Professionals

Aaliyah

Aaliyah was an American singer, actress, and model

Summary Aaliyah Dana Haughton first gained recognition at the age of 10, when she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At the age of 12, Aaliyah signed with Jive Records and her uncle Barry Hankerson’s Blackground Records. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, […]

Abraham & Thakore

Abraham & Thakore is one of India's most successful and respected design resources

Summary Abraham & Thakore is one of India’s most thriving and respected design resources for fashion. This design label was initially launched in 1992 by David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore, graduates of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad who were later joined by Kevin Nigli, a design graduate of NIFT New Delhi. Vision Each Abraham […]

Alessandro Dell’ Acqua

Alessandro Dell’ Acqua is an Italian fashion designer

Summary Alessandro Dell’Acqua is a fashion designer who presented his first prêt-à-porter collection at Milan Moda Donna in 1996 and his first men’s line at Pitti in Florence in January 1998. He was born in Naples on December 21, 1962. At June 2009, Dell’Acqua sent out a press release informing the press that the men’s Spring-Summer […]

Alex Consani

American transgender fashion model

Alex Consani began her modeling career in 2015 and, at the age of 12, became the youngest transgender model in the world.

Alexander Wang

An American fashion designer and founder of Alexander Wang

Summary Alexander Wang is an American fashion designer and founder of Alexander Wang. Born in California, 1983, Wang is an international figure in the fashion industry, best known for his urban designs. Wang has worked as Creative Director at Balenciaga from 2012 to 2015 and has collaborated with well known firms such as H&M. In 2017, […]

Alexandre Arnault

son of LVMH Chief Bernard Arnault

SUMMARY The son of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault , Alexandre Arnault is one of fashion’s youngest chief executives. At just 25 years old he led luxury luggage brand Rimowa. The brand was influential in propelling LVMH’s digital strategy forward through its collaborations with Supreme, Off-White’s Virgil Abloh and Fendi, and it was later acquired by […]

Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is a fashion executive and founding chairman of Inditex

Amancio Ortega is a pioneer in fast fashion, he co-founded Inditex, known for its Zara fashion chain, with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera in 1975

Andy Ku

Founder and CEO of Altava Group

Angelica Cheung

A Chinese fashion journalist and Editor-in-chief of Vogue China

Summary Angelica Cheung is a Chinese fashion journalist. Currently, Cheung is the editor-in-chief of Vogue China. Biography As the daughter of a Chinese diplomat, Cheung was born in Beijing in 1966 and studied at Peking University where she obtained degrees in law and English language and literature. She subsequently received an MBA degree from University of South Australia. Beginning in 1993 as […]

Anjana Bhargav

Anjana Bhargav is an Indian fashion designer

Summary Anjana Bhargav is an Indian fashion designer. She has a formal degree in Textile Designing and pattern cutting with a French Instructor and a course from prestigious St. Martins College, London, combined with an inherent sense of aesthetics. Anjana has had several showings in Sharjah, London, Kathmandu, New York, Germany, Miami and Hong Kong […]

Ann Lowe

Ann Lowe was an American fashion designer

Summary Ann Cole Lowe was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Lowe’s one-of-a-kind designs were a favorite among high society matrons from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was best known for designing the ivory silk taffeta wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Bouvier when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953. […]

Anna Lisa Liedtke

Fashion Designer and Texture Artist

Anna Lisa Liedtke began her career in physical fashion and then trained with 3D software, CLO 3D. Today, she is Director, Digital Fashion, The Fabricant.

Anna Molinari

Anna Molinari is an Italian fashion designer

Anna Molinari is an Italian fashion designer who was appointed to the order of “Knight of Labour” by Italian President of Giorgio Napolitano

Anna Sui

Anna Sui is an American fashion designer

Summary Anna Sui is a fashion designer and perfumer, who is much celebrated in the history of fashion. Born in 1964 in Michigan, she is known for her enduring designs and her skill for developing collections with cultural and historical references. Biography After finishing her second year at Parsons, Sui was hired by Erica Elias’ […]

Anne Klein

Anne Klien was an American fashion designer

Summary A visionary who completely revolutionised the concept of fashion, Anne Klein played a pivotal role in introducing coordinated closets as well as changing the way women dressed. Over a period of 36 years, she kept on pushing the envelope and pioneering and perfecting the idea modern separates. Her legacy and contribution is still very […]

Anne Sofie Madsen

As of September 2025, the Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design in Copenhagen is led by Anne Sofie Madsen.

Ashish Gupta

Ashish Gupta is an Indian fashion designer

Summary Ashish Gupta is an Indian fashion designer. Ashish has been called as the rising star of London’s fashion scene. He has been named one of the top new generation creators by the British Fashion week. He designs in London, has workshops in India, where he gets complex hand embroidery done, and sells in London […]

Audrey Hepburn

SUMMARY British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn [1929–1993] became a cult figure as Holly Golightly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Her little black dress, designed by Givenchy, is a wardrobe staple even today. Following a string of legendary films co-starring A-list actors Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Sean Connery, Cary Grant and Gregory Peck, she […]

Azzedine Alaïa

Azzedine Alaïa was a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer

Summary Azzedine Alaïa, who was born on the 26th of February 1935, passed away on the 18th of November 2017 was a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful beginning in the 1980s. Azzedine first learned how to sew during his youth in Tunis and studied sculpture. He arrived in Paris in the late 1950s. […]

Barbara Hulanicki

Barbara Hulanicki is a Polish fashion designer

Summary Barbara Hulanicki is best known as the founder of clothes store Biba. She is deservedly recognized now as a British fashion icon and has been awarded an OBE for Services to Fashion in the 2012 Queen’s New Year Honors. Barbara began her career in Fashion in the early 1960′s working as a freelance fashion […]

Bettie Page

Bettie Page is an American model from the 1950's

Summary Betty Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008), known professionally as Bettie Page, was an American model who gained a significant profile in the 1950s for her pin-up photos.Often referred to as the “Queen of Pinups”, her shoulder-length jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations.A native of […]

Bonnie Cashin

Bonnie Cashin was an American fashion designer

Summary Bonnie Cashin, American fashion designer (born Sept. 28, 1915, Oakland, Calif.—died Feb. 3, 2000, New York, N.Y.), was a highly influential innovator who created loose-fitting sportswear and light, layered clothes. She first designed sportswear for the fashion house Adler & Adler from 1937 to 1943. Working for Twentieth Century Fox from 1944 to 1949, […]

Carlo Centonze

CEO Founder of HeiQ - The Future Of The Textile Industry

CEO Founder of HeiQ - The Future Of The Textile Industry

Christian Dior (Designer)

Christian Dior was a famous and influential French fashion designer

Summary Christian Dior born in Granville (France) on January 21, 1905, died in Montecatini Terme (Italy), October 24, 1957, was a famous and influential French fashion designer. In 1946, he created the brand Christian Dior. Biography Christian Dior was born on January 21, 1905, in Granville, Normandy. He moved with his parents to Paris, where […]

Christian Lacroix

Christian Lacroix is a French fashion designer

Christian Lacroix is a French fashion designer who made a splash in the mid-1980s with his haute couture line created first for the house of Patou

Claire McCardell

Claire McCardell was an American fashion designer

Summary Claire McCardell was the founder of American ready-to-wear fashion, and in doing so defined what has become known as the American Look. She created casual but sophisticated clothes with a functional design, which reflected the lifestyles of American women.She is credited with the creation of American sportswear.Fashion designers such as Isaac Mizrahi, Donna Karan, […]

Clare Waight Keller

Clare Waight Keller is a British stylist and fashion designer

Clare Waight Keller is the first female artistic director of luxury fashion house, Givenchy. She has also held various positions at fashion brands like Gucci.

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur was a French fashion designer famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits and little black dresses

Summary Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel, born 19 August 1883, died 10 January 1971, was a French fashion designer famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits and little black dresses and as a businesswoman. The founder of luxury fashion brand Chanel her influence continues to shape the fashion industry. Acclaimed for her timeless style and innovative […]

Collette Dinnigan

Collette Dinnigan is an Australian based fashion designer

Summary Collette Dinnigan created a fashion empire from scratch in the early 1990s, and by 1995 had become the first Australian designer to launch and show a ready-to-wear collection in Paris. Since closing her clothing label in 2013, the Australian designer has focused on styling luxury homes – the latest, a 500-year-old farmhouse in Puglia. […]

Cristobal Balenciaga

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house

Summary Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre, who was born on the 21st of January 1895, was a Spanish fashion designer and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as “the master of us all” by Christian Dior and as “the only couturier in […]

Daniel Sällström

Beauty and make-up artist

Summary Daniel Sällström is a beauty and make-up artist who creates hedonistic beauty looks inspired by femmes and freaks. Biography Originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, Daniel Sällström moved to London when he was 20 and never looked back. Quickly making a name for himself on the London queer nightlife scene as drag queen @innitbabes, Sallstrom’s flair […]

Darshan Mehta

Former President and Chief Executive, Reliance Brands

Darshan Mehta, Former President & Chief Executive, Reliance Brands, was a pioneering figure in India’s luxury and premium retail sector

Diana Vreeland

Diana Vreeland was a fashion columnist and editor

Summary Diana Vreeland worked for the fashion magazines Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, being the editor-in-chief of the latter, and as a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was named on the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964. Biography Early Years Diana Vreeland was born Diana […]

Diane Von Furstenberg

Diane Von Furstenberg is a Belgian-American fashion designer

Summary A household name in the fashion industry since the 1970’s, Diane Von Furstenburg brought to life her iconic wrap dress, the first of its kind.The dress became the defining power symbol for an influential generation of women and currently boasts a permanent position in an exhibition of dresses held in the Smithsonian Museum. More […]

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana founded fashion label Dolce and Gabbana

Summary Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s romantic relationship was the axis of their business. Together, the duo began fashion label ‘Dolce and Gabbana’ from scratch and transformed it into a billion-dollar empire. Early Years Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana hailed from modest families and began their illustrious fashion career as outsiders. Born in 1958 in […]

Donatella Versace

Donatella Versace is an Italian fashion designer and businesswoman

Summary Having been at the helm of the Versace empire as artistic director since 1997, Donatella Versace has overseen the growth of the group’s luxury clothing lines alongside the expansion into accessories, home furnishings and hotels, creating a luxury lifestyle brand. As both artistic director and vice president of the board, she is responsible for […]

Donna Karan

Donna Karan is an American fashion designer and the creator of DKNY label

Summary Founder and creator of the DKNY label, Donna Karan has been known as The Queen of Seventh Avenue and the creator of capsule wardrobes.Donna Karan has grown to be a full lifestyle brand for men and women. In addition to apparel, it includes handbags, accessories, lingerie, eyewear, bedding and tableware, beauty products and fragrances. […]

Dr. Shantay N. Bolton

President and CEO of Columbia College

As the 11th president, Bolton leads Columbia College with a comprehensive education in media arts, technology and business.

Dries Van Noten

Dries Van Noten is a Belgian fashion designer.

Summary Dries Van Noten, baron Van Noten by Royal order of king Philippe I, is one of the most successful members of the renowned Antwerp Six, is a Belgian fashion designer. He has an eponymous fashion brand, which he co-founded with CEO and business partner Christine Mathys. Biography Early Years Born on 12th May 1958 […]

Edith Head

Edith Head is an American costume designer

Summary Edith Head was the daughter of a mining engineer, and she grew up in various towns and camps in Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico. She attended the University of California (B.A.) and Stanford University (M.A.). After a time as a schoolteacher and some additional study in Los Angeles at the Otis Institute and the Chouinard […]

Ellie Jade Goldstein

First fashion model with Down syndrome to appear on the cover of fashion magazines

Ellie Jade Goldsteien is the first model with Down syndrome to feature on the cover of a leading fashion magazine.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli is acclaimed as one of the most influential fashion designers

Summary Favoured by Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo and Mae West, Elsa Schiaparelli is acclaimed as one of the most influential fashion designers between the World Wars. Beginning with knitwear, Schiaparelli commandeered the talent of Surrealists Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau in her haute couture label, and her collections […]

Emanuel Ungaro

Emanuel Ungaro is an Italian fashion designer

Summary Emanuel Ungaro is an Italian fashion designer, born and raised in France, Ungaro has been interested in the creation of clothing from a very young age. He came from a family of tailors and established his fashion house in 1965 after working under the designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Within a few years Mr. Ungaro’s creations […]

Emma Hunt

Professor Emma Hunt is the Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Falmouth University which specialises in creative and cultural subjects.

Ermenegildo “Gildo” Zegna

Ermenegildo “Gildo” Zegna is an Italian fashion entrepreneur

Summary Ermenegildo Zegna, simply referred to as Gildo Zegna is an Italian entrepreneur and the current CEO of the eponymous luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna. Biography Gildo was born on 30 September, 1955 in Trivera, Italy and is the grandson of Ermenegildo Zegna who founded the family business in 1919. His father Angelo preceded him […]

Ferruccio Ferragamo

Ferruccio Ferragamo has been President of Italian fashion institute Polimoda since 2006

Gaby Aghion

Gaby Aghion was a French fashion designer and founder of fashion house, Chloé

Summary Mostly known, for her eye in finding talents, such as Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney, Gaby Aghion, founder of the Chloé label, settled in Paris in 1945.She brought on the trend of having ready to wear items of clothing which revolutionised the fashion industry. Since then, she adopted a soft blouse, worn with a […]

Geoffrey Beene

Geoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer

Geoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer. Beene revolutionized the American fashion industry with minimalist designs