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Aaliyah
Aaliyah was an American singer, actress, and model
Summary Aaliyah Dana Haughton first gained recognition at the age of 10, when she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At the age of 12, Aaliyah signed with Jive Records and her uncle Barry Hankerson’s Blackground Records. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, […]
RoleSinger and Model
LocationNew York
Alexander Wang
An American fashion designer and founder of Alexander Wang
Summary Alexander Wang is an American fashion designer and founder of Alexander Wang. Born in California, 1983, Wang is an international figure in the fashion industry, best known for his urban designs. Wang has worked as Creative Director at Balenciaga from 2012 to 2015 and has collaborated with well known firms such as H&M. In 2017, […]
RoleFashion Designer, Creative Director, CEO
Ann Lowe
Ann Lowe was an American fashion designer
Summary Ann Cole Lowe was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Lowe’s one-of-a-kind designs were a favorite among high society matrons from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was best known for designing the ivory silk taffeta wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Bouvier when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953. […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationNew York
Anne Klein
Anne Klien was an American fashion designer
Summary A visionary who completely revolutionised the concept of fashion, Anne Klein played a pivotal role in introducing coordinated closets as well as changing the way women dressed. Over a period of 36 years, she kept on pushing the envelope and pioneering and perfecting the idea modern separates. Her legacy and contribution is still very […]
Rolefashion designer
LocationNew York
Anok Yai
Anok Yai is a Sudanese-American fashion model
Anok Yai is a Sudanese-American fashion model.
RoleFashion model
Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki is a Polish fashion designer
Summary Barbara Hulanicki is best known as the founder of clothes store Biba. She is deservedly recognized now as a British fashion icon and has been awarded an OBE for Services to Fashion in the 2012 Queen’s New Year Honors. Barbara began her career in Fashion in the early 1960′s working as a freelance fashion […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationMiami Beach
Bonnie Cashin
Bonnie Cashin was an American fashion designer
Summary Bonnie Cashin, American fashion designer (born Sept. 28, 1915, Oakland, Calif.—died Feb. 3, 2000, New York, N.Y.), was a highly influential innovator who created loose-fitting sportswear and light, layered clothes. She first designed sportswear for the fashion house Adler & Adler from 1937 to 1943. Working for Twentieth Century Fox from 1944 to 1949, […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationCalifornia
Cathy Horyn
American fashion journalist and critic
Summary Cathy Horyn is an American fashion journalist and critic. Horyn is best known for her work for The New York Times from 1998 until 2014 where she run the highly noted and provocative blog On The Runway. In 2015, she was appointed critic-at-large for New York Magazine’s website The Cut, reviewing the Fall 2015 womenswear shows in New York and […]
Rolefashion journalist and critic
LocationGarrison, New York, U.S
Claire McCardell
Claire McCardell was an American fashion designer
Summary Claire McCardell was the founder of American ready-to-wear fashion, and in doing so defined what has become known as the American Look. She created casual but sophisticated clothes with a functional design, which reflected the lifestyles of American women.She is credited with the creation of American sportswear.Fashion designers such as Isaac Mizrahi, Donna Karan, […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationNew York
Edith Head
Edith Head is an American costume designer
Summary Edith Head was the daughter of a mining engineer, and she grew up in various towns and camps in Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico. She attended the University of California (B.A.) and Stanford University (M.A.). After a time as a schoolteacher and some additional study in Los Angeles at the Otis Institute and the Chouinard […]
RoleActor Costume Designer
LocationSan Bernardino and Nevada
Ermenegildo “Gildo” Zegna
Ermenegildo “Gildo” Zegna is an Italian fashion entrepreneur
Summary Ermenegildo Zegna, simply referred to as Gildo Zegna is an Italian entrepreneur and the current CEO of the eponymous luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna. Biography Gildo was born on 30 September, 1955 in Trivera, Italy and is the grandson of Ermenegildo Zegna who founded the family business in 1919. His father Angelo preceded him […]
RoleFashion Enterpreneur
LocationMilan Italy
Giuliana Benetton
Giuliana Benetton is an Italian billionaire businesswoman
Summary Giuliana Benetton is one of the co-founders of Benetton Group, the Italian fashion brand.Forbes estimated the net worth of Giuliana Benetton and each of her three siblings at US$2.9 billion in 2015. Biography Giuliana Benetton was born on 8 July 1937 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy. Her father owned a bicycle shop. She has three […]
Rolefashion businesswoman
LocationTreviso
Jean Shrimpton
Jean Rosemary Shrimpton is an English model and actress
Summary Jean Rosemary Shrimpton born 7 November 1942 is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world’s first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time. In 2009, Harper’s […]
RoleFashion Model
LocationBuckinghamshire
Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott is an American fashion designer
Summary Jeremy Scott is the creative director of the fashion house Moschino and the sole owner of his namesake label. Since launching his brand in Paris in 1997, Scott has built a reputation as “pop culture’s most irreverent designer”,and “fashion’s last rebel”. Inspired by American consumer culture, Scott has reinterpreted the logos of brands such […]
RoleFashion Designer
LocationMissouri
Kate Spade
Kate Spade was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur
Biography Early Life Kate Spade was born in Kansas City, Missouri on December 24, 1962. Her birth name was Katherine Noel Brosnahan. She took her degree of Journalism in 1985 and joined Mademoiselle Magazine in New York City. In 1981 Kate attended the University of Kansas and then later in 1983 she transferred to Arizona […]
RoleFashion designer handbags
LocationArizona and Manhattan
Lil’ Kim
Lil' Kim, is an American rapper, songwriter, model, and actress
Summary Known professionally as Lil’ Kim, she was discovered by fellow rapper The Notorious B.I.G., who invited her to join his group Junior M.A.F.I.A.; their debut album, Conspiracy, generated two top 20 singles in the United States and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).Lil’ Kim found success as a female […]
RoleFashion model and rapper
LocationNew York
Madame Grès
Madame Grès was a leading French couturier
Summary Madame Alix Grès is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant couturiers of the twentieth century. She employed innovative construction techniques in the service of a classical aesthetic, creating her hallmark “Grecian” gowns as well as a wide range of simple and geometrically cut designs based on ethnic costume. Her garments are noted […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationParis France
Michael Kors
Michael Kors is an American fashion designer
Summary Michael Kors is the honorary chairman and chief creative officer of his brand, Michael Kors, which sells men’s and women’s and ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear, and fragrance. Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, and Versace are the three founder-led brands under Capri Holdings Limited.He is also best known for serving as a judge on the […]
RoleFashion designer and stylist
LocationNew York
Mossimo Giannulli
Mossimo Giannulli is an American fashion designer
Summary Mossimo Giannulli founded Mossimo, a mid-range American clothing company, in 1986. Giannulli and his wife, actress Lori Loughlin, were charged and arrested in March 2019 in connection with the college admissions bribery scandal. Biography Early Years Giannulli was born Massimo Giannulli on June 4, 1963 in Los Angeles. His father,Gene was an architect, and […]
RoleFashion Designer
LocationLos Angeles
Paco Rabanne
Paco Rabanne is a famous Spanish designer
Summary His real name is Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo. He was born in Pasaia (Guipúzcoa) in 1934, the son of a dressmaker at the House of Balenciaga. When he was barely four years old he moved with his family to France. He studied architecture in Paris, although he soon ventured into the world of fashion. In […]
RoleFashion Designer
LocationPasaïa Spain
Sonia Rykiel
Sonia Rykiel was a French fashion designer and writer
Summary Sonia Rykiel was dubbed the “Queen of Knits”. The Sonia Rykiel label was founded in 1968 upon the opening of her first store, making clothing, accessories and fragrances. Rykiel was also a writer and her first book was published in 1979. Biography Early Years Based in France, Sonia was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris on […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationParis
Stephen Burrows
Stephen Burrows is an American fashion designer
Summary Stephen Burrows began work in the New York City’s garment center, alternately managing his own businesses and working closely with luxury department store Henri Bendel. He is known for being one of the first African-American fashion designer to sell internationally and develop a mainstream, high-fashion clientele. His garments, known for their bright colors and […]
RoleFashion Designer
LocationNew York
Tadashi Yanai
A Japanese billionaire businessman and founder and president of Fast Retailing
Summary Tadashi Yanai is a Japanese billionaire businessman, the founder and president of Fast Retailing, of which Uniqlo (“unique clothing”) is a subsidiary. He was born in 7 February 1949 In June 2019 he was ranked as the 31st richest person in the world by Forbes, and the richest man in Japan, with an estimated net worth of US$29.4 billion. Biography Tadashi Yanai was […]
RoleFounder, CEO
LocationShibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Tamara Mellon
Tamara Mellon is a British fashion entrepreneur
Summary Tamara Mellon OBE is a British fashion entrepreneur and the co-founder of luxury footwear brand Jimmy Choo and also the eponymous luxury footwear brand Tamara Mellon. She founded her namesake brand with Jill Layfield and Tania Spinelli in 2016. Biography Early Life Born Tamara Yeardye on 7 July 1967, Mellon is the daughter of […]
RoleFashion Entrepreneur
LocationLondon England
Twiggy
Twiggy is a British fashion model and actress
Summary Twiggy, original name Lesley Hornby, married name Dame Lesley Lawson, (born September 19, 1949, Neasden, London, England), British fashion model and actress whose gamine frame and mod look defined the fashion industry during much of the late 20th century. She is widely considered to have been one of the world’s first supermodels—a top fashion […]
LocationLondon
UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
An initiative of United Nations agencies and allied organizations to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion is an initiative of United Nations agencies and allied organizations designed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina Schlee
Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina Schlee was a Ukrainian émigrée fashion designer
Summary Often called “America’s most glamorous dressmaker,” Valentina was recognized to be one of the top U.S. couturiers and theatre costume designers. Valentina is known simply to the fashion world by her first name from 1928 to the late 1950s. Biography Early Years Valentina was born on 1 May 1899 and raised in Kiev, Russian […]
RoleFashion designer and model
LocationNew York
Vanessa Friedman
Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times
Summary Vanessa Friedman is an American fashion journalist and critic. Friedman is best known for her role as Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times. In 2002, Friedman became the fashion editor of the Financial Times, being the the first person to hold the position. She has also written extensively on a freelance basis for Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, The New […]
RoleFashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at The New York Times
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Zac Posen
Zac Posen is an American fashion designer
Summary American designer Zac Posen emerged as fashion’s newest star in 2002 when his alluringly feminine dresses made their New York City runway debut. Though he was still rather young to be a business owner, Posen earned enthusiastic write-ups on the pages of Vogue and other esteemed fashion magazines for his creative flair. He was […]
RoleFashion designer
LocationNew York
Zelda Wynn Valdes
Zelda Wynn Valdes was an African-American fashion designer and costumer
Summary She is the creator of the original Playboy Bunny costume Biography Zelda Wynn Valdes was born June 18, 1905, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.Zelda Valdes grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina.She trained as a classical pianist at the Catholic Conservatory of Music. In the early 1920s, Valdes started to work in the tailoring shop of her […]
RoleFashion Designer
LocationNew York