Fashion school established in 1934 in Treviso. It moved to Milan in 1945. The school runs two-year courses with five branch headquarters in Italy. It is renowned for the seriousness of its courses in industrial model making and in product…

(1956). Top model. Launched by the photographer Peter Beard. Iman Abdul Majid Haywood, a Somali student of the Nairobi University, initially modeled for Yves Saint-Laurent. She then modeled for all of the big names of fashion, becoming the star of…

Paul. Pseudonym of Paul Iribarnegaray (1883-1935). French illustrator. He was praised for his formal audaciousness and iconographic originality, a precursor of the Art Déco. In 1908 he created a catalogue for Poiret entitled Les Robes de Paul Poiret racontées par…

Not-for-profit company established in 1983 on the initiative of the Industrial Fashion Association and the Center for Italian Fashion in Florence. Its aims were to co-organize some of the Pitti Immagine events and to promote and improve the image of…

Daniela (1969). Italian photographer. After studying fashion as a model, she devoted herself to photography, first as an assistant and then by working in advertising and graphics. In 1996 she began to work exclusively in photography. She soon started to…

Brand of the Italian company Industrie Confezioni Tessili. It manufactures pants for the high segment of the market. Established in 1951 by Carlo Compagno in Venice. At the beginning of the 1980s, the company was transformed into an industrial reality…

Dominique (1947). French photographer. She started as a complete beginner when she studied literature in Paris. After working as a set photographer in cinema and as photo reporter and portrait photographer of divas for the magazine Zoom, she came to…

American brand of men and womenswear founded by the actress Tara Subkoff and the artist Matt Damhave. The movie star and style icon Chloe Sevigny is the artistic director and promoter. IoC made its debut in 2000 during New York…

American department store chain on the west coast of the USA. Established by Mary Ann Magnin, who emigrated to San Francisco to London with her family in 1870. In order to sustain her eight children, she sewed clothes that her…

Neapolitan fashion house established in the 1920 and ’30s of the last century as a fabric store. It was one of the pioneers of the Neapolitan tradition with Mariano Rubinacci, Kiton, and Borrelli. Established in Casalnuovo at the end of…