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| x Chris Seydou | May 18, 1949 | Mali |
Seydou Nourou Doumbia, known as Chris Seydou (May 18, 1949 - March 4, 1994), was a Malian fashion designer known for his use of traditional Malian fabrics, particularly bògòlanfini (mudcloth).
Born in Kati in Mali's Koulikoro Region, Seydou lived...
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| x Paco Rabanne |
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1934 |
Paco Rabanne (born Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo on 18 February 1934 in San Sebastián, Spain) (Donostia in Basque) is a Spanish-French fashion designer. He fled Spain for France with his mother when the Spanish Civil War broke out. He originally had an...
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| x Alfred Sung | Jun 14, 1948 | Canada |
Alfred Sung (born 14 June 1948) is a Chinese-born Canadian fashion designer, producing apparel, fragrance, accessories and home fashions for women and men. He was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. Sung is the brother of late Hong Kong...
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| x Cristóbal Balenciaga |
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Jan 21, 1895 | Spain | Getaria |
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eisaguirre (January 21, 1895, Spain – March 23, 1972, Spain) was a Spanish Basque fashion designer and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house.
Balenciaga was born in Guetaria, a fishing Basque town in Gipuzkoa, Spain, on...
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| x Vera Wang |
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Jun 27, 1949 | United States of America | New York City |
Vera Wang (Chinese: 王薇薇; pinyin: Wáng Wēiwei; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer based in New York. She is known for her wedding gown collection.
Wang was born and raised in New York, NY of Chinese descent. Her parents were born in...
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| x Pierre Balmain |
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May 18, 1914 |
Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (b. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, May 18, 1914 – Paris, France, June 29, 1982) was a French fashion designer. Known for sophistication and elegance, he once said that "dressmaking is the architecture of movement....
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| x Zac Posen |
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Oct 24, 1980 | United States of America | Manhattan |
Zac Posen (born 24 October 1980) is an American fashion designer.
Posen was raised in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan, the Jewish son of artist Stephen Posen and corporate lawyer Susan Posen. His interest in fashion design started early,...
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| x Claude Montana | 1949 |
Claude Montana is a French fashion designer, known for his refined, figure-hugging designs, in lightweight materials or heavy leather. He is sometimes jokingly known as the "King of Shoulder Pads" for the aggressive shapes for women he created in...
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| x Elaine Klimaszewski |
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Sep 13, 1971 |
Elaine Klimaszewski is a model and is one half of the Coors Light Twins with sister Diane. She is also an actress and was briefly a member of WCW's Nitro Girls.
Elaine Klimaszewski started acting in 1991 in Problem Child 2. She also has a modeling...
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| x Emanuel Ungaro |
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1933 |
Emanuel (Maffeolit) Ungaro (13 February 1933 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French fashion designer.
Born to Italian parents who had fled to France from Francavilla Fontana of Brindisi province because of the fascist Italian government. As a young boy,...
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| x Christian Dior |
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Jan 21, 1905 | Granville |
Christian Dior (21 January 1905, Granville, Manche – 24 October 1957), was an influential French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior. He was born in Granville, Manche, a...
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| x Perry Ellis |
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Mar 3, 1940 | United States of America | Portsmouth |
Perry Ellis (March 3, 1940 – May 30, 1986) was an American fashion designer who founded a sportswear house in the mid-1970s.
Perry Edwin Ellis was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on March 3, 1940, as the only child of Edwin and Winifred Rountree Ellis...
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| x Nicky Hilton |
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Oct 5, 1983 | United States of America | New York City |
Nicholai "Nicky" Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983) is an American fashion model, socialite, celebutante, entrepreneur, heiress, and fashion designer. She shares her nickname with her grandfather's brother, Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, who died fourteen...
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| x Coco Chanel |
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Aug 19, 1883 | France | Saumur |
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century...
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| x Hattie Carnegie |
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Mar 15, 1889 | United States of America |
Hattie Carnegie (15 March 1889 - 22 February 1956) was a fashion entrepreneur based in New York City from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary as Henrietta Kanengeiser.
Hattie was the second oldest of seven children. Her...
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| x Pierre Cardin |
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1922 | Venice |
Pierre Cardin is an Italian-born French fashion designer, who was born on July 7, 1922, at San Biagio di Callalta near Treviso.
Cardin was known for his avant-garde style and his space age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often...
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| x Nicola Trussardi | Jun 17, 1942 |
Nicola Trussardi (June 17, 1942 - April 14, 1999) was an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur.
Trussardi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy.
A graduate in economics at the Catholic University of Milan, in 1970 he took over his family's glove-making...
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| x Novala Takemoto | 1968 | Japan | Uji |
Novala Takemoto (嶽本野ばら, Takemoto Nobara), born on January 26, 1968, is a Japanese author and fashion designer. His real name is Toshiaki Takemoto (嶽本稔明, Takemoto Toshiaki). His pen name is translatable as "The Wild Rose."
Known as the "Lolitas' Bard...
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| x Julien MacDonald | Mar 19, 1971 |
Julien Macdonald OBE (born March 19, 1971) is a Welsh fashion designer.
Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Macdonald attended Cyfarthfa High School in Merthyr Tydfil. Macdonald was taught knitting by his mother, and soon became interested in design. He was...
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| x Bill Blass |
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Jun 22, 1922 | United States of America | Fort Wayne |
William Ralph "Bill" Blass (June 22, 1922 – June 12, 2002) was an American fashion designer, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is known for his tailoring and his innovative combinations of textures and patterns. He is the recipient of many fashion...
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| x Cynthia Rowley |
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1965 | United States of America |
Cynthia Rowley is an American fashion designer.
A native of Barrington, Illinois (an affluent northwestern suburb of Chicago), she is one of three children born to Ed Rowley, a former science teacher, and his wife, Clementine. She graduated from...
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| x Isaac Mizrahi |
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Oct 14, 1961 | United States of America | Brooklyn |
Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer and the creative director of Liz Claiborne. He is best known for his eponymous fashion lines.
Mizrahi was born in Brooklyn, NY, and comes from Jews who lived in Egypt. He is the...
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| x Jean-Paul Gaultier |
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Apr 24, 1952 | France | Arcueil |
Jean-Paul Gaultier (born 24 April 1952 in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne, France) is a French haute couture fashion designer and previous host of television series Eurotrash.
Gaultier never received formal training as a designer. Instead, he started sending...
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| x Alexandre Herchcovitch |
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Jul 21, 1971 | Brazil |
Alexandre Herchcovitch (born in 21 July 1971, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian fashion designer.
Alexandre Herchcovitch is a designer who is able to transform classic into modern, simple into glamourous, easy into complex. His designs have been...
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| x Donna Karan |
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Oct 2, 1948 | United States of America | Forest Hills |
Donna Karan (born October 2, 1948 as Donna Ivy Faske) is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.
Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske on October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, Queens. She grew up in...
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| x Salvatore Ferragamo |
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Jun 5, 1898 | Bonito |
Salvatore Ferragamo (June 5, 1898 – August 7, 1960) was a Florentine and Italian shoe designer. He worked with many Hollywood stars in the 1920s, before returning to Italy to found the eponymous company making unique hand-made footwear. His...
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| x Santino Rice |
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Aug 20, 1974 | United States of America |
Santino Q. Rice (born August 20, 1974), a St. Charles, Missouri, native, is a fashion designer living and working in Hollywood. The openly bisexual and multiracial Rice participated as a contestant on the second season of the Bravo reality show...
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| x Kenzo Takada |
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Feb 27, 1939 | Himeji |
Kenzo Takada (高田賢三 Takada Kenzō, born 27 February, 1939 in Himeji, Japan) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is also the founder of Kenzo, a world-wide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes.
Kenzo's love for fashion developed at an early...
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| x Azzedine Alaia |
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1940 | Tunisia | Tunis |
Azzedine Alaïa (Arabic: عز الدين عليّة, pronunciation: Aliya) is a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful since the 1980s.
Alaïa was born in Jemmal, Tunisia on 7 June 1940. His parents were wheat farmers but his...
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| x Gianni Versace |
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Dec 2, 1946 | Italy | Reggio Calabria |
Gianni Versace (December 2, 1946 – July 15, 1997) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also...
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| x Christian Lacroix |
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May 16, 1951 |
Christian Marie Marc Lacroix (born May 16, 1951 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône; French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ lakʁwa]) is a high-end French fashion designer. The name may also refer to the company he founded.
Christian Lacroix was born in Arles, in...
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| x Roberto Cavalli |
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Nov 15, 1940 | Italy | Florence |
Roberto Cavalli (November 15, 1940) is an Italian fashion designer from Florence.
Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Italy on November 15, 1940 to an artistic family. His grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was a prolific member of the Macchiaioli...
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| x Christopher Bailey | 1971 | Yorkshire |
Christopher Bailey (b. 1971, West Yorkshire, England) is chief creative director of Burberry, and is responsible for the company’s overall image including all advertising, corporate art direction, store design and visuals as well as the design of...
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| x Mena Suvari |
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Feb 13, 1979 | United States of America | Newport |
Mena Alexandra Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, model, fashion designer and spokeswoman, best known for her role as Angela in American Beauty (1999), as well as the comedies American Pie (1999) and its sequel American Pie 2 ...
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| x Jacques Doucet |
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1853 |
Jacques Doucet (1853 - 1929) was a French fashion designer, known for his elegant dresses, made with flimsy translucent materials in superimposing pastel colors.
He was born in Paris in 1853 to a prosperous family whose lingerie and fine linens...
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| x Jean Patou |
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Aug 19, 1880 | Normandy |
Jean Patou (August 19, 1880 - March 8, 1936) was a French fashion designer.
Patou was born in Normandy, France in 1880. Patou's family's business was in tanning and furs. Patou worked with his uncle in Normandy, then moved to Paris in 1910, intent...
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| x Hedi Slimane |
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Jul 5, 1968 | France | Paris |
Hedi Slimane (born July 5, 1968 in Paris) is a Tunisian-French fashion designer of Tunisian and Italian-Brazilian origins. He studied political sciences (hypokhâgne prépa Sciences-Po), and Art History at the École du Louvre, and was also educated as...
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| x Yohji Yamamoto |
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Oct 3, 1943 |
Yōji Yamamoto (山本 耀司, Yamamoto Yōji), is an internationally known Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris.
Born in Tokyo, Yamamoto graduated from Keio University with a degree in law in 1966. His further studies in fashion design at Bunka...
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| x Nino Cerruti |
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Sep 25, 1930 |
Nino Cerruti (born September 25, 1930 in Biella, Piemonte) is an Italian stylist and fashion producer.
The head of the family woolen business after his father's untimely death. Nino's grandfather had founded a textile mill in Biella, Italy in 1881 ...
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| x Collette Dinnigan | Sep 24, 1965 |
Collette Dinnigan (born 24 September 1965) is an Australian based fashion designer. Born in South Africa, Dinnigan moved to New Zealand, then Australia, where she obtained work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She opened her own range...
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| x Inès de la Fressange |
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Aug 11, 1957 |
Inès Marie Lætitia Églantine Isabelle de Seignard de la Fressange (born 11 August 1957), is a French model and designer of fashion and perfumes.
De la Fressange was born in Gassin, Var, France, the daughter of André de Seignard de La Fressange (b....
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| x Calvin Klein |
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Nov 19, 1942 | United States of America | The Bronx |
Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Calvin Klein also gave his name to a range of perfumes, including CK...
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| x Bob Mackie | Mar 24, 1940 | United States of America |
Robert Gordon Mackie (born March 24, 1940 in Monterey Park, California) is an American fashion designer, best known for his costuming for entertainment icons such as Cher, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, and Mitzi Gaynor. He was the costume designer for...
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| x Elizabeth Hurley |
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Jun 10, 1965 | England | Basingstoke |
Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s. Born in Basingstoke, Hurley was a struggling actress in 1987, when she met Grant while working on a Spanish...
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| x Carlota Alfaro | Jun 4, 1933 | Puerto Rico |
Carlota Alfaro (born June 4, 1933) is a high fashion designer from Puerto Rico. She is perhaps the best known Puerto Rican fashion designer.
Alfaro showed a passion for design ever since she was a child, often designing clothes for family and...
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| x Marc Jacobs |
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Apr 9, 1963 | United States of America | New York City |
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963 in New York City) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as the diffusion line Marc by Marc Jacobs. Jacobs is currently the Creative Director of the prestigious French design...
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| x Kate Spade |
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Dec 24, 1962 | United States of America | Kansas City |
Kate Spade (born Katherine Noel Brosnahan in Kansas City, Missouri; December 24, 1962) is the co-founder and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York.
Spade graduated from St. Teresa's Academy, an all-girl Catholic high school in Kansas...
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| x Emilio Pucci |
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Nov 20, 1914 | Italy |
Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento (November 20, 1914 – 29 November 1992) was a Florentine Italian fashion designer and politician. He and his eponymous company are synonymous with geometric prints in a kaleidoscope of colours.
Pucci was born in...
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| x Wayne Cooper | Nov 16, 1956 | United States of America |
Artis Wayne Cooper (born November 16, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was born in Milan, Georgia.
Cooper was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1978 NBA Draft. A 6 ft 10 in (2...
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| x Leigh Bowery |
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Mar 26, 1961 | Australia | Sunshine |
Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 - 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London...
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| x Narciso Rodriguez | Jan 27, 1961 | United States of America | New Jersey |
Narciso Rodriguez III (born 27 January 1961) is an American fashion designer.
Rodriguez is the eldest child and only son of Cuban immigrants Narciso Rodríguez II, a longshoreman, and Rawedia María Rodríguez. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey. His...
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| x Elie Saab |
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Jul 4, 1964 | Lebanon |
Elie Saab (Arabic: إيلي صعب) (born July 4, 1964), sometimes known simply as 'ES', is a Lebanese fashion designer.
In 1982, Saab launched his own Beirut-based fashion label when he was 18 years old. His main workshop is in Lebanon, a country to which...
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| x Michael Kors |
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Aug 9, 1959 | United States of America | Long Island |
Michael Kors (born August 9, 1959) is an American fashion designer. "Michael Kors" also refers to his brands of apparel and fragrances.
Kors was born Karl Anderson, Jr. in Merrick, New York, the son of Joan Hamburger Anderson Kors Krystosek, a...
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| x Chloe Dao | Jun 15, 1972 | United States of America | Pakxe |
Chloe Dao (born June 15, 1972), is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear. Many...
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| x Katharine Hamnett |
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Aug 16, 1947 |
Katharine E. Hamnett (born August 16, 1947, in Gravesend, Kent) is an English fashion designer best known for her political t-shirts and her ethical business philosophy. She graduated from the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
Hamnett...
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| x Paul Poiret |
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Apr 20, 1879 | France | Paris |
Paul Poiret (20 April 1879, Paris, France - 30 April 1944, Paris) was a French fashion designer. His contributions to twentieth-century fashion have been likened to Picasso's contributions to twentieth-century art.
Poiret was born on April 20, 1879...
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| x Christine Dolce |
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Aug 31, 1981 | United States of America | Huntington Beach |
Christine Dolce (born August 31, 1981 in Long Beach, California), also known as "ForBiddeN", is a former cosmetologist who successfully parlayed investments in makeup artistry, elective surgery and glamour photography into a degree of Internet...
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| x Yves Saint-Laurent |
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Aug 1, 1936 | France | Oran |
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, known as Yves Saint Laurent (French pronunciation: [iv sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃]; 1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), was an Algerian-born French fashion designer who was considered one of the greatest figures in French fashion in...
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| x Hussein Chalayan |
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1970 | United Kingdom | Nicosia |
Hussein Chalayan MBE (given name Hüseyin Çağlayan) (born 1970) is a British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1993.
Hussein Chalayan was born in Nicosia (Lefkoşa in Turkish) in 1970 and graduated from the...
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| x Sonia Rykiel |
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May 25, 1930 | Paris |
Sonia Rykiel (b. 25 May 1930, Paris, France) is a French fashion designer.
Ethnically a Polish Jew, Sonia Rykiel was born in Paris, France in 1930. At the age of 17, she was employed to dress the window displays in a Parisian textile store. Sonia...
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