#fashion-figures

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Pierre Cardin: Biography and Background

Pietro Costante Cardin (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), known as Pierre Cardin, was an Italian-French fashion designer.

Yves Saint Laurent (designer): Biography and Background

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (, also UK: , US: ; French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ), was a French fashion designer who founded hi

Fernanda Gattinoni: Biography and Background

Fernanda Gattinoni (2 December 1906 – 27 November 2002) was an Italian fashion designer who was the founder of the Gattinoni atelier.

Elsa Schiaparelli: Biography and Background

Elsa Luisa Giovanna Maria Schiaparelli ( SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-, US also skee-AHP-, Italian: [ˈɛlsa skjapaˈrɛlli]; 10 September 1890 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian fashion designer from an aris

Louise Chéruit: Biography and Background

Louise Chéruit (née Lemaire; 1866–1955), also known as Madame Chéruit and often erroneously called Madeleine Chéruit, was a French fashion designer.

Lola Prusac: Biography and Background

Lola Prusac (18 January 1895 – 29 October 1985) was a Polish-born French fashion designer noted for her inventive and original way of dressing, who worked for Hermès in Paris between 1925 and 193

Marie-Françoise Corot: Biography and Background

Marie-Françoise Corot (1768–1851) was a French fashion designer (milliner), known as one of the most fashionable of her trade in the first decades of the 19th-century.

Benoît-Pierre Emery: Biography and Background

Benoît-Pierre Emery (pronounced [bənwa pjɛʁ ɛm(ə)ʁi]; born 9 July 1970) is a French art director and a fashion designer based in Paris, France.

Madame Vignon: Biography and Background

Madame Vignon, also known as Madame Vignon-Chauvin (19th century), was a French fashion designer Couturier.

Salvatore Ferragamo: Biography and Background

Salvatore Ferragamo (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre ferraˈɡaːmo]; 5 June 1898 – 7 August 1960) was an Italian shoe designer.

Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix: Biography and Background

Jeanne Victorine Margaine-Lacroix (3 December 1868–15 August 1930) was a French couturier of the early 20th-century.

Caroline Reboux: Biography and Background

Caroline Reboux (circa 1840–1927) was a Parisian milliner and French fashion designer.

Robert Cary-Williams: Biography and Background

Robert Cary-Williams is an avant-garde British fashion designer.

Madame Eloffe: Biography and Background

Adélaïde Henriette Damoville (Madame Eloffe; 1759–1805) was a French fashion merchant.

Maud Frizon: Biography and Background

Maud Frizon de Marco (born Danielle Maud Frizon; 1941 in Paris, France) is a fashion designer specializing in women's shoes.

Alexander White (designer): Biography and Background

Alexander White (born June 1988) is a British shoe designer who launched his eponymous footwear line in September 2014.

Graziella Fontana: Biography and Background

Graziella Fontana is a Genoese Italian fashion designer who was active in the London Mod fashion scene in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Nicola Formichetti: Biography and Background

Nicola Formichetti (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla formiˈketti]; born 31 May 1977) is a fashion director and fashion editor.

Oscar Udeshi: Biography and Background

Oscar Udeshi (born in May 1974 in Hong Kong) is an industrial designer who works in product design, furniture design, jewellery, and clothing - luxury menswear.

Wanda Ferragamo: Biography and Background

Wanda Ferragamo (née Miletti; 18 December 1921 – 19 October 2018) was an Italian fashion designer and businesswoman.

Jacques Guarrigue-Lefèvre: Biography and Background

Jacques Guarrigue-Lefèvre is the founder, owner and current president of Paris Élysée, a private club based in Paris.

Gianni Versace: Biography and Background

Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni maˈriːa ˈdʒanni verˈsaːtʃe]; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and businessman.

Madame Laferrière: Biography and Background

Madame Laferrière (19th-century) was a French fashion designer milliner.

Marcelle Chaumont: Biography and Background

Marcelle Chaumont (born 1891, Eymoutiers, Haute-Vienne; died 1990, Paris) was a French fashion designer.

Georges Ferréol Vuitton: Biography and Background

Georges Ferréol Vuitton (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ feʁeɔl vɥitɔ̃]; 13 July 1857 – 26 October 1936) was the only child of Louis Vuitton (1821–1892; French designer and trunk maker for Empress Eu

Andrea Sassetti: Biography and Background

Andrea Sassetti (born 1960) is an Italian shoe designer, owner of the Italian fashion company Andrea Moda, a brand of high-end women's shoes.

Madame Grès: Biography and Background

Madame Grès (1903–1993), also known as Alix Grès and Alix, was a leading French couturier and costume designer, founder of haute couture fashion house Grès as well as the associated Parfums Grès.

Hannah Marshall (visual artist): Biography and Background

Hannah Marshall (born 6 July 1982) is a British artist and founder of the experiential art studio H+.

Jane Régny: Biography and Background

Jane Régny was the pseudonym of the French fashion designer Madame Balouzet Tillard de Tigny.

Madame Virot: Biography and Background

Madame Virot (1826–1911) was a French fashion designer milliner.

Miuccia Prada: Biography and Background

Miuccia Bianchi Prada (Italian: [ˈmjuttʃa ˈbjaŋki ˈpraːda, miˈu-]; born Maria Bianchi [maˈriːa ˈbjaŋki] on 10 May 1948) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman.

Alphadi: Biography and Background

Alphadi (born Sidahmed Seidnaly; 1 June 1957) is a notable Nigerien fashion designer often known as the "Magician of the Desert".

Franck Sorbier: Biography and Background

Franck Sorbier (pronounced [fʁɑ̃k sɔʁbje]; born 1961) is a Paris fashion house that achieved haute couture status in 2005.

Vanessa Bruno: Biography and Background

Vanessa Bruno is a French, Paris-based clothing designer.

Jacques Tiffeau: Biography and Background

Jacques Tiffeau (October 11, 1928 – February 29, 1988) was a French fashion designer.

Jean Paul Gaultier: Biography and Background

Jean Paul Gaultier (French: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje]; born 24 June 1952) is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer.

Mademoiselle Félicie: Biography and Background

Mademoiselle Félicie (19th-century) was a French fashion designer milliner.

Francesco Smalto: Biography and Background

Francesco Smalto (5 November 1927 – 5 April 2015) was an Italian fashion designer.

Paco Rabanne: Biography and Background

Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (18 February 1934 – 3 February 2023), more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne (French: [pako ʁaban]; Spanish: [ˈpako raˈβan]), was a Spanish-born natural

Coco Chanel: Biography and Background

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( shə-NEL; French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman.

Cristóbal Balenciaga: Biography and Background

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (Spanish: [kɾisˈtoβal βalenˈθjaɣa ejθaˈɣire]; Basque: Cristobal Balentziaga Eizagirre [kɾis̺toβal βalents̻i.aɣa eis̻aɣire]; 21 January 1895 – 24 March 1972) was a

Emily Clapham: Biography and Background

Emily Clapham (1857–1952) was a dress designer.

John Galliano: Biography and Background

John Charles Galliano (born 28 November 1960) is a British fashion designer.

Thierry Mugler: Biography and Background

Manfred Thierry Mugler (French pronunciation: [manfʁɛd tjɛʁi myɡlɛʁ]; 21 December 1948 – 23 January 2022) was a French fashion designer, creative director and creative adviser of Mugler.

Vivienne Westwood: Biography and Background

Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (née Swire; 8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions in

Mohamed Dia: Biography and Background

Mohamed Dia (born 5 August 1973 in the Sarcelles) is a Franco-Malian designer of sport clothing (sportswear and streetwear) and founder of the M.Dia brand.

Gordon Luke Clarke: Biography and Background

Gordon Luke Clarke, also known as Luke, was a New Zealand fashion designer based in London during the 1970s.

Mademoiselle Alexandre: Biography and Background

Mademoiselle Alexandre (d.