Perfectionist by nature, whose remarkable work came under the limelight after winning the 2011 CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year award, Michael Bastian was born on 13th October 1965. Resident of the Big Apple, he moved to Massachusetts to study at the Babson College in Wellesley. Upon graduation, he came back to New York and […]
Known for designing the wedding dress of Catherine Middleton in 2011, Sarah Jane Burton is a fabulous fashion designer from England. She was born in 1974 among four other children to Diana and Anthony. In 2012, Time magazine named her one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Sarah Burton married a fashion photographer […]
Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat is a Chinese-Malaysian fashion designer residing in London. He is known for his company Jimmy Choo Ltd that is recognized for its handmade shoes for women. Choo was born in a Malaysian Island Penang born on 15th November 1952, to a shoemaking family. His original name is Chow but on the birth […]
The fashion designer par excellence, Margaret Howell was born in Surrey, England on September 5, 1946. The multi talented Margaret has established her name in the fashion industry with her contemporary chic designs using classic fabrics like tweed, poplin and twill for both men and women. The veteran fashion designer has managed to stay in the […]
Born on 23rd July 1956 in Ohio, Karen Kane is a fashion designer from America. She was the youngest among three kids. When she was nine years old, Karen moved to Santa Barbara, California, where she spent her early years sewing and taking several fashion courses. In eleventh grade, she stitched a coat and when […]
Fashion designer Roland Mouret was born in Lourdes, France on August 27, 1961. He studied at a fashion school in 1979 but quickly left the academy in search of life experience. He worked as a Creative Director in a Paris based gay fashion publication called Gai Pied Hebdo in the 1980s being an Act Up […]
Admitting that he is not a morning person, Cesare Paciotti is an Italian apparel designer who prefers working late nights and claims to be energetic around that time. Perhaps this is not the typical routine for the head of accessories business that sells items worth $500 million each year! Paciotti is the creator and designer […]
Descendant of blue blood, Lucinda Jane ‘Lulu’ Guinness, OBE, the daughter of Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac; the 9th Baronet was born in May, 1960 in West London. Lulu is known in the British fashion industry for her unique personal style and original ideas in everything she designs. Her retro, modern chic accessories with out-of-the-box designs are […]
Born on 23rd August 1953, John Rocha is a Portuguese-Chinese fashion designer originally from Hong Kong and residing in Ireland with his wife. The Rocha family has a second house in Southern France at St. Jean Cap-Ferrat. Simone, his daughter, also chose the same career path as him. She is also a thriving designer. After […]
From America’s most populous city, New York – Narciso Rodriguez is a fashion designer, born in January 27, 1961 and raised in New Jersey. He completed his formal education at Parsons The New School for Design. After this, he worked as a freelance in the garment industry and soon joined Anne Klein. Next, he worked with Calvin […]
Born in 1967, Valeria Marini is an Italian showgirl, actress, model as well as a fashion designer. Although her birth place was Rome, she grew up in Sardinia. Marini’s debut appearance in the cinema happened in the movie Cronaca Nera in 1987. After a break in the film industry, she starred in a theatre comedy […]
Born on 9th August 1959, Michael Kors is a fashion designer from New York. He is recognized for making women sportswear. Moreover, he is the Chief Creative Officer and Honorary Chairman of KORS (Michael Kors Holdings Limited). He is the son of ex-model Joan Kors and Karl Anderson. When Michael was five, his mother remarried […]
Tunisian born fashion designer Azzedine Alaia was born in February 26, 1940. The fashion industry respects Alaia for his brutally honest approach and not bowing to the tight and demanding schedules of the fashion industry’s timetable and creating masterpieces in his own time according to his whims and fancies. Passionate for art from a very […]
The aristocrat Italian designer, Miuccia Prada was born in Italy’s fashion capital Milan on May 10, 1949. She was born into a wealthy family that owned the luxury goods brand Prada since 1913. Over the years, the brand became a household name for fine leather luggage as well as vanity cases, tortoise shell hairbrushes and […]
