September 9, 2010
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti
Ettore Bugatti was the legendary engineer and designer of the most famous Bugatti sports cars, the founder of the Bugatti car manufacturing plant, and one of the forefathers of modern automobile engineering.
Ettore Arco Isidoro ...
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September 9, 2010
Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo, maker of glamorous accessories favoured by international stars and elegant women worldwide, was launched in 1996. As accessories editor at Vogue UK, Tamara Mellon sensed a real demand for stylish but wearable ...
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September 9, 2010
Kenzo
The house of Kenzo opened in 1970. Graduate of Bunka Fasion college, prestigious Fashion School in Tokyo, His creator and founder, Kenzo Takada quickly became one of the main precursors of the seventies. This ...
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September 9, 2010
Givenchy
Born in 1927, at the age of seventeen Hubert James Taffin Givenchy
left his birthplace in Beauvais for Paris, at a time when the couturier business was still passed on from master to apprentice. He ...
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September 9, 2010
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta is born on July 22nd in the Dominican Republic's vibrant capital city, Santo Domingo. His childhood spent in this tropical island, filled with color, flowers, and sunshine, has and continues ...
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September 9, 2010
Versace
Founded in Milan in 1978 by Gianni Versace, one of the Twentieth Century’s most talented designers, Gianni Versace SpA is today a standard bearer of Italian excellence throughout the world.
The company designs, manufactures, distributes ...
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September 9, 2010
Gucci
In 1921, Guccio Gucci opens a leather goods company and small luggage store in his native GFlorence. Having spent years working in London's Savoy Hotel, he had absorbed the refined aesthetic of English nobility, ...
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September 9, 2010
Chanel
Haute Couture clothing is made to measure for a woman when she orders from a sample of a specific style shown in Paris at the Haute Couture Collection. Ready-to-Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), as opposed to Haute ...
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September 9, 2010
Ralph Lauren
1967
Ralph Lauren establishes the Polo label with an instantly successful line of ties. In direct opposition to the narrow ties and conventional styles of the time, Lauren designs wide, handmade ties using unexpected, flamboyant, ...
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September 9, 2010
Michael Kors
MR. KORS BEGAN HIS CAREER IN FASHION AT THE AGE OF 19 DESIGNING AND MERCHANDISING A COLLECTION FOR THE RENOWNED BOUTIQUE LOTHAR'S IN NEW YORK CITY. THE SUCCESS OF THESE CLOTHES CAUGHT THE ATTENTION ...
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