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Perry Edwin Ellis (March 3, 1940 – May 30, 1986) was an American fashion designer who founded his eponymous sportswear house in the mid-1970s. Ellis' influence on the fashion industry has been called "a huge turning point" [1] because he introduced new patterns and proportions to a market which was dominated by more traditional men's clothing.
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One notable fashion designer to emerge into the spotlight during this time was Diane von Fürstenberg, who popularized, among other things, the jersey "wrap dress". [4] [5] von Fürstenberg's wrap dress design, essentially a robe, was among the most popular fashion styles of the 1970s, would also be credited as a symbol of women's liberation.
Karl Otto Lagerfeld [1] was born in Hamburg on 10 September 1933 to Elisabeth (née Bahlmann) and Otto Lagerfeld.His father, coming from a family of wealthy wine-merchants, was a prosperous businessman and polyglot, speaking nine languages; [7] [8] his father owned an import company (Lagerfeld & Co.) specialising in evaporated milk, leading him to work with the American dairy company Carnation.
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.
Nuta Kotlyarenko (Ukrainian: Нута Котляренко; December 15, 1902 – May 9, 1984), known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was a Ukrainian-American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other elaborate outfits for some of the most famous celebrities of his era.
The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
Indie sleaze fashion was characterized by traits of 1970s and 1980s fashion, in addition to grunge fashion, [2] which Daniel Rodgers of Dazed described as "grubby, maximalist, and performatively vintage" [3] and by NME ' s El Hunt as being defined by a sense of "chaotic spontaneity", [4] The style was particularly popular amongst the hipster ...