- Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz on October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive.
- Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani (born 11 July, 1934) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear.
- Marc Jacobs
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.
- Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld is widely recognized as one of the more influential fashion designers of the late 20th century. He has collaborated with a variety of different fashion labels, with Chloé, Fendi and Chanel the most notable. But with contracts with companies internationally, throughout his career, he has probably built the most complicated resume of any designer. Furthermore, he has his own labels, which he launched in the early 1980s, including perfume and clothing.
- Blumarine
Blumarine is a fashion company that was created in 1977 in the town of Carpi in Italy by Anna Molinari and her husband Gianpolo Tarabini. The late designer Franco Moschino also helped the company develop a "look" of edgy romanticism This look has been continued by Molinari, who remains the company's chief designer.
- Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951 in Elmira, New York) is a world-famous American fashion designer and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands.
- Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez, popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion designer. She is the richest Hispanic in Hollywood according to the website "A Socialite's Life" and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in America according to "People en Español"s list of 100 Most Influential Hispanics which pays tribute to Hispanics who have had an impact on their communities.
- Derek Lam
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.
- Zac Posen
Zac Posen is a contemporary fashion designer. Posen grew up in New York City, attending Saint Ann's School. He went to design school at Central Saint Martins in London, where he began to conceive his distinctive aesthetic. At 16, he interned at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, under the tutelage of Richard Martin, followed by an internship with Nicole Miller and a position at Tocca.
- Gwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and occasional actress. Stefani debuted in 1992 as the frontwoman of the third wave ska band No Doubt, whose 1995 album "Tragic Kingdom" propelled them to stardom, selling sixteen million copies worldwide. It spawned the singles "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and the airplay number-one "Don't Speak". The band's popularity went into decline with its third album "Return of Saturn" (2000), …
- John Varvatos
John Varvatos is an American contemporary menswear fashion designer. He grew up in the metro Detroit suburb of Allen Park, a downriver community situated south of the city of Detroit. He attended Allen Park High School. His last name is pronounced the same as Barbados. The name Varvatos is of Modern Greek origin from the island of Kephalonia, a Latin alphabet transliteration of
- Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake (born c. April 1938) is a Japanese fashion designer. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs and exhibitions.
- Tim Gunn
Timothy M. Gunn (born 1953) is an American fashion maven and television personality. Chair of Fashion Design at Parsons The New School for Design from August 2000-March 2007, he is best known as on-air mentor to designers on the Bravo reality television program "Project Runway".
- Max Mara
Max Mara, or "The House of Max Mara", is an upscale, luxury Italian women's fashion house most famous for their dresses and haute couture clothing.
- Helmut Lang
Helmut Lang (born on March 10 1956 in Vienna), is an Austrian fashion designer, known for his minimalist, deconstructivist, and often severe designs. The fashion label he created bears his name. Originally from Vienna where he set up his own fashion boutique in 1979, Lang branched out to Paris in the early 1980s to be closer to the international fashion scene. He became famous for his simple but refined designs, his slim suits in black or white, …
- Dirk Bikkembergs
Dirk Bikkembergs (born January 2, 1959) is a Belgian fashion designer. Dirk Bikkembergs was born in Cologne, Germany, where his Flemish father was stationed at the time. After his high school career, Dirk Bikkembergs was interested to attend law school because he found "lawyers so chic" but eventually decided to start studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium. In 1982 Bikkembergs graduated, together with other Belgian designers Ann Demeulemeester, …
- Catherine Malandrino
Catherine Malandrino is a fashion designer. She was born in Grenoble, France and now works in New York City as well as in Paris. She has garnered a large fanbase among couture fashionistas, with an impressive list of celebrity clients.
- Elie Saab
Elie Saab, sometimes known simply as 'ES', is a Lebanese fashion designer. In 1982, Saab launched his own Beirut-based fashion label when he was just 18 years old. His main workshop is in Lebanon, a country to which he remains deeply attached. He also has workshops in Milan and Paris. Saab is self-trained. He started sewing as a child and knew that one day he would make a living out of it. In 1981 he moved to Paris to study fashion, …
- Reem Acra
Reem Acra is an internationally known American fashion designer. She studied in Paris, as well as New York and began her career. She is known for her exquisite bridal designs. Her designs are sold in famous clothing boutiques such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. She has been on several popular magazines including "In Style", "Town & Country", "Vogue", "Women's Wear Daily", and "W".
- Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer.
- Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik (born November 27, 1942) is a Spanish fashion designer and an eponymous fashion label, one of the world's most prominent in women's shoes. Born in Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and raised on a banana plantation, Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva with a degree in literature in 1965 and went on to study art in Paris.
- Monique Lhuillier
Diane Monique Lhuillier (born 1971 in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) is a Filipino fashion designer based in the United States. She was born and raised in the Philippine province of Cebu and is of French and Cebuano descent, hence her typical French last name meaning "oilmaker". Lhuillier's family is one of the more prominent names in Philippine high society. The family owns a chain of pawnshops currently operating in more than a hundred cities in the nation.
- Perry Ellis
Perry Ellis (March 3, 1940 - May 30, 1986) was an American fashion designer who founded a sportswear house in the mid-1970s.
- Donatella Versace
Donatella Versace (b.1955) is a prosperous fashion designer from Italy, also responsible for establishing the Versace imperium and the owner of a great deal (about one fifth)of the overall capital of the company. Presently, she is the CEO of the Versace corporation and manages the fashion line.
- Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born June 10, 1965) is an English actress, fashion model, producer and designer.
- Julien MacDonald
Julien MacDonald (born March 19, 1972) is a Welsh fashion designer.
- Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich /Milica Jovović, Ukrainian: Мілла Йовович/Mіlla Jovovič (Born Milica Nataša Jovović on December 17, 1975)) is an Ukrainian-born supermodel, actress, musician, singer, and fashion designer. Jovovich has been described by Paul W.S. Anderson, director of her film "Resident Evil", …
- Gianfranco Ferrè
Gianfranco Ferré was a fashion designer also known as "the architect of fashion" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design. Born in Legnano, Italy, he received a degree in architecture in 1969. Ferré began his fashion career in 1970 by designing accessories, then worked as a raincoat designer in 1972-74. He started his own company Baila in 1974 and launched his signature collection for women in 1978.
- Amaya Arzuaga
Amaya Arzuaga is a Spanish designer. She studied in the UPM and in 1992 she finished Fashion Design and joined her parents' enterpreise, Elipse. In 1994, she created her own firm. She sells and shows her collections regularly in international fashion fairs like Atmosphère (Paris), Fashion Cotterie (New York), Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (Milan), Pasarela Cibeles (Madrid), Passarel·la Gaudí (Barcelona), and London Fashion Week(London).
- Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson (born 1965) is an American photographer. Richardson was born in New York City, raised in Hollywood, California, and is the son of fashion photographer Bob Richardson. Richardson began photographing his environment while attending Hollywood High School and playing in a punk rock band. He has shot advertisements for fashion designers, including Gucci, Levi's, Hugo Boss, Anna Molinari, Baby Phat, Matsuda, and Sisley.
- Rachel Roy
Rachel Roy is a Manhattan-based fashion designer. She first became well-known as the romantic interest of Damon Dash, the hip hop businessman. They married on January 15, 2005 and have a daughter named Ava.
- Azzedine Alaia
Azzedine Alaia is a Tunisian-born fashion designer, most successful in the 1980s. Azzedine Alaia was born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1940. He studied sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Tunis. After his graduation, Alaia began working as a dressmaker’s assistant. Alaia soon began dressing private clients, and in 1957 Alaia moved to Paris to work in fashion design. In Paris he worked for Guy Laroche for two seasons and for Thierry Mugler until the late 1970s.
- Oleg Cassini
Oleg Cassini (April 11, 1913 - March 17, 2006) was an American fashion designer noted for being chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her state wardrobe in the 1960s. His clothing designs also appeared in numerous Hollywood films starring his second wife, the actress Gene Tierney.
- Valentino
Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, a.k.a. Valentino (11 May, 1932, Voghera, Lombardy, Italy) is a fashion designer. His fashion house is among the world's most famous haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion empires.
- Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli was a Parisian fashion designer of the 1920s and 1930s. She was born in Rome, Italy, of Italian and Egyptian heritage. She was a great-niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, who discovered the canals of Mars.
- Anne Geddes
"Marketing the incredible imagery of my wife, Anne, has become one of the most satisfying and fulfilling jobs of my life. To be able to realise the potential and ambitions of the pre-eminent children's photographer in the world market has resulted in a terrific sense of personal satisfaction, added to my joy and pride in her accomplishments," comments Kel.
- Claire McCardell
Claire McCardell was an American Fashion designer. Her clothes were functional with clean lines and an American look. She is known for her wrap-around sashes, monastic dresses, harem pajamas, and large pockets with top stitching. She launched her career as a designer under the supervision of Robert Turk. When he died in an accident in the early 1930s, Claire was made head designer. She found success in the fall season of 1938 with her monastic dress, one that had no back, …
- Richard Tyler
Richard Tyler (born 1947) is a fashion designer. He was born in Sunshine, Melbourne (Australia) and now resides in [[Los Angeles, California and New York]. He has received great acclaim for dressing Hollywood celebrities. In 2006, Tyler appeared as guest judge on the reality television program "Project Runway".
- Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, fashion designer, and model. Knowles rose to fame as the creative force and lead singer of R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Knowles released her debut solo album, "Dangerously in Love", in 2003.
- Santino Rice
Santino Q. Rice (born August 20, 1974), a St. Charles, Missouri native, is a fashion designer living and working in Hollywood. The openly bisexual Rice participated as a contestant on the second season of the Bravo reality show "Project Runway" and was one of the three designers selected to show at Olympus Fashion Week, along with Chloe Dao and Daniel Vosovic and finished third behind them. Santino also appeared in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant as a judge.