Born on 17th March 1943 in South Wales, Jeff Banks is a designer of accessories, clothes and home furnishings. At the age of eight, his father left his mother and following the separation, she decided to move to England with her son. In London, Banks was offered scholarship to study at St. Dunstan’s College but … Read more

Jean – Louis Scherrer, French fashion designer par excellence was born at Paris on February 19th, 1935. Originally trained as a dancer at the Conservatoire de Paris, Jean – Louis had to change his line of work and become a fashion designer due to a fatal back injury which permanently put a stop to his … Read more

A French prêt-a-porter and haute couture designer, Jean Paul Gaultier was born in  Arcueil on 24th April 1952. He never formally got educated or trained as a designer; instead Gaultier sent his sketches to popular couture designers from an early age. In 1970, after being impressed by his drawings, Pierre Cardin hired Gaultier as an … Read more

Born on December 12, 1959, Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran is the son of Sir Terence Conran and Shirley Conran, designer and author, respectively. After two years of his birth, his parents led to some relationship problems and were divorced. Conran completed his primary and secondary education from Port Regis School and Bryanston School during the … Read more

Jason Wu was born in 1982 in Taiwan’s capital Taipei,. No one at the time knew that he will become a well-known fashion designer who would design dresses for Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama wore his designs during the inaugurations of American President Barack Obama. Wu just like pretty things and worked on his natural aesthetic sense. … Read more

A survivor and witness of the devastating Hiroshima bombing in 1945 and a technology-driven fashion designer from Japan, Issey Miyake was born on 22nd April 1938. He is recognized worldwide for his contemporary, industrial and innovative apparel designs, fragrances and exhibitions. His work cuts the edge of science and fashion, combining the two into a … Read more

The son of a children’s fashion designer, the very talented Isaac Mizrahi was born in 1961 in Brooklyn. His inclination towards fashion designing from the very start and determination to follow his father’s footsteps and become a designer proved to the fashion industry that Mizrahi was here to stay. The young Mizrahi teamed up with … Read more

In 1984, an enthusiastic  fashion designer was born in the Netherlands – Iris van Herpen attained a degree in Fashion Design from Artez Institute of the Arts Amhem and did an internship at Alexander McQueen as well as Claudy Jongstra before starting her own label in 2007. Since the year 2011, she is one of … Read more

British-Turkish fashion designer, Hussein Chalayan was born in 1970 in Nicosia, Cyprus. From his hometown, he attained his graduation from  Türk Maarif Koleji. At the time, the island’s population was struggling between the Turkish and Greek authorities. Ethnic clashes between the two eventually sprung war and resulted in migrations. For this reason, Hussein and his … Read more

Great companies take time to establish their good name and similarly great designers need to strive hard to be remembered for centuries to come. Hugo Boss, as the world knows is not an ordinary fashion, accessory and fragrance company – it is a brand name created by Hugo Ferdinand Boss who lived from 1885 until … Read more