Molly Goddard, makes Frilly Dresses
What started out as an excuse for a party – Molly Goddard’s first collection was put together in six weeks for £500 and shown off schedule – became a business almost by accident. “I had no production...
View ArticleTerence Donovan, from East End Boy to Sixties Fashion Photographer to Film...
self portrait Terence Donovan Terence Daniel Donovan (14 September 1936 – 22 November 1996)[1] was an English photographer and film director, best remembered for his fashion photography of the 1960s...
View ArticleThe Apple Boutique, only lasted eight Months
Apple Shop just before opening . The Apple shop was a retail store located in a building on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street, Marylebone, London. It opened on 7 December 1967 and closed...
View ArticleC.Z. Guest, one of America’s Classic Beauties & first Fashion Icon Award winner
Wearing oatmeal tweed Mainbocher, ph. Irving Penn 1952 A muse to artists like Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, C.Z. Guest was one of the first true fashion icons. The socialite who also became a fashion...
View ArticleBetty Brosmer, “the Most Gorgeous Body of 50s”
Beauty queen of 1950s Betty Brosmer started her model career at the age of 13. The result was more than impressive – she has won over 50 beauty contests, has appeared on magazine covers more than 300...
View ArticleUlyana Sergeenko, Couture Collector & Street-Style Star turned Designer
Ulyana Sergeenko (born 30 August,1981 in Kazakhstan, Russia), the wife of billionaire insurance oligarch, Danil Khachaturov, first came to the fashion world’s attention, not as a designer but as an...
View ArticleBattle of Versailles, the Most Glamorous Night in Fashion History (Book &...
The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History On November 28, 1973, the world’s social elite gathered at the Palace of Versailles for an...
View ArticleStella Jean, self-taught Italian-Haitian Designer
Stella Jean (born 1979) is an emerging Haitian-Italian fashion designer and former model, whose cultural identity often provides inspiration for her eponymous label. Jean was born and raised in Rome...
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