Fashion

Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is a fashion executive and founding chairman of Inditex

Amancio Ortega is a pioneer in fast fashion, he co-founded Inditex, known for its Zara fashion chain, with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera in 1975

Anna Lisa Liedtke

Fashion Designer and Texture Artist

Anna Lisa Liedtke began her career in physical fashion and then trained with 3D software, CLO 3D. Today, she is Director, Digital Fashion, The Fabricant.

Anna Sui

Anna Sui is an American fashion designer

Summary Anna Sui is a fashion designer and perfumer, who is much celebrated in the history of fashion. Born in 1964 in Michigan, she is known for her enduring designs and her skill for developing collections with cultural and historical references. Biography After finishing her second year at Parsons, Sui was hired by Erica Elias’ […]

Atelier

A vertical accelerator of fashion tech startups

Summary Atelier is the first Spanish vertical accelerator of fashion tech startups. As an initiative by ISEM Fashion Institute, Atelier operates on the belief that the Spanish fashion industry goes hand in hand with innovative companies whose technology transform their value chain by making them more profitable, sustainable, and better oriented to the client. Accelerator Program […]

Cavalli

Cavalli revolutionizing fashion with innovative textile techniques

Summary Roberto Cavalli began his career in the 1960s, revolutionizing the fashion industry with innovative textile techniques that reflected his Tuscan artisan roots. He first gained recognition through his work in silk printing and leather patchwork, debuting at the 1970 Salon for Pret-a-Porter in Paris. His groundbreaking leather printing techniques earned him collaborations with renowned […]

Christian Lacroix

Christian Lacroix is a French fashion designer

Christian Lacroix is a French fashion designer who made a splash in the mid-1980s with his haute couture line created first for the house of Patou

Christian Louboutin

I don't think comfort equals happiness

Summary The Christian Louboutin brand is synonymous with luxury, elegance, and bold design, globally celebrated for its iconic red-soled shoes that have become a hallmark of sophistication. Established in 1991, the brand combines exquisite craftsmanship with innovative styles, creating footwear, handbags, and accessories that epitomise glamour and individuality. Beyond its signature shoes, Christian Louboutin has […]

Coach New York

American brand Coach handcrafts beautiful, functional leather handbags

Summary What began as a workshop with six artisans and their goal to design handcrafted, beautiful, functional products in modern shapes, from the finest leather, transformed into luxury brand Coach. Key milestones include acquiring Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade. In 2017 Victor Luis announced Coach Inc. would be changing its corporate name to Tapestry Inc. […]

Converse

Athletic brand renowned for performance shoes

Iconic American sportswear brand Converse markets, distributes and licenses footwear, apparel and accessories.

Donna Karan

Donna Karan is an American fashion designer and the creator of DKNY label

Summary Founder and creator of the DKNY label, Donna Karan has been known as The Queen of Seventh Avenue and the creator of capsule wardrobes.Donna Karan has grown to be a full lifestyle brand for men and women. In addition to apparel, it includes handbags, accessories, lingerie, eyewear, bedding and tableware, beauty products and fragrances. […]

Emanuel Ungaro

Emanuel Ungaro is an Italian fashion designer

Summary Emanuel Ungaro is an Italian fashion designer, born and raised in France, Ungaro has been interested in the creation of clothing from a very young age. He came from a family of tailors and established his fashion house in 1965 after working under the designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Within a few years Mr. Ungaro’s creations […]

Fashion Technology Accelerator

An international accelerator to foster digital and technology innovation in Fashion, Luxury and Retail industry

Summary The Fashion Technology Accelerator (FTA) is an international hub that fosters digital and technology innovation in Fashion, Luxury and Retail industry. The accelerator enterprise has three divisions, one in Silicon Valley, Seoul, and Milan, and it is exclusively dedicated to help and promote start-ups at the intersection of technology and fashion. The way FTA […]

Geoffrey Beene

Geoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer

Geoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer. Beene revolutionized the American fashion industry with minimalist designs

Gianfranco Ferre

Gianfranco Ferre was an Italian fashion designer

Summary Gianfranco Ferre is an Italian fashion designer also known as “the architect of fashion” for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design. He was the stylistic director for Dior during the 1990’s. Biography Early Years On 15th August 1944, Gianfranco Ferre was born in Legnano, near Milan in Lombardy, in northern […]

Kenneth Cole

Kenneth Cole is an American fashion designer

Summary Kenneth Cole is an American fashion designer. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, his father, Charles Cole, owned the El Greco shoe manufacturing company. Cole graduated from John L. Miller Great Neck North High School in 1972. Before learning the family business and starting his own company in 1982, Cole graduated […]

Kenzo Takada

Kenzo Takada is a Japanese-French fashion designer and founder of Kenzo

Summary Kenzo Takada is a Japanese-French fashion designer. One of the first male students to be admitted at Tokyo’s prestigious Bunka Fashion College, he is the founder of Kenzo & Kenzo Paris, a worldwide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes. Even though he retired in 1999, Kenzo remains highly active in the field of […]

Look Forward

An incubator platform for entrepreneurs that seek to revolutionise the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail

Summary Look Forward is an innovation platform for entrepreneurs that seek to revolutionise the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail. To do so, it has created an integrated startup incubator. Look Forward is an incubator promoted by Showroomprivè. Founded in 2015, Look Forward is established as an incubator program which aims to help from 15 to […]

Marine Serre

FutureWear

Summary Mission Statement Ecofuturist Fashion History Hailing from Brive-la-Gaillarde near Corrèze, France, Marine Serre left home at fourteen to attend a specialist visual arts school, followed by a two-year fashion course in Marseille and then moved to Belgium where she graduated with high honours from Academy of La Cambre Mode in 2016. Serre’s graduation show […]

Next

British multinational retailer of apparel, footwear and home products

NEXT is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer, which has its headquarters in Enderby, England

Pandora

Affordable, personal luxury

Summary Charm bracelets in gold, silver, wood and glass, intricately cast and designed with gemstones or semiprecious stones transformed a modest family-run store into global brand, pandora. History In 1982, goldsmith Per Enevoldsen and wife Winnie opened a family-run jewellery shop in Copenhagen. The couple travelled to Thailand often to import and sell jewellery. As […]

Romeo Gigli

Romeo Gigli is an Italian fashion designer

Summary Romeo Gigli is an Italian fashion designer who was described in the late 1980s as singlehandedly changing the course of fashion by the Los Angeles Times. Gigli was one of the first designers to show a mix of other designers’ work in his stores. For instance, in his Milan boutique his designs were combined […]

Salvatore Ferragamo

Shoemaker to the Stars

Summary Salvatore Ferragamo is a globally renowned luxury brand synonymous with Italian elegance, artisanal craftsmanship, and innovative design. Established in 1927, it gained fame for iconic footwear creations like the wedge heel and invisible sandal, earning the founder the title “Shoemaker to the Stars.” Today, Ferragamo offers a diverse range of luxury products, including apparel, […]

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Limited

Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of knitwear.

Silvia Segnalini

Silvia Segnalini is an assistant professor at the University Sapienza of Rome and attorney-at-law, admitted to Rome Bar since 2002.

Victoria’s Secret

Victoria's Secret is an American specialty lingerie retailer!

Summary Victoria’s Secret is an American specialty lingerie, clothing and beauty retailer, legendary for racy marketing and branding including a catalogue and annual lingerie show with supermodels dubbed ‘Angels’. As the largest lingerie retailer in the United States, it has struggled since 2016 due to not being in alignment with shifting consumer preferences and the […]

We In Social Tech

A London-based accelerator programme, set-up to support innovative women-led social technology businesses

Summary We in Social Tech is a London-based accelerator programme, set-up to support innovative women-led social technology businesses. The accelerator is delivered by Nwes, the largest not-for-private-profit enterprise agency in the UK, in collaboration with founding partner Deutsche Bank, through its social enterprise programme Made for Good. We in Social Tech launched in October 2018, to help grow three cohorts […]