The designer Bible - Part 35. - Gibo

Julie Verhoeven was born in 1969. She studied at Central St. Martins Fashion College in London. Julie is a London illustrator and freelance designer whose kooky talent has been bubbling behind the fashion scene for a decade. She’s done stints with John Galliano and Martine Sitbon, and was brought in two seasons ago by Marc Jacobs to design the cute, nutty patchwork animal bags for Louis Vuitton.

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The designer Bible - Part 34. - Gianfranco Ferré

Gianfranco Ferré 1944. augusztus 15-én született egy olasz kisvárosban, Legnano-ban. Pályafutását eredetileg építészként kezdte: 1969-ben szerzett építész diplomát Milánóban. 25 éves korában azonban elcsábította szakmájától a divat világa, s a korán felismert tehetségét egy milánói divatiskolában kamatoztatta. Elsőként az általa tervezett kiegészítőket és ékszereket ismerhette meg a nagyközönség, majd 1978-ban mutatta be első önálló, női pret-á-porter kollekcióját. 

A Gianfranco Ferré stílus mindig is kerülte a felesleges részleteket, egyszerű és határozott szabásvonalak jellemzik, letisztultsága ellenére mégsem teljesen konzervatív.
1982-ben előrukkolt férfi kollekciójával is, melyet szintén kifinomult eleganciája jellemzett.

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The designer Bible - Part 33. - Giambattista Valli

Giambattista Valli francia tervező, 1966-ban született Olaszországban. Rómában nevelkedett konzervatív családi körülmények között. Vatikán iskolába kezdett járni, majd 1980-ban a School Of Art diákja lett.

Gyermekkorában a fekete-fehér tévéműsorok kapcsán azzal szórakoztatta magát, hogy már ötévesen műsorvezetőket rajzolgatott, színeket adva ruháiknak. A School Of Art tanulójaként már Yves Saint Laurent rajzait másolta, és lassanként belelátott a divat világába. 1986-ban European Design Institute képzőművészeti iskolában, majd 1987-ben a Saint Martin School of Art illusztrációs szakán folytatta tanulmányait.

“A legnehezebb a divatban nem a logóról, hanem a sziluett alapján felismerhetővé válni.” – Giambattista Valli

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The designer Bible - Part 32. - Gareth Pugh

A brit Gareth Pugh 1981-ben született és jelmeztervező akart lenni, ami sikerült. 14 évesen kezdett el a ruhatervezéssel foglalkozni - kosztümöket készített az English National Youth Theatre számára. Később folytatta ezt a szakmát, és 2003-ban végzett az egyetemen, mint divattervező.

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The designer Bible - Part 31. - Franco Moschino

Franco Moschinót, 1983-ban alapította meg a nevét viselő Moschino márkát.

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The designer Bible - Part 30. - Fendi

1925-ben, Eduardo Fendi , Adele Fendi nyitotta meg első bolt,  kiváló minőségű kézzel varrott termékeket kínáltak vendégeiknek.

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The designer Bible - Part 29. - Erdem

Erdem Moralioglu 1977-ben született Kanadában. Gyerekkorát Montreál és Birmingham között ingázásaal töltötte, mert egyik szülője itt, másik pedig ott élt.Tanulmányait a Ryerson University in Toronton kezte meg , ahol fashion designból szerzett BA diplomát , ezután 2000- ben tovább álllt Londonba és gyakornoka lett Vivienne Westwoodnak , majd folyatatta tanulmányait a Rolyal College of Artban 2003-ban végzett és megkapta MA diplomáját. Ezután gyakornoka lett Diane von Fürstenbergnek. A 35 éves tervező 2005-ben alapította Erdem saját márkáját Londonban. A központ Est Londonban van, amelyet a tervező saját Nothing Hilljánek nevez. Az első kollekciója, a Fashion Fringe rendezvényen debütált, amely kifejezetten fiatal tehetséges tervezőknek lett rendezve a főnyereményt megnyerte, ami 180.000 dollár volt.

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The designer Bible - Part 28. - Emilio Pucci

Was an italian fashion designer and politician. He served as torpedo bomber pilot during World War II. He designed the first clothes for the Reed College skiing team. His designs came to wider attention in 1947, when he was on leave in Switzerland. A skiwear that he had designed for a female friend was photographed by a photographer working for Harper's Bazaar. 

The designer Bible - Part 27. - Emilio Cavallini

The italian designer quit college in Florance in 1966 and went to London. He had a passion for hosiery and started to dress up women with patterned (dots, stars etc.) hosiery. In 1970 he opened his company and started producing for Gucci, Dior and other famous designers. In 1980 he launched his hosiery brand. He designed not only hosiery, but shoes, leather accesories, etc. He started  to develope seamless clothing.

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The designer Bible - Part 26. - Emanuel Ungaro

His father was a tailor, as a child he received a sewing machine from him. At 22 he moved to Paris, designed for House of Cristobal Balenciaga for 3 years, than quitted for Courrèges. In 1973 he launched his first menswear collection, Ungaro Uomo and in 1983 his first perfume, called Diva. In 2005 he retired and sold his label to Asim Abdullah.

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The designer Bible - Part 25. - Elie Saab

A designer from Beirut. He started sewing as a child, her sister was his model. In 1982 he launched his label when he was only 18. Later he moved to Paris to study fashion design, but ended up moving back to Beirut. Saab was the first non-Italian designer who become a member of the Italian Camera Nazionale della Moda and he was also the first Lebanese designer who dressed up an Oscar winner (Halle Berry). He showed his first haute couture collection in Paris in July 2003. In 2010 he dressed up 102 celebrities and this number raised from year to year since then.

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The designer Bible - Part 24. - Dries van Noten

Belgian fashion designer, whose family was always trading with or tailoring clothes. He decided designing them. He studied at the Antwerp Fashion Academy. He graduated in 1980 but his first collection was launched only in 1986 with other 5 designers (they were called as Antwerpen Six). He likes to switch up the women and men lines, so sometimes nobody can tell if it is a women's or men's piece.  Among other celebrities Jennifer Lopez or Clate Blanchett wears his clothes.

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The designer Bible - Part 23. - Donna Karan

Let's talk about Donna Karan today!

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The designer Bible - Part 22. - Donatella Versace

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Another one of the most famous designers nowadays is Donatella Versace - no doubt, she has a good eye for sometimes outrageous choices, that never go unnoticed.

If someone's designs are worn by pop stars and royalty - well, they must be doing a great job! 

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The designer Bible - Part 21. - Dolce and Gabbana

All hail the two demigods of Italian fashion!

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The designer Bible - Part 20. - Diane Von Fürstenberg

Hey kids!

I told you before that some designers it's hard for me to get excited about, well Diane von Fürstenberg is one of those designers. Even though I appreciate her work, her style seems a bit boring for me, but hats off to her for inventing the wrap dress! I'm sure it's hard to make it in the fashion world, she's done that, but I'm a bit puzzled about her in general. 

Well check out what I found, and let me know what you think!

Diane Von Fürstenberg
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The designer Bible - Part 19. - Cristobal Balenciaga

Welcome back! 

Let me introduce you today to another legend of a designer house, Balenciaga!

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The designer Bible - Part 18. - Coco Chanel

Have you been living in a cave, growing a huge beard, feeding on bugs and creepy crawlies for the last 100 years? 

If you answered YES, this post is going to have a lot of new information for  you.

Did you answer NO? Then you're probably not weird, and have ears and eyes, which make you able to receive the information around you. I'm 100% sure you heard of Chanel.

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The designer Bible - Part 17. - Christopher Kane

Rise and shine, fashionistas!

Welcome back, today we have a very special designer on the menu! 

I honestly didn't know much about Christoper Kane's work before I started looking into it recently, but I was very pleasantly surprised. A lot of times, when I'm looking for more info for my top 100 designers list, it's difficult for me to find pictures that excite me enough to put them into the posts, but I didn't have this problem with this guy! 

Cara Delevingne wearing Christopher Kane 2013 RTW
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Kane seems to have the bitchy resting face syndrome be a little moody, but for someone so talented, I think we can forgive something this minor. Let's see what he does!

Christopher Kane
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The designer Bible - Part 16. - Christian Louboutin, a.k.a. the lord of shoes

Hello, hello, fashion lovers!

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While I was reading Christian Louboutin's story, I stumbled upon something that I found very interesting: when he was a kid, he always felt like an outsider in his French family, because he didn't look like his parents, or the rest of his siblings, his skin was much darker. He started making up a story is his head, that he was Egyptian, because he was very interested in the culture - turns out his mom, Irene, had a secret affair with an Egyptian man, so his biological father was, in fact, from there!

The designer Bible - Part 15. - Christian Lacroix

Lacroix was born in France, 05.16.1951. After graduating in high school in 1969, he studied at the Montepellier University, the Sorbonne and the  Ecole du Louvre, because originally he wanted to become a museum curator. In these years, he met his later wife,  Françoise, and Jean-Jacques Picart, who got him a job at Hermes in 1978. In 1981, he started working for Jean Patou. With his friend's help, they came up with better and better ideas each season. the brilliant colors, the luxury and the drive to perfection made them more and more famous. 

The bullfighting he saw as a child made him use the sparkling colors, and made him an outstanding designer, which resulted in him getting a major award in 1987.

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The designer Bible - Part 14. - Christian Dior

Christian Dior was born in Granville, France in 1905. He was the second out of four children. For him to stand a chance in the world, his parents decided that they will raise him to be a diplomat, so the boy started school at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques. 

In 1928 (before graduating), Christian left school to follow his dreams. He got some financial support from his father, which he used to start a smaller art gallery - he showed the paintings of the kind of Picasso and Dali. The gallery only functioned for a few years, because in 1930 the world economy crisis ruined the businesses of the family. After going bankrupt, he realized what he really wanted, closed the gallery and started sketching hats. In 1938, he was working at the Swiss Robert Piguet fashion house as a designer. In WW2 they called him in to serve, but in 1942 he returned, and joined the Lucien Lelong fashion house on the side of Pierre Balmain.

In 1945, with the help of Pierre Allemandi, he established his own fashion house, and in only 2 years, his creations were so revolutionary, that he reserved a space for himself on the pages of fashion history.

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The designer Bible - Part 13. - Catherine Walker

Catherine Walker was born in France, 06.27.1945. After moving to London, he started learning fashion design at night school. She made her daughters' dresses herself, and these garments she later started selling as well. She opened her first store, Catherine Walker & Co. in 1994. During her career she avoided the spotlight, gave interviews only on rare occasions. 

Sophistication and elegance were the two main characteristics of her artistry, she made thousands of dresses for Diana as well.

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The designer Bible - Part 12. - Calvin Klein

Calvin Richard Klein was born in the Bronx in 11.19.1942 as a child of Hungarian-Jewish immigrants. He started his studies at the Industrial Art Middle School, and continued at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, where he finished in 1962, without graduating. He was designing and working for boutiques for 5 years, then he could start the Calvin Klein brand with the 10,000$ he got from his friend, as help to launch his business. Because of a lucky accident of Bonwit Teller's manager's elevator getting stuck on Calvin Klein's floor, they gained hundreds of thousands of dollars of investments, and in 4 years they made over 4 million dollars in revenue. This year created the company that later changed its name to Calvin Klein Inc.

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The designer Bible - Part 11. - Bora Aksu

Bora Aksu was born in Turkey, he's been living in London for 15 years. He was a student at Central Saint Martins, until he graduated in 2002. 

He appeared during London Fashion Week in the same year, his collections owned the catwalk for 8 years. 

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The designer Bible - Part 10. - Betty Jackson

The English fashion designer based in London uses unwavering creative vision from the very beginning of her design career. Betty has been showing at London Fashion Week for over 20 years. 

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The designer Bible - Part 9. - Betsey Johnson

In the 70s America everything was getting simplified, but she ended this. The american fashion designer works with sequin and vynil. 

 

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The designer Bible - Part 8. - Ann-Sofie Back

The swedish designer launched her label in 2001 and a secondary label ’Beck’ in 2005, but before she worked as a designer for Joe Casely Hayford in London, as well as for Acne Jeans. 

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The designer Bible - Part 7. - Anna Sui

The american fashion designer’s main inspiration is music, her fashion shows are as much about music and theater as about fashion. 

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The designer Bible - Part 6. - Anna Molinari

Romantic and energetic Italian fashion designer. As a child she learned tailoring in her family’s knitwear factory.  Her core brand, Blumarine was established in 1977 in Carpi, Italy. 

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The designer Bible - Part 5. - Ann Demeulemeester

Welcome back!

Today we will be talking about Ann Demu.....Demuleeme.....demeestule  Demeulemeester. Just in case you are as awful at pronouncing her name as I am, here's a little help:

Ann Demeulemeester FW 2011
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While searching for photos to add to this post, I stumbled upon so many of her designs involving feathers in such a cool way, I couldn't resist the temptation of adding more, than one. They look wild and dangerous, so I LIKE IT!

Ann Demeulemeester FW 2012
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The designer Bible - Part 4. - Alexander Wang

Another day, another designer to talk about!

Alexander Wang is next up on our list, and let's just mention here that he's one of the youngest successful designers, at the age of 31 (!!!) he has a massive number of admirers.

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The designer Bible - Part 3. - Alexander McQueen, son of fashion God

If I could have the brain of any designer, I would ask for Alexander McQueen's - he's an absolute genious in my book!

Dark, whimsical, out of the box creations have always been my main interest, and when I discovered McQueen, I felt like he was a complete soulmate - his garments not only look amazing, they also evoke a memory or a hidden thought in people, and that's the power of a real artist.

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The designer Bible - Part 2. - Alberta Ferretti

Hello, hello again! Let's resume our mission, to learn more about these famous A-lister designers! (Literally A-listers, since we are going in alphabetical order, muhaha.)

Our second "victim" is Alberta Ferretti, who is an Italian designer, with a showroom based in Milan - let's not be jealous.

Alberta Ferretti 2016 Limited Edition Spring Evening Collection
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The designer Bible - Part 1. - Acne

Good morning, fashionistas!

Whether it is a shame or not, I have to admit that even though I LOVE (with capital letters!) fashion, and I am extremely excited to learn it at school now, my background knowledge about many famous designers is far from ideal.

For this reason, I decided that I will do my little research on the biggest names in the industry, so it will be a learning experience for me, and hopefully interesting for You as a reader as well.

Photography JUCO Geometric pieces by Sandro Paris, Marni and Acne Studios

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