John Fluevog is one of Canada’s best shoe designers. Born and raised in Vancouver, his inspiration comes from cars, for he spent many of his formative years at his dad’s drive-in ice cream parlor. Quite a lot of his shoe designs have emerged from the sole source of inspiration, cars. His shoes are a classic […]
Founder of the eponymous sportswear brand and fashion designer from Virginia, America – Perry Ellis lived between 1940 and 1986 and became a well-known plus an influential personality in the fashion landscape. Ellis introduced new proportions, perspective and patterns to the industry. Ellis was born on 3rd March 1940 in Portsmouth to Winifred Rountree and Edwin […]
American fashion designer Tracy Reese was born on February 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. Tracy gets the burning desire for creating beautiful things and an eye for fashion from her mother. She remembers designing and creating outfits from scratch with her mother on their sewing machine. Tracy went to Manhattan to pursue a career in […]
A French man, Roger Vivier was a fashion designer who lived during the 20th century. Vivier is recognized for the conception of the Stiletto heels. While the shoes by him are defined as Footwear Fabergé, the designer has been named as the Shoe’s Fragonard by a number of critics. Vivier described his shoe designs as […]
Born in Hamburg, Karl Lagerfeld is a German artist, photographer and fashion designer. In regards to his birth date, there is much ambiguity from his side but his certificate states 1933 as the year he came into this world. Perhaps he is worried about appearing old and has always attempted to look stylish yet mysterious […]
Anne Paloma Ruiz Picasso y Gilot, known as Paloma Picasso simply, was born on April 19, 1949, Paris. She is a prominent French businesswoman and fashion designer. Paloma was hence destined to develop a great aesthetic and creative sense. She is recognized for the jewelry she designed for Tiffany & Co. as well as for […]
Born on 11 April 1913, Oleg Cassini was a famous American fashion designer born in Paris, France to a Russian diplomat. The 1918 Russian Revolution caused the Loiewski folks to flee from their homes, lands, wealth and life. During this time, Oleg witnessed the murder of his cousin – he was shot to death. The […]
Big Apple’s talented designer, Geoffrey Beene was born in 1924 in Louisiana. With a family full of doctors, he was expected to become a doctor too; but his career took a sharp turn and he became a fashion designer instead. Beene is known in the fashion industry to have an out-of-the-box approach to designing women’s […]
Monique Lhuillier is a fashion designer from Philippines, eminent for bridal wear. She was born in 1971 to Michel J. Lhuillier and Amparito Llamas and raised in Cebu City in a house with one sister and two brothers. Her father was born in Vietnam when the country was a French colony. He is a jeweler, estate […]
Dubbed as the King of the Canadian Fashion Industry, Alfred Sung is a Chinese born Canadian fashion designer who has taken over the industry by storm with his apparel, perfumes and accessories for men and women. Belonging to a Chinese family, it was his parents’ wish that he would take up a traditional profession but […]
One of the famous Antwerp six, Ann Demuelemeester was born in December 29, 1959 in Waregem, Belgium. Never a dictator of the latest fashion trends in the fashion industry, yet Ann has been successful in creating magic on the runway with her avant-garde collections from time to time. Initially, Ann had no interest in fashion […]
A highly simple woman in terms of her personal and professional life, Eileen Fisher is an apparel designer from America and the founder of a female’s fashion store named after herself. She was raised in Des Plaines and studied at a Catholic educational institute where she loved the easiness of her uniform. In high school, […]
A female’s shoe designer, an extraordinary personality in the fashion industry and co-founder the well known women’s fashion label Nine West – Vince Camuto is an Italian American who spread his designs across the world, even in regions where his customers don’t exactly know who’s brain is behind the work. Camuto established the Nine West in […]
The very talented shoe designer from Spain, Pura Lopez was born on September 29, 1962. She is the daughter of Antonio Lopez Moreno, a shoe manufacturer who founded his company which grew exponentially in 1964. The renowned designer has gained fame all over world for being the official designer for the Royal family of Spain […]
