Brand of prêt-à-porter created by the designer Delphine Veron (1959). Heir of a family of Lyon weavers, she took courses on graphic art from Met de Penninghen and attended the Esmod School. After a trip to Egypt, which influenced her…

Giuliano (1947). Japanese designer. Fujiwara has long been based in Italy, although he is originally from Japan: he was born in Osaka and studied Oriental literature before attending the Bunka College of Fashion of Tokyo. He began his career designing…

Hideki (1934). Japanese photographer. He became interested in photography as a student. After an initial period in which he was self-taught, he became an assistant to Shotato Akiyama. He began his career as a fashion photographer for a company in…

Louis Eduard (1920-2000). French designer. In 1949, together with his wife Zizi, he opened a boutique in Cannes. It benefited from the attention focused on the Cannes Film Festival. Among his first clients was Brigitte Bardot. Buoyed by his success,…

Josep (1965). Spanish designer of women’s ready-to-wear. Born in Barcelona, he studied drawing at the Institute Feli. In 1986, he presented his collection at the Salon Gaudì. He was twice, in 1988 and in ’89, a finalist for the Balenciaga…

An Italian modeling agency. The pioneer in Milan, it was created in 1967. Lorenzo Pedrini is the president and one of three partners, together with Giorgio Santambrogio and Paolo Roberti, the founder. It has a staff of 50 people and…

Angelo (1956). Born in Rocca Monfina, near Caserta. He is a designer of ties, something which he did first as a hobby and then as a second trade in order to fill the free time afforded by his main occupation,…

Marina (1924-1994). Jewellery designer. She belonged to the artisanal world of Lissone, where she was born. Her father was a carpenter at La Scala. For her entire life, she was never ashamed of being called an artisan. On the contrary,…

Factory specialized in pure wool, cashmere, alpaca, mohair, and silk fabrics for clothes, jackets, and coats. It was established in 1903 in Strona (Biella) by Delfino Tallia to manufacture drapery and clothes for the most refined tailor’s workshops. Around 1933,…

Aldo (1928). Fashion entrepreneur and talent scout. He started his career in the 1950s, selling corsets and bras, later working as a tie salesman and then for Magnaghi knitwear. His big chance came in 1960 after a meeting with Mariuccia…