Nicolay Diulgheroff (1901-1982) is a Bulgarian painter. A follower of the Bauhaus in Weimar, he designed fabrics and textiles. In 1923 he designed a silk scarf decorated with abstract motifs which echo both Kandinsky and the popular traditions of his…

Lydia De Liguoro is an italian journalist. She defined herself as the “indomitable foot soldier of Italian fashion” for her battles and campaigns against the xenomania of Italian elegance and in favor of clothing, fabrics and accessories created in Italy.…

Diego (1950). Italian make-up artist. Called by The New York Times “the prophet of Made in Italy make-up,” he branched out over the years from the basic work of his profession and became an image expert for famous and well-known…

Corinne (1972). English photographer. She left school at the age of 16 and was noticed in 1989 for a series of pictures using her friends as models and portraying them through a conspiratorial and inside look at the world she…

Jacques (1925). French hairdresser. He patented a system for natural permanents. After an apprenticeship with Louis Gervais, he made his début in 1956 in Paris. Within 4 years, he had hired one hundred workers: it was evidence of immediate success,…

Louise (1895-1990). American photographer. Educated in the arts, she became interested in painting as a student at the Art Institute of San Francisco between 1914 and 1922. She attended classes on color given by Rudolph Schaeffer, and these would be…

Fortunato (1892-1960). Italian artist. In 1919, in Rovereto, he founded the Casa d’Arte Futurista (House of Futurist Art) in which he applied the concept of the creative unity of the arts: painting, architecture, decorative arts, and fashion, just as the…

Pasquale (1908-2001). Italian photographer, born in Teramo. He began to take photographs at an early age, documenting the religious celebrations and the folklore of rural Abruzzi. He moved to Rome in 1937 to attend the Experimental Center of Cinematography along…

French company. Along with its affiliate, the German firm Koecnlin Baurmgartner, and with Texunion, it is a leader in the worldwide market for printed fabrics for clothing. Some 175 million yards are produced and sold each year, contributing more than…

Claire Dedeyan was a french designer. She has designed Collections for the French department stores Printemps and Prisunic, and the Foxton line for Coin in Italy. A graduate in classics from the Sorbonne, at first Dedeyan worked for several companies,…