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Iris Apfel (/ ˈ æ p f ɛ l / AP-fəl; [1] née Barrel; August 29, 1921 – March 1, 2024) was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses.
Known for Head of Sarmi fashion design house Count Ferdinando Sarmi (February 14, 1912 [ 1 ] – 1982) was an Italian-born American fashion designer and businessman.
Clare Potter was a fashion designer who was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1903. [dates 1] In the 1930s she was one of the first American fashion designers to be promoted as an individual design talent. [4] Working under her elided name Clarepotter, she has been credited as one of the inventors of American sportswear. [3]
This is a list of notable fashion designers sorted by nationality. It includes designers of haute couture and ready-to-wear. For haute couture only, see the list of grands couturiers. For footwear designers, see the list of footwear designers.
During the early 18th century the first fashion designers came to the fore as the leaders of fashion. In the 1720s, the queen's dressmaker Françoise Leclerc became sought-after by the women of the French aristocracy, [4] and in the mid century, Marie Madeleine Duchapt, Mademoiselle Alexandre and Le Sieur Beaulard all gained national recognition and expanded their customer base from the French ...
[116] [118] He is known for his bold designs. [119] The New York Magazine wrote "Every season, Ford created an 'It' piece, a must-have, a season-defining trend, photographed to death, knocked off ad nauseam." [120] Ford says it is important for designers to be contemporary and current with the changing standard of beauty. [121] [122]
American fashion designer Claire McCardell surrounded by models wearing her designs, Time, 2 May 1955. Claire McCardell (May 24, 1905 – March 22, 1958) was an American fashion designer of ready-to-wear clothing in the twentieth century. She is credited with the creation of American sportswear. [1]
Nettie Rosenstein (1890 - March 13, 1980) was an American fashion designer, based in New York City between c.1913 and 1975. She was particularly renowned for her little black dresses and costume jewelry .