of an oil company in Russia which is now defunct while her mother was a scientist who taught […]
Alber Elbaz is a fashion designer who was born in 1961 in Casablanca, a populous city in Morocco. At the age of ten, he immigrated to Israel along with his family members and was raised in Holon. After completing his services in the Israeli Defence Forces, Elbaz studied at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, […]
Model turned designer Melissa Odabash is a London-based swimwear and beachwear designer. She was born in the United States on 18th April, 1970. Her career started off as a swimwear model in Italy. With a flair for designing and an eye for fashion, she started creating her own swimwear designs which she stitched and sold […]
Born in 1938, Daniel Hechter is a fashion designer from the striking city of France, Paris. He is occasionally referred to as the originator of prêt-a-porter and in fact his family owned a company of ready-to-wear. He was brought up in an environment of fashion lovers and sympathizers. Unfortunately he was forced to not see […]
Giovanni (Gianni)Maria Versace lived in this world from 1946 until 1997. He was born in Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy. He was nurtured along with his sister Donatella and brother Santo in a house with their mother and father. Gianni had another sister named Fortunata, but she died young from an infection. Gianni’s mother was a […]
Who doesn’t know Yves Saint Laurent in the fashion industry? He is an extraordinary fashion designer from France and is applauded for being one of the best in his work in the history of fashion. He is credited for the introduction of tuxedos for women, as well as for using various colored models other than […]
Considered as the pioneer and creator of unisex fashion trend, Ted Lapidus lived between 1929 and 2008. He was a French citizen, born in the beautiful city of Paris. His father was a Russian-Jewish tailor. Ted became involved in the family business, since he couldn’t afford the fees of a medical school he wanted to […]
Born on 8th April 1941, Dame Vivienne Westwood is an English businesswoman and fashion designer. She is noted for bringing new wave and contemporary punk fashion into the mainstream industry. She gained publicity when she designed an apparel collection, for Malcolm McLaren’s fashion house. They blended fashion and music to shape the punk scene in […]
Based in Sydney, Leona Edmiston is a fashion designer from Australia. She studied at East Sydney Technical College and completed her bachelor degree in fashion design. Afterwards, in 1983, she introduced her debut label, named Morrissey Edmiston with Peter Morrissey, a fellow designer. For fourteen years, the label garnered extensive popularity from around the world. […]
Known for experimenting with leather, plastic, crochet and gingham; Christopher Kane is the Willy Wonka of the British fashion industry. Born on 26th July, 1982 in the Scotland, Kane has established his name in the industry by his wickedly original ideas and designs. He relocated to London in 2000 to study at Central Saint Martins […]
Jason Wu was born in 1982 in Taiwan’s capital Taipei,. No one at the time knew that he will become a well-known fashion designer who would design dresses for Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama wore his designs during the inaugurations of American President Barack Obama. Wu just like pretty things and worked on his natural aesthetic sense. […]
