Anne. Belgian designer. She studied at the Antwerp Academy. In 2001 she presented her Collection in Paris with doll-like puppets that moved along the runway through a mechanic system of moving cables. Satellites of Love, as the Collection was called,…

Holly (1939). American designer. After graduating in Texas, she moved to Los Angeles where she opened her own boutique. In 1972 she created her own Collection, which was distributed by the department store Bendel of New York. The Collection was…

London department store, established in 1849 by Henry Charles. Destroyed by a fire in 1883, it reopened in the Knightsbridge area. In 1898 the first lift was inaugurated. It has always followed fashion very closely. In 1985 the House of…

German clothing company. It is one of the sector’s leading companies. Established in the late 1940s, the company began with women’s ready-to-wear. Following this success, it developed menswear lines and very successful children’s lines. It exports 30% of its production…

Austrian brand of ready-to-wear fashion that took its name from its creator. Hans Rieger launched the brand in 1992 after studying marketing and working as a fashion designer for several Austrian clothing industries. The designer’s Collections are on sale by…

Duncan Nancy. Academic and critic of fashion photography, a field in which she specialized when she was assistant curator at the International Museum of Photo of the George Eastmen House. Those studies were merged into her book Storia della fotografia…

Marc (1970). French designer. Born in Clermond Ferrand, he is a graduate of the École Supérieure des Arts Appliquèes Duperre in Paris. He began his career working for Dior, Thierry Mugler, and Yves Saint-Laurent. He was worked as the artistic…

Magazine that is regarded as documentation of the fashion and customs of the young people in the 1960s. It was published in London (1959-86) by the International Publishing Corporation. Its style included simple, confident graphics and language. The magazine, often…

Handmade fabric similar to bouclé, which is heavy and knotted, but very warm to wear. It is used for sport jackets and coats.