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This is a list of notable fashion designers sorted by nationality. It includes designers of haute couture and ready-to-wear. For haute couture only, see the list of grands couturiers. For footwear designers, see the list of footwear designers.
Gabrielle Bonheur " Coco " Chanel ( / ʃəˈnɛl / shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ⓘ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) [ 2] was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post- World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the ...
Badgley Mischka. Baldinini. Balenciaga. Bally (fashion house) Balmain (fashion house) Neil Barrett (fashion designer) Belle & Bunty. Bellville Sassoon. Belvest.
A fashion capital is a city with major influence on the international fashion scene, from history, heritage, designers, trends, and styles, to manufacturing innovation and retailing of fashion products, including events such as fashion weeks, fashion council awards, and trade fairs that together, generate significant economic output. [ 2]
A fashion week is a week-long fashion industry event where fashion designers, brands, or "houses" display their latest collections in runway fashion shows to buyers and the media which influences upcoming fashion trends for the current and approaching seasons. [ 1][ 2] The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the ...
Karl Otto Lagerfeld (German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈʔɔtoː ˈlaːɡɐˌfɛlt] ⓘ; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer.. Lagerfeld began his career in fashion in the 1950s, working for several top fashion houses including Balmain, Patou, and Chloé before joining Chanel in 1983.
Guccio Gucci was born in Florence, Tuscany on 26 March 1881. [ 1] He was the son of Tuscan parents, Gabriello Gucci, a leather craftsman from San Miniato, and Elena Santini, from Lastra a Signa. [ 2][ 3] As a teenager, in 1899, Guccio Gucci worked at the Savoy Hotel in London. [ 4][ 5] Little is known about his early life circumstances and what ...
Christian Ernest Dior ( French: [kʁistjɑ̃ djɔʁ]; 21 January 1905 – 24 October 1957) was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion house is known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade." [ 2]