Lived from 1897 until 1981, Edith Head was a costume designer from America who won seven Academy Awards. She was born and grew up in California, and later on managed to find employment at Paramount Pictures as a costume sketcher sans relevant experience or training. She was first noted for the exclusive sarong dress she … Read more

A corner of Antwerp belongs to a man, whose boutique Het Modepaleis with its 1881 original sign with gold serif typeface affectionately restored, sit on Nationalestraat’s corner. The distinct five-storey triangular building has enough grandeur for a petite department store. Dries Van Noten bought this shop in 1989, three years after he had launch his … Read more

At seven in the morning, she wakes up to brush her teeth and commence each day with lemon in hot water. Later, she dresses up in her black exercise outfit to do either yoga or Pilates with her instructor at home. Staying fit and smart is what she stresses on in her life. The most … Read more

Born on 2nd May 1955, Donatella Versace is the vice-president and head designer of Versace corporation.  She is the sister of Gianni Versace, who died in 1997 and he founded what has now become a family business. Donatella’s initial knowledge about designing came from her mother who was involved in dressmaking. Her father was an … Read more

Dasha Zhukova, a beauty with brains and the ‘It girl’ of today’s fashion industry was born in 1981 and comes from a wealthy background being the daughter of Alexander and Elena Zhukova.  Her father was the owner of an oil company in Russia which is now defunct while her mother was a scientist who taught … Read more

Born in 1938, Daniel Hechter is a fashion designer from the striking city of France, Paris. He is occasionally referred to as the originator of prêt-a-porter and in fact his family owned a company of ready-to-wear. He was brought up in an environment of fashion lovers and sympathizers. Unfortunately he was forced to not see … Read more

Paris based fashion designer, Damir Doma was born in Croatia but was brought up in the Bavarian part of Germany in Traunstein. His mother’s clothing atelier had a great influence on Doma’s life and that’s what made him pursue a career in fashion design. Doma received his formal education in fashion design at L’ecole Superieure … Read more

Born on 29th July 1958, Cynthia Rowley is a fashion designer from New York’s West Village. She is a native of Illinois and is one of the three kids of Clementine and Ed Rowley. Cynthia graduated from Barrington High School in 1976 and then completed her education in 1981 from the School of the Art Institute of … Read more

Born in South Africa (1965), Collette Dinnigan is a fashion designer who had moved to New Zealand, graduating in fashion course from Wellington Polytechnic, before moving to Sydney and working in the department of costumes at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was in 1992 that she became capable of opening her first ever store on William … Read more

The world famous brand Chanel was established by Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, who lived from 1883 until 1971. She was a notorious fashion designer from France who was the only one in her field to appear on the list of 20th century’s hundred most influential people in the Time magazine. Coco Chanel and Paul Poiret were … Read more