Roy (1961). Danish designer. He graduated from the DKTS (Denmark Academy of Fashion and Design) in 1981. In 1995 he started working with Kenzo, became his dauphin and from January 2000, after taking up the sukado (baton) he has been…

Serge (1942). French designer, former photographer and founder of the photographic agency Photoka. He made his début in 1976 with Triple Force, a type of cloth pants. Similar to jeans, but with a chic look, he presented them at the…

Keïta Seydou (1921-2001). African photographer from Mali. Born to a large family, at the age of 14 he received a Kodak Brownie camera and became interested in photography. He was also taught to print in black-and-white by a photographer in…

Jacques (1924). French designer. In the late 1950s he was renowned for using fur, dyeing it in showy colors, and applying prints to make it less solemn. Born in Paris, his first work experience was in New York at the…

‘K’ stands for silk, ‘ang’ for angora, and ‘ol’ for wool, which are the three materials that the French milliner Jacques Spreiregen proposed to use in the manufacturing of berets when he started his business in 1938 in Cleator, in…

Arthur (1921-1991). American jeweler. Interpreter of a goldsmithery style inspired by informal art which spread during the 1950s and 1960s. He began producing jewelry in New York in a naturalistic taste, which started a trend in the USA and in…

Jacqueline (1929-1994). As wife of President John Kennedy, her first role was as the “First Lady” of the United States, and her second marriage made her the wife of the richest Greek shipbuilder of the second half of the century.…

Military hat worn by the French Light Infantry in Africa. Tall and rigid, covered with cloth, featuring a peak, a chinstrap, and a trailing neck cover behind. The fashion of the 1930s adopted it from the Foreign Legion: Gary Cooper…

Douglas (1935). Canadian photographer. In 1956 he was Irving Penn’s assistant in New York, the city where he got his professional education and which he left in the 1970s to move to Los Angeles. In 1960 he was hired by…

Hairy fabric manufactured with wool and fur.