Asif Kisson (1974). English designer of accessories. He comes from a Jamaican family. He follows courses of applied arts learning almost anything, from ceramics to batik. After his degree, he chose to follow his passion for fashion, focusing on feathers,…

Brand and artistic name of Mariuccia Mandelli. Italian designer. In Spring 1999, New York University opened the doors of its Gray Art Gallery for the first time to a fashion designer, hosting the exhibition that celebrated 40 years of Krizia’s…

Hamid Karzai (1955). Political premier of Afghanistan. After the liberation of Kabul from the Taliban regime in 2001, he became the head of the new government. He has appeared in articles about everyday events because the designer Tom Ford defined…

Tight bolero in lace or batik, worn on sarongs by Indonesian and Malaysian women.

Steven Klein (1963). American photographer. Born in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a thesis on painting. Since 1990 he has regularly worked for the magazines of the Condé Nast group, offering an…

Mark Kroeker (1969). American designer. Born in Peura, Illinois. He studied at the Parson’s School of Art in New York. Before launching his women’s Collection for Spring-Summer 2000, he worked as an interior decorator. The keyword in all his creations…

Julia Krahn (1978). German photographer. After attending a school of graphics and photography in Freiburg, she started studying medicine, but interrupted this to devote herself to photography. In 2001 she moved to Milan to work for magazines such as Mood,…

Scottish skirt. It is a symbol of Scotland and its clans, which are represented by the tartan patterns with which it is manufactured. It was turned into a status symbol in 1800 when Queen Victoria and her husband Albert wore…

Roland Klein (1938). French designer. Though originally from Rouen, Klein has been called the ‘grandfather’ of British fashion, given his four-decades long career in London. After studying at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de Couture de Paris in 1955-1957,…

Jean-Paul Knott (1966). Belgian designer. He studied fashion at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York. From 1988 to 1999 he worked for Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, collaborating with the couturier himself. In Brussels in 1999, he set…