Category: Past

Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh

Fashion Designer of the Month for June 2024 Instagram X-twitter Bio Gallery Bio Virgil Abloh was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur famous for his luxury streetwear clothing brand Off Line. Born in Rockford Illinois, Abloh got his start in the industry interning at Fendi in 2009. Abloh collaborated with Kanye West , who was in […]

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren

Fashion Designer of the Month for April 2024 Facebook Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Ralph Lauren was born in Bronx, New York in 1939 to Jewish immigrant parents. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1957 he began studying at Baruch College of the City University of New York, but dropped out after just two […]

Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera

Fashion Designer of the Month for August 2020 Facebook Twitter Instagram Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan-American fashion designer and icon known for her gorgeous clothing designs and fragrances worldwide. Herrera was born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño in Venezuela on January 8, 1939. Herrera learned English and French growing up and was shockingly not that into fashion. At the age […]

Kathleen Hanhee Kye

Kathleen Hanhee Kye

Fashion Designer of the Month for February 2024 Facebook Instagram Youtube Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Kathleen Hanhee Kye is one of South Korea’s most popular modern designers known for her KYE brand. Born in Detroit Michigan, Kathleen moved to South Korea at age three. Eventually after developing a love for fashion she traveled overseas and […]

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Fashion Designer of the Month for January 2024 Twitter Instagram Youtube Bio Gallery Bio Born in 1963 in New York City and raised in Teaneck New Jersey, American fashion designer Marc Jacobs got his start as a design assistant for Perry Ellis. Following his time with Ellis, Jacobs created his fashion label in 1986, which […]

Tom Ford

Tom Ford

Fashion Designer of the Month for December 2023 Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Pinterest Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Tom Ford hails from Austin, Texas, and first found his place in fashion at the Parsons School of Design in Paris, where he had originally been studying architecture. Influenced by the style of his mother and grandmother, he went on to […]

Mara Hoffman

Mara Hoffman

Fashion Designer of the Month for November 2023 Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Meet Mara Hoffman, a fashion visionary whose journey from Parsons School of Design graduate to sustainable fashion advocate showcases her deep connection to nature and her commitment to creating positive change in the fashion industry. From her early years, Mara felt a profound […]

Maria Grazia Chiuri

Maria Grazia Chiuri

Fashion Designer of the Month for October 2023 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Rome-born fashion designer Maria Grazia Chiuri is the current creative director of Dior. Having previously worked with Fendi and Valentino, she is known for her work on projects such as the Baguette bag, the Red Valentino collection, and her infusion of feminism into […]

Kimberley Gordon

Kimberley Gordon

Fashion Designer of the Month for August 2023 Instagram Spotify Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Kimberly Gordon is the fashion designer for Selkie,  she’s a photographer a graphic designer a fashion designer, and a creative director, and sometimes she even paints. That’s right she pretty much does it all. Kimberly Gordon was the co-founder and former […]

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger

Fashion Designer of the Month for June 2023 Facebook Bio Gallery Bio Tommy Hilfiger is an American fashion designer known for his signature red, white, and blue tag. He has launched men’s and women’s clothing lines, fragrances, sportswear, home furnishings, and denim. Born to an Irish Catholic family in Elmira, New York, Hilfiger grew up […]

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