"Hussein Chalayan, Gareth Pugh, Stella McCartney, Mulberry, Thomas Pink and Vivienne Westwood. Most French fashion houses are in Paris, which is the capital of French fashion. Traditionally, French fashion is chic and stylish, defined by its sophistication, cut, and smart accessories. French fashion is internationally acclaimed. Famous brands and designers from France include Chanel, Louis Vuitton, L'Oreal, Christian Louboutin, Balmain, Lancôme, Givenchy, Le Coq Sportif, Cartier, Guerlain, Sonia Rykiel, Longchamp, Pierre Cardin, Kenzo, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Clarins, A.P.C., Jean Paul Gaultier, Lacoste, Hermès, Thierry Mugler, Lanvin, Inès de La Fressange, Quechua, Chloé, Lolita Lempicka, Nina Ricci, Rochas, Cerruti, Oxbow"
"hats, pocket squares and ascots. In 1995, while studying at Central St. Martins, Stella served an apprentiship with Sexton, who was her father’s tailor. Sexton helped Stella develop her graduate show that was modelled by Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Yasmin Le Bon The show made front-page news, and the entire collection was sold to Tokio, a London boutique. In 1997, when Stella took over from Karl Lagerfeld, as creative director she “relied on” Sexton to create her first Paris collection. Sexton worked for Chloe as a consultant and continued tutoring Stella in cutting, design, fabric selection and tailoring. In"
"""suitable for sporty vegetarians"" on the sleeve. A pair of her vinyl and ultrasuede boots were marketed specifically as being vegan-friendly, although her use of oil-based synthetics still raised ecological concerns. In 2001, McCartney launched her own fashion house under her name in a joint venture with Gucci Group (now Kering) and showed her first collection in Paris. McCartney now operates 17 freestanding stores in locations including Manhattan’s Soho, London’s Mayfair, LA’s West Hollywood, Paris’ Palais Royal, Barcelona's Passeig de Gracia and Milan, and recently opened doors in Rome, Miami and Houston. In 2003, McCartney launched her first perfume, Stella."
"customizing her clothes after receiving a sewing machine as a birthday present from her parents. She studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, graduating in 1996. She graduated showing a final student collection that The Guardian would later described as having a ""Latino influence and huge gold jewellery"". She quickly joined Chloé as Stella McCartney's first assistant for ready-to-wear collection in Paris. Philo began working for Chloé in 1997 as Stella McCartney's design assistant, succeeding her as creative director in 2001. In 2006 Philo left Chloé. During this break from the industry, she moved back"
"Anne Hathaway, Jim Carrey, Anna Wintour, Annie Leibovitz, Lauren Hutton, Amy Poehler, Solange Knowles, P'Trique, Greta Gerwig and André Leon Talley. Also in 2012, McCartney was part of the book ""The sustainable Fashion Handbook"" In November 2016, McCartney launched her first menswear collection. The collection is made up of many athleisure, pyjama-like casual outfits. McCartney said her father had provided inspiration for the collection. In April 2018, after 17 years of partnership with Kering, Stella McCartney has decided to purchase the fashion giant's stake of her company and take the reins of her global fashion empire. McCartney was the designer"
"Barcelona. In September 2010, Stella McCartney was appointed Team GB’s Creative Director for the 2012 Olympics by Adidas – the first time in the history of the games that a leading fashion designer has designed the apparel for a country’s team across all competitions for both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games. In March 2012 the Team GB kit was publicly displayed. McCartney continued in this role for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Stella McCartney received the VH1/""Vogue"" Designer of the Year award in 2000 in New York. Her father Paul presented the award to her; she thanked him in her"
"Stella McCartney. Under his management, the company turned a profit for the first time in 2007. He developed a lifestyle-oriented brand and drove its international development, including the opening of a store in Japan in 2008. In January 2009, Marco Bizzarri became the president and CEO of Bottega Veneta. Amid a global economic downturn, he rapidly changed the distribution of the brand, repositioning it in Europe, and worked on a less conservative buying, thus relieving financial stress and enabling new investments. In 4 years, alongside creative director Tomas Maier, Marco Bizzarri maintained Bottega Veneta’s edge for Italian-made leather craftsmanship, drove"
"28 October 2003 to her father and his second wife, Heather Mills. Stella McCartney Stella Nina McCartney, OBE (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and American musician, photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCartney is a firm supporter of animal rights and is particularly known for her use of vegetarian and animal-free alternatives in her work. McCartney was born in Lambeth, London, the second child of Beatle Paul McCartney and American photographer Linda McCartney. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers (both"
"dress wear, formalwear, casual wear, sportswear, and shoes. The Donna Karan Beauty collection, which specializes in fragrances, was launched in 1992. In 2001, the Donna Karan Home collection, which includes traditional luxury bedding and accessories, and DKNY Home, which has more contemporary and fashion-forward bedding, were introduced. Cara Delevingne was the face of DKNY for multiple seasons in the mid 2010s. By 2017, Emily Ratajkowski had become the DKNY face. Stores opened in London in 1997 and New York City in 1999. The DKNY headquarters is located at 550 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, New York. There are currently seventy Donna"
"archives. Maison Margiela debuted a menswear collection in 1998, known as line 10. Martin Margiela was creative director for womenswear of the French design house Hermès from 1997 until 2003, with the Maison Martin Margiela team's designs for Hermès unveiled twice a year in Hermes’ rue St-Honoré store. ""The Independent"" called the collections ""understated,"" with both ""loose-fitting masculine tailoring"" and ""black crêpe evening dresses,"" among other items. ""New York MAgazine"" in turn described the designs as ""quiet explorations of luxury that focused on classic clothes with subtle but masterful twists."" Maison Martin Margiela debuted its first haute couture collection in"
"and the sensual mood of these drawings are characteristic of Remfry's work, and also of Stella McCartney's designs, which are inspired by 1960s and 70s fashions. In addition to appearing in all major fashion magazines, a giant 10-story poster appeared on the side of the Mondrian Hotel LA to coincide with the launch of the project at the Chateau Marmont. McCartney said ""Absolut has a long history of collaborating with fashion designers, photographers, painters and other visual artists and I'm excited to join their ranks,"" said Stella. ""I'm particularly excited because this marks the first time that drawings have been"
"in Germany. From 1995 until spring 2006 he worked at adidas AG where he held the position as ""Global Creative Director"" for six years. During this time, Michalsky initiated and developed cooperations and product lines with the fashion designers Yohji Yamamoto and Stella McCartney as well as with Rap musician Missy Elliott. He was also responsible for the re-launch of older adidas products in a ""Retro-look“. In May 2005 Michalsky was approached by the Korean luxury group Sungjoo with the task to revive the tarnished fashion brand MCM. Michalsky holds the position as Creative Director at the luxury goods brand"
"Stella McCartney Stella Nina McCartney, OBE (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and American musician, photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCartney is a firm supporter of animal rights and is particularly known for her use of vegetarian and animal-free alternatives in her work. McCartney was born in Lambeth, London, the second child of Beatle Paul McCartney and American photographer Linda McCartney. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers (both of Linda McCartney's grandmothers were named Stella). As a young girl, McCartney"
"National Television. From mid-2002, she joined the world of artists and designers: Givenchy, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney and she makes a long way in several collections of fashion giant - Alexander McQueen. She is also a painter and exhibited her paintings and her artistic ideas. She currently lives in Paris, is a consultant and professor teaching visual art and fashion illustration. As a designer and painter, she devotes most of her time looking colors, materials, textures, and shapes. She uses her paintings to mixed media (paintings, collages, textiles, metal, leather, paper). She exhibited in group shows at the chapel"
"Somerset House in London celebrating the life and work of Valentino, showcasing over 130 exquisite haute couture designs. In September 2007, Valentino decided to leave the Creative Direction of his brand. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were first nominated Creative Directors of all accessories lines, and the following year, they were appointed Creative Directors of Valentino, guiding all collections, from Prêt-à-Porter to Haute Couture. In June 2015 the Creative Directors were bestowed with the prestigious CFDA International Award, recognition that paid homage to the professional path and to the success of the Maison. On 7 July 2016 Maison Valentino"
"I get from having fewer toxins in my body is extraordinary."" John Galliano John Charles Galliano (born November 28, 1960) is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996), Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). At present, Galliano is the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture. He"
"the Elrod House (1969) in Palm Springs. He is a vegetarian. Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott (born August 8, 1975) is an American fashion designer. He is the creative director of the fashion house Moschino and the sole owner of his namesake label. Since launching his brand in Paris in 1997, Scott has built a reputation as ""pop culture’s most irreverent designer"", and ""fashion's last rebel"". Known for his designs of clothes, accessories and footwear for Adidas and Moschino, Scott has consistently worked with various celebrities such as Cardi B, A$AP ROCKY, Björk, Katy Perry, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé,dani"
"as Chief Executive of its Product Divisions, turned the company over from tobacco and lighters to tailoring, leather and watches. He worked a similar scale transformation with another brand in the Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA portfolio, Montblanc, focusing solely on the development of the Meisterstuck pen, pulling the brand's 300 or so other pen models to do so. He then moved to running Richemont’s coterie of fashion Labels; Chloé and Karl Lagerfeld as president from 1992 to 1999. While at Chloé, he replaced Karl Lagerfeld with the then 24-year-old British designer Stella McCartney charging her to turn the label into"
"Film Festival. In 2017, MoMu showcased the 12 collections the label had produced while Margiela was appointed by Jean-Louis Dumas to work with Hermès. Maison Margiela Maison Margiela, formerly ""Maison Martin Margiela"", is a French luxury fashion house headquartered in Paris and founded in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela. The house produces both haute couture-inspired artisanal collections and ready-to-wear collections, with the former influencing the designs of the latter. Product lines include womenswear, menswear, fine jewelry, footwear, objects, fragrance, and home goods, among others. Known for deconstructive and avant-garde designs with unconventional materials, Maison Margiela has traditionally held live"
"Martin Margiela Martin Margiela (born 9 April 1957) is a Belgian fashion designer, and the founder of fashion house Maison Margiela. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) in 1979, a year before the Avant-garde fashion collective the Antwerp Six. After graduation, Martin Margiela worked as a freelance designer for five years. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked for Jean Paul Gaultier, before showing his first collection under his own label, which he started with his business partner Jenny Meirens in 1989. Between 1997 and 2003 he was the creative director of the Hermès women's line. Martin"
"the still-unknown Pierre Balmain and Christian Dior. From 1947 to 1951 he worked for the avantgarde designer Elsa Schiaparelli. In 1952, he opened his own design house at the ""Plaine Monceau"" in Paris. Later, he named his first collection ""Bettina Graziani"" for Paris's top model at the time. His style was marked by innovation, contrary to the more conservative designs by Dior. At 25, he was the youngest designer of the progressive Paris fashion scene. His first collections were characterized by the use of rather cheap fabrics for financial reasons, but they always piqued curiosity through their design. Audrey Hepburn,"
"House of Chanel. In 2002, Karl Lagerfeld asked Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel, to collaborate with him on a special denim collection for the Lagerfeld Gallery. The collection, Lagerfeld Gallery by Diesel, was co-designed by Lagerfeld and then developed by Diesel's creative team, under the supervision of Rosso. It consisted of five pieces that were presented during the designer's catwalk shows during Paris Fashion Week and then sold in highly limited editions at the Lagerfeld Galleries in Paris and Monaco and at the Diesel Denim Galleries in New York and Tokyo. During the first week of sales in New"
"at Carolyne Roehm Inc., a New York fashion house that had been created in 1984. He left in 1991 to become fashion director with Joseph Abboud. From 1993 to 1997, Speliopoulos then worked as a designer for Donna Karan in New York. He replaced Narcisco Rodriguez as head of design for the women's collection at Nino Cerruti in mid-1997. While at Cerruti, he gave the label a fresh modern look using fine detail and exquisite fabrics. He left Cerruti in 2002 to return to New York as Vice President of Design for Donna Karan New York. He has stayed with"
"featuring Meryl Streep, Georges Chakra's work has also been featured in the television series ""Gossip Girl"" featuring Blake Lively and Leighton Meester. Gwen Stefani Hiba Tawaji - Cannes Film Festival 2017 Goldie Hawn Barbara Meier Catherine-Zeta Jones Rebecca Rominj Sophie Marceau Dakota Fanning Julia Louis-Dreyfus Sharon Stone Juliette Lewis Kristen Bell Hilary Duff Jane Fonda Kelly Osborne Sheryl Crow Queen Latifah Georges Chakra Georges Chakra is a Beirut-based Lebanese haute couture fashion designer. Georges Chakra first established his brand in 1985, and he's been showing his couture collections at Paris Fashion Week since the mid-1990s. Georges Chakra began by interiors."
"Katie Grand for Hogan, ICB, Smart & Sexy, Americana Manhasset, La Maison Simons, True Religion, Giambattista Valli, David Yurman, Estée Lauder, Ports 1961, Rag & Bone, Prabal Gurung, Hugo Boss, Hugo Boss Eyewear, Tiffany & Co., Alexander Wang, Stella McCartney, Missoni, and Missoni Eyewear, Stuart Weitzman, United Colors of Benetton, Calvin Klein Underwear, Joe Fresh, Replay, Moschino, Liu·Jo, Liu·Jo eyewear, Karl Lagerfeld, Bottega Veneta, Bottega Veneta Eyewear, Dsquared², Etam, Animale, Brandon Maxwell, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu Cruise, Tom Ford, Tom Ford Eyewear and Jimmy Choo. In late 2017, Jeremy Scott, creative director of the fashion house Moschino, unveiled"
"Maison Margiela Maison Margiela, formerly ""Maison Martin Margiela"", is a French luxury fashion house headquartered in Paris and founded in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela. The house produces both haute couture-inspired artisanal collections and ready-to-wear collections, with the former influencing the designs of the latter. Product lines include womenswear, menswear, fine jewelry, footwear, objects, fragrance, and home goods, among others. Known for deconstructive and avant-garde designs with unconventional materials, Maison Margiela has traditionally held live shows in unusual settings, for example empty metro stations and street corners. Models' faces are often obscured by fabric or long hair to direct"
"largest shareholder is Crédit Lyonnais with 11%. , a settlement agreement was put into place between Gucci Group, LVMH, and PPR. Following Ford's departure, Gucci Group retained three designers to continue the success of the company's flagship label: John Ray, Alessandra Facchinetti and Frida Giannini, all of whom had worked under Ford's creative direction. Facchinetti was elevated to Creative Director of Women's wear in 2004 and designed for two seasons before leaving the company. Ray served as Creative Director of Menswear for three years. 32-year-old Giannini, who had been responsible for designing men's and women's accessories, served as Creative Director"
"designer, was named creative director of Gucci, and quickly revitalized the brand’s creativity, fashion relevance, and profitability. From 2014 to 2017, Gucci's sales doubled from 3,497.2 million euros to 6,211.2 million euros. In 2015, following Hedi Slimane’s four-year success at the creative helm of Yves Saint Laurent, Kering named a new creative director, Anthony Vaccarello, to pursue the evolution of the brand while maintaining its growth pace. In October 2015, Kering named Georgian-born designer Demna Gvasalia as creative director of Balenciaga. In March 2018, Kering announced it has agreed to sell its shares of Stella McCartney to its eponymous owner."
"Bank, in the former boutique and store of the late famed antique dealer and decorator Madeleine Castaing, a location and enterprise he dubbed ""the smallest couture shop in the world."" There Leroux developed a new concept of made-to-measure jersey dresses created by hand. As creative director of Paris-based house Guy Laroche from 2004-2006, he dressed Hilary Swank for her 2005 Oscar appearance in a backless midnight-blue jersey dress. In 2007, the firm branched into ready-to-wear. In November 2012, Leroux teamed with the NYC based, boutique fragrance brand Joya to create a candle which comes in a matte black glass container"
"were brought back in-house. In May 2017 the company appointed Paul Surridge as the new creative director of the maison, following the departure of Peter Dundas, who had covered the role since 2015. To revamp its lines, the group focused on accessories, women's pret-à-porter and men's collections. Growing direct sales has reversed the first 2-year downward trend of the new era. With the participation of the fashion house founder, 22 September 2017 Surridge presented his Spring/Summer 2018 debut collection for Roberto Cavalli at the Milano Moda Donna fashion show. At that time, 80% of the collection had already been sold"
"Sébastien Meunier Sébastien Meunier is a French fashion designer. He is creative director of the iconic Belgian fashion house Ann Demeulemeester since 2013. Sébastien Meunier was born in Versailles in 1974. He graduated from ESMOD, the Paris-based fashion school, in 1997. Shortly after, in 1998, he won the ""Grand prix du Jury Mode"" at the in Hyères for his menswear collection. Sébastien Meunier then assisted Jean Colonna for one year before launching his eponymous menswear label in 2000. The same year, he began to work with Martin Margiela, successively designing women's and men's collections while running his own brand until"
"– one finds similarities to the Dior style."" Galliano sparked further interest in Dior with somewhat controversial fashion shows, such as ""Homeless Show"" (models dressed in newspapers and paper bags) or ""S&M Show"". Meanwhile, Dior licenses were being reduced further by new president and CEO Sidney Toledano. On 15 October 1997, the Dior headquarters store on Avenue Montaigne was reopened –it had been closed and remodeled by Peter Marino – in a celebrity-studded event including Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore and Jacques Chirac. That year, Christian Dior Couture also took over all thirteen boutique franchises from Japan's Kanebo. In May 1998,"
"and worked for brands such as Blanc Bleu, H.Landers, D.D.P., and Texola, which was his own brand. He also created the brand Culture Couture. He would later go on to design the first line of Seven7 jeans in 2003. In 1999, Frank’s father David Mechaly moved from south of France to Los Angeles to start a new jeans company. Frank sent him samples of his Culture Couture brand and they decided to produce the line in the U.S. However due to trademark issues in the U.S. it was renamed Blue Cult. Frank moved to the U.S. also. Father and son"