Fashion Designers

Look at the eccentric grey-headed gentleman in half-faced glasses and wearing elegant suit, all the time in the circle of bodyguards, the halo of scandals and admirers. The most mysterious, the most influential, the most talented. His name is always in the news journal, periodics and yellow pages, he is hunted by paparazzis and young designers (!) for confidential and thus so much desired information and new ideas. Here he is - Fashion Guru, Karl Lagerfeld, always shocking, looking stunning.

«The awful child» of fashion was born to a good French family, in the suburb of Paris, on April 24, 1952. He was an awkward kid: he never played pranks; he made friends with girls and never fought with his contemporaries. Later on he would say, «I am more attracted to men from physical point of view; however I find women easy to talk to. I understand them more. But I like wearing both men and women».

If there is an icon of vulgarity, then this woman could fully fall into this concept. Ironed and bleached hair, lips blown with collagen, skin tanned to spots, clever blades of eyes, excess of plastic surgery miracles stood out a mile - this is her, a great sister of the great brother. Donatella Versace.

He is handsome, so handsome. Doggy, with shoulders that are so eye-catching for every woman to lean to, and for some men as well.  Hands and fingers are of the naughty aesthete. With the slight smile on his lips, fine-featured and with impudent eyes. He is so sexual and he realizes that, moreover, he knows how to exploit it, and he knows that we know it. He carries and shares his sexuality and he has plenty of it, he is so generous and he is a real volcano, a spring of spicy flame...

The models by him will never get outdate because it is beyond of any fashion trends. In the opinion of the Couturier his models are timeless. Yohji came from Japan; traditionally he went in for karate, observed Japanese cherry tree blooming and perceived existence philosophically, all staff a real Japanese man should do in his life. But he never lost himself in the European life style, he also collects wine, listens to rock-n-roll, and prefers fast riding and loves being lazy. In 1988 Yohji recorded an album together with Yukihiro Takahashi, and two years later he had his first solo concert that was a boom. He starred in the legendary movie Dolls by Takeshi Kitano and made all costumes for all the movie characters. He is the only designer who is not member to the Haute Couture Association.

In the 30s the French designer Paul Poiret released an autobiography called «King of Fashion». Years later the exhibition devoted to this celebrated designer of the early XX century was named the same. This exhibition is still current at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Igor Chapurin, 39, was involved in the world of fashion from a very tender age. He is widely known to open public for his Haute Couture «Russian straw». And apart from it he made popular Venetian fabric, Byzantine fanciful pattern and a color palette so individual to artistic traditions of the Russian vanguard. It seems like Chapurin inherited his passion to fashion. His grandfather was the first one to open Soviet textile factories on production of linen, his father reorganized sewing enterprises and his mother heads the large Russian knitting factory. Thus, the future profession was doomed for Igor Chapurin, as the garment designer and the fashion artist.

Pierre Balmain, the founder of the most famous Fashion House, was born on May 19, 1914 in the small town St. Jean de Maurienne in the Savoy Mountains of France.  His family owned a wholesale drapery business that was directly associated with the fashion industry: his father was a wholesale merchant of fabric, his aunts owned boutiques and his mother was a professional consultant on styles in fashion.

Prada is one of the most recognizable brands in the world that is known to almost everyone around the world. Prada is one of those brands that gets forged the most. Prada clothes are worn by celebrities, famous people and even by the Pope. The new Prada collections are desired and expected by everyone whether it is pop-stars, celebrities or other people. According to the Wall Street Journal Miuccia Prada who is the owner of the most recognizable brand in the world is considered one of the top thirty influential women of Europe.

The person who enriched the Fashion Industry and Film Industry of India by his creative designs is none other than Manish Malhotra. Born in a family of economically middle class status in Punjab in 1965 he was fascinated with the fashions from his early days of life though nobody in his family was well-known to the style of clothing. During his student life in Mumbai's Elphinstone College he got a few assignments relating to modeling that he completed successfully. Even though he felt interest in fashion design his father wished Manish to look after his business. Without paying heed to his father's advice he paid attention to create something on his own. 

A widely accepted name Tarun Tahiliani has created a special space in the fashion world by his clothing epitomizes designs, techniques, quality and sophistication. Crossing the national boundary, the Indian prominent fashion designer has reached around the globe while his fashionable works are found in big salons in different major cities. The couture fashion has come to the doorstep of Indian people by the hands of this innovative designer. Besides, Tarun Tahiliani's fashion apparel and sewing garments are very famous among the international celebrities.

There lived a little girl. She was not the most beautiful, the cleverest and or the most talented girl; just an ordinary one. She attended school, fell in love with boys, and getting bored during the classes, she drew sketches of dresses at the back of notebooks. At about fourteen she became the youngest designer in the world and exhibited her dresses at the Moscow Fashion Week. A year later, she did the same at the Rome AltaRoma AltaModa. Do you think this is a fairy tale? No, this is reality.