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Fashion Designers
Fashion Designers
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Undergraduate 2
04/28/2009

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Worth
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Opened couture house in Paris in 1958
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Worth
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Created haute couture
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Worth
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First Designer to put labels on clothing
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Worth
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Empress Eugenie
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Worth
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First to present clothing on live manicans
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Poiret
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Worked for worth, designing simple and practical dresses
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Poiret
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Opened own house in 1904 and made name with kimono coat
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Poiret
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1911 est. company parfums de rosaline, first fragrance launched by designer
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Poiret
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House was closed in 1929 due to Bankruptcy
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Poiret
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Dramatic styles like hobble skirt and lampshade tunics

Dressmaking centered on draping
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Poiret
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Traveled abroad

Designed costumes for theater and arts
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Vionnet
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"Bias Cut" (cutting cloth diagnonal to grain of fabric enabling it to cling to body)
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Vionnet
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Grecian-style dresses (today)
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Vionnet
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1912 own couture house

Dominated couture in 1930s
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Vionnet
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No sketches, social services for workers
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Chanel
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1913 opened shop and introduced womans sportswear
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Chanel
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1914 opened shop for dresses

Elegant and casual look
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Chanel
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60’s she refused to change her line and styles (length) felt women still needed to have respect for themselves
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Chanel
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Scandalous lifestyle, affairs, influenced by lovers
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Fortuny
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Spanish born designer

Started as artist/inventor
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Fortuny
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Famous for Delphos gown and Knossos scarf

Grecian design
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Fortuny
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1906 opened couture house
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Fortuny
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Brightly colored pleated gowns

Invented special dye for dresses
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Fortuny
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Dresses to be worn at home, you would be showing more than concealing

Avant Guard
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Schiaparelli
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Italian fashion designer
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Schiaparelli
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Dominated between world wars

High point in 30's, trend setter
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Schiaparelli
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Distinguishable, ornament and fantasy, PINK
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Schiaparelli
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Began career in early 20s by knitting sweaters with collars
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Schiaparelli
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1935 opened first couture boutique
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Balen
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Spanish Designer, master tailorer
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Balen
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Picasso of fashion
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Balen
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1913 opened first shop in Spain

1937 Couture house in paris
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Balen
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Shape and structure, as few seams as possible
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Balen
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Well known for setting trends in 50's and 60's
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Balen
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Kennedys wedding dress
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Dior
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New look-rounded lines

Padded hips and shoulders, feminine bust, huge skirts.
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Dior
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1935 started sketching and designing
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Dior
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1937-38 Sold sketches to Piguet and worked for him.
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Dior
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1946-47 New look and collection for new couture house
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Dior
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Strictly couture with theatrical look
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Courreges
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Lord of minishirt, geometric shapes
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Courreges
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Functional yet modern clothes
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Courreges
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1950-60 worked with master, then opened house with wife
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Courreges
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Bright colors and white

Glow-in-the-dark jersey dress and sexy swimsuits
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Yves St Laurent
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Algerian Born Designer
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Yves St Laurent
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1955 joined couture in France
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Yves St Laurent
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Worked with Dior untill 1960, then took over Dior house
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Yves St Laurent
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Collection shocked the world, motorcycle jackets, mink coats with sweater sleeves.
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Yves St Laurent
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1966 opened douch (smoking jackets, very masculine clothing)

Women and then Mens ready to wear
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Valentino
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Italian designer known for the color red
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Valentino
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1960 produced understated fashions in Rome
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Valentino
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1968 had a very young white modern collection based on wedding dress designes
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McCardell
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Established American ready-to-wear with unusual designes
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McCardell
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Began career in 30's

Ready to wear sports wear late 40's
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McCardell
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Buy couture clothing from Paris and take it apart to learn structure of clothing
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Norell
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Dean of American designers, established American ready-to-wear
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Norell
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First to incorporate couture techniques in production methods
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Norell
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First to receive COTY AWARD (American fashion critiques away)
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Norell
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First president of fashion designers for America
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Norell
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First american designer to have perfume
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Norell
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1930 hired by Carnegie (lady) in America and gives her credit for trade
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