Jane Frank the American artist, was born Jane Babette Schenthal on July 25,1918, in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Baltimore on May 31, 1986. She is known as a painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, and textile artist. A pupil of Hans Hofmann, she can in much of her work be categorized stylistically as an abstract expressionist, but one who draws primary inspiration from the natural world, particularly landscape — landscape "as metaphor", …

Paul Rand (born Peretz Rosenbaum, August 15, 1914 - November 26, 1996) was a well-known American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. Rand was educated at the Pratt Institute (1929-1932), the Parsons School of Design (1932-1933), and the Art Students League (1933-1934). He was one of the originators of the Swiss Style of graphic design. From 1956 to 1969, and beginning again in 1974, …

Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer.

Kelly Chen (Cantonese: "Chan4 Wai6 Lam4"), born Vivian Chen Wai Man 陳慧汶 on September 13, 1973 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is also credited as Chen Huilin, Wai-Lam Chan, Kelly Chan and Wai Lun Chen.

Andrew Michael Baron, born 1970, is the co-creator of Rocketboom. On August 19, 2005, Baron was interviewed on "CBS Evening News". In an "Eye on America" segment CBS veteran Jim Axelrod commented on the effort at daily news coverage on a limited budget and Baron's grasp of the next Internet wave. "You know what they call that? Vision." Baron directed a portion of "Killer," an episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" which aired February 2, 2006.

Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963 in New York City) is an American fashion designer. He attended the High School of Art and Design and graduated in 1981. From there, Jacobs entered the Parsons School of Design in New York City. At Parsons, Jacobs won the Perry Ellis Gold Thimble Award in 1984, and in the same year was also awarded the Chester Weinberg Gold Thimble Award and the Design Student of the Year Award.

Héctor Luis Bustamante is a Colombian actor working in the Hollywood film industry.

Lela Rose (born in Texas) is an American fashion designer. Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended University of Colorado where she was a painting and sculpture major and graduated in 1991. She had a business in college making vests from vintage scarves and decided to go into fashion. She moved to New York City and headed to Parsons School of Design which she graduated from in 1993 with an associate's degree. She worked under Christian Francis Roth, a fashion designer, …

Narciso Rodriguez (born 1961) is a Cuban-American fashion designer. He is the son of a longshoreman.

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967) was an American painter and printmaker best remembered for his eerily realistic depictions of solitude in contemporary American life. While most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching.

Tracy Reese (born on February 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American fashion designer. Tracy is the daughter of Claud (a manager) and Pat (a modern dance teacher). The women in the family always had an interest in sewing and would have contests to see who could complete an outfit first. This was when Tracy's interest in fashion first emerged. Tracy attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit where she was initially interested in interior design and architechure.

Steven Meisel is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian "Vogue" and his photographs of friend Madonna in the latter's 1992 book "Sex" designed by Fabien Baron. He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian "Vogue" and lately "W" (also edited by Condé Nast).

Roman Turovsky-Savchuk is a painter and lutenist-composer. He was born Kiev, Ukraine in 1961, and emigrated to New York City in 1979. He studied art from an early age under Mikhail Turovsky, his father (a prominent artist active in France and the U.S.A.). He continued his art studies in New York at Parsons School of Design, having also concurrent studies in Historical Performance (Baroque Lute) and Composition, under Patrick O'Brien, Pier Liugi Cimma, …

Mary Jane Marcasiano is the president of her eponymous design company in New York City where she resides with photographer Ralph Gibson. She is a graduate of the Parsons School The New School of design and the recipient of the Cartier, DuPont, Cutty Sark and Wool Knit Awards. Actively involved with the arts, she has designed costumes for DanceBrazil, the New York City Ballet, RythMEK at Jacob’s Pillow and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance.

Peter DeSeve is an American artist who has worked in the illustration field. He received the National Cartoonist Society Magazine Illustration Award for 2000.

Brian Wood (born January 29, 1972) is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, New York. He is known primarily as a comic book creator; Wood both writes and illustrates graphic novels and serialized monthly comic books for a variety of publishers. During his comics career, Wood held a day job for several years as a staff designer for Rockstar Games, designing for video game franchises such as "Grand Theft Auto", "Midnight Club", …

Michael Vollbracht, born 1947 in Quincy, Illinois, is head designer of Bill Blass Limited. He has had previous success in that field, although he is primarily an illustrator. He began his career in fashion as a student at what was then Parsons School of Design in 1965. Four years later, Geoffrey Beene hired him as a member of his design team, and Donald Brooks followed suit two years later. In 1973 he went to work for Henri Bendel as their in-house illustrator.

Derek Lam is a fashion designer from San Francisco, California. He is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design. Lam started out as an assistant for Michael Kors in the 90s. In 2005, Lam won the CFDA Perry Ellis Swarovski Award for new designers and started his own line of clothes. In addition to clothes, Derek Lam also has a line of shoes and jewelry. He is known for his pretty, girly fabrics backed by clean, crisp silhouettes.

Thakoon Panichgul (born in Northern Thailand) is an American fashion designer. Panichgul moved to the United States with his family when he was 11 years old, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Panichgul has a talent for blending distinctly different influences into his work, imparting a feminine spirit into a youthful, sporty line. The result is clothing that projects poised elegance with an underlying hint of playful wit.

Lynne Barasch was born in New York City and grew up in Woodmere, New York. She studied at Rhode Island School of Design, and holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design. She is the author/illustrator of several picture books. She currently lives in New York City with her husband. She is the author of several children's books including "Ask Albert Einstein, Hiromi's Hands, Knockin’ on Wood, A Country Schoolhouse, Radio Rescue, The Reluctant Flower Girl, Old Friends, …

Doo-Ri Chung (born 1973) is a Korean-American fashion designer.

Paul Gregory is an American lighting designer (see architectural lighting design). He is the founder and president of Focus Lighting Inc. in New York City. He is responsible for numerous lighting designs including many notable restaurants, hotels, and retail stores. In 1975, he founded and headed Litelab Corporation.

Anna Sui (born in 1964, in Detroit, Michigan USA) is an American fashion designer. She has 509 boutiques in twenty-six countries, with over 200 in Japan alone. Her collection is sold in 5,000 partner stores on five continents in over 70 countries.

Zang Toi is a New York based Malaysian fashion designer. He was born in Kelantan of the Kuala Krai district on 11 June 1961. Toi left his native Malaysia at the age of eighteen, and via Toronto, landed in New York a year later. There he attended Parsons School of Design and apprenticed with Mary Jane Marcasiano and Ronaldus Shamask. In 1989, with a modest collection of bright sarongs, strong suits and regal dresses, he opened his own atelier.

Dan Yaccarino is an American author, illustrator and television producer known for his animated television series, children’s books and award-winning imagery.