The "fashion designer" simply defined as an artist dedicated to the creation of clothing and/or jewelry; within the social and cultural influences of a certain time frame or era. These magnificent worker bee's of the enigma we have come to know as fashion, have astonished us with a sort of intricate simplicity that have metaphorically allowed us to express our inner most thoughts without uttering a word.
Specializing in the inception of millions of garments and accessories, which from simple ideas have altered our sillouettes into a spectacle to behold. The fashion designers application of designs, ancient, old and new has attracted the wealth, desire and admiration of so many of us. Jewelry Accessories introduces our "Fashion Designer" category.
(1903-1959)
Gilbert Adrian Greenberg was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, in 1903. In 1921, he began his fashion education studying art at the Parsons School of Design in New York. In 1922, Adrian transferred to the Parson’s School of Design's branch in Paris, France; returning three months later to(1940 - )
Azzedine Alaia was born in southern Tunisia in 1940. He was raised by his grandparents, and at age fifteen he enrolled in the l'Ecole des beaux-arts de Tunis to study sculpting.His interest in fashion design was discovered when he was a dressmaker's assistant, duplicating couture gowns by
(1909-2003)
Edwin Hardy Amies was born in London on July 17, 1909. In 1934 he worked as a designer at Lachasse, a sportswear shop whospecialized in custom-made daywear designed for members of the British upper classes. During World War II, Amies served as a liaison to the British
(1934 - )
Giorgio Armani was born in Piacenza, Italy, on July 11, 1934. Following his military service, Armani joined the Italian department store “La Rinascente,” in Milan, as a window dresser and buyer of men’s clothing. In 1965, he started to work as a menswear designer for the fashion(1925-1985)
Laura Mountney Ashley was born September 7, 1925, in Dowlais - Glamorgan, Wales. She married Bernard Ashley in 1949. In the 1950’s they moved to Carno, Wales, which is now the headquarters of the firm's international operations. Here she concentrated in making her designs(1895-1972)
Cristobal Balenciaga Eisaguirre was born in 1895 in Guetaria, in the Province of Guipuzcoa, Spain. When he was seven years old, his father died and his mother in order to support her children took to sewing and ironing for the wealthier families, with summer houses in(1914-1982)
Pierre Balmain was born in Saint Jean de Maurienne, France in 1914. He is considered one of the greatest tailors of the century. He studied at the school of Architecture, in Paris, France for a year, before taking a position as a sketch artist with the fashion house of Robert Piguet in 1934.(1904-1980)
Cecil Beaton was born on January 14, 1904 in Hampstead, London, England. He studied at Heath Mount School and St. Cyprian’s School, Eastbourne. He later studied at Harrow’s and then moved on to St. John’s College, Cambridge, England and studied history, art and architecture(1927-2004)
Geoffrey Beene was born Samuel Albert Bozeman Jr., in Haynesville, Louisiana, on August 30, 1927. He enrolled in the pre-med program at Tulane University in New Orleans in 1943. Three years later he dropped out of Tulane and enrolled in the University of Southern California,(1747-1813)
Rose Bertin was born Marie-Jeanne Bertin in Abbeville, France in 1747. At a young age she was apprenticed to a marchande des mode (fashion merchant). By 1772 she worked in the exclusive rue Saint-Honore in Paris, where she opened her own shop under the name of the Grand Mogol.(1942 - )
Manolo Blahnik was born in Santa Cruz, in the Canary Islands in November of 1943. Manolo moved to Geneva at the age of fifteen where he had his first encounter with the theater, opera, and fine restaurants. He studied law for a short period but soon switched to literature and art history.(1922-2002)
Born William Ralph Blass in Fort Wayne, Indiana , in 1922. He began his education at the Parsons School of Design. He worked briefly as a sketch artist for a sportswear firm from 1940 to 1941, but was short lived due to his military obligations in World War II. After the war was over, Blass beganPage 1 of 8
