Yoneda (1955). Japanese designer who arrived in Paris in 1973 to attend the famous Studio Berµot. After her degree, she worked as an assistant to Guy Paulin and Christian Aujard, before moving to Tiktiner to design their Collection. She made…

Sophia (1972). Greek designer. Born in Athens, she received a Masters in the Art of Fashion at Central Saint Martin’s College in London and immediately after made her début with her women’s Collection, in which excesses as well as banality…

Alfred Louis (1876-1960). American anthropologist. He tried to find cycles in the trends and variations in women’s fashions. To do that he examined prints, drawings and photographs of evening models from 1787 to 1936. His thesis was that changes are…

William (1928). Photographer, painter, and American film director. Born in New York to a family of Hungarian origin, he grew up in the mean streets of Manhattan. A self-taught photographer, he likes to experiment with the use of the flash…

French brand of ready-to-wear fashion. Created in 1993 by Joelle Grossi, a designer from Aix-en-Provence in France. She learned the profession in her parents’ boutique and by working for Lacoste. She designed a romantic fashion in the simplicity imposed by…

Bill. American photographer. At a very young age he cultivated a passion for painting, but then turned to photography, inventing an immediate and simple style. After moving to Europe, he settled in Paris and, from 1965 to 1971, he lived…

Delphine. French designer and stylist for the shoe brand Facteur Céleste. Her passion for “zoris,” — Japanese thong sandals, which in Céleste’s Collections are available in hundreds of versions, fabrics and models — originates from a visit to the Shoe…