Charlotte (1930). German photographer. After studying art she dedicated herself to teaching and in 1956 she joined the Fashion College in Hamburg. She opened a photography studio in 1961, working in Germany, France, and England in the fields of advertising…

Popi (1947). Italian designer, trained in France. In her youth, after studying fashion and costume in Turin, she went to Paris and entered the design studio of Maïmé Arnodin. In 1967, at the age of just 17, she was taken…

Charles (1848-1934). French illustrator who worked in the world of fashion from 1912, when he was already relatively old and famous for his close collaboration with the satirical journals, Le Rire, Le Sourire and La Vie Parisienne. It was La…

American fashion company producing sportswear and casual wear. Founded in 1933 in Chicago as producers of sails for yachts, launches, and ice-breakers. The sails proved to be winners in the MacKinac Race regatta and the Star world championships in 1936.…

Italian ready-made clothing firm founded in Castellanza (province of Varese) in 1958 to produce raincoats, overcoats and sportswear. During the 1970s, it made use of the stylistic collaboration of Walter Albini and Giorgio Armani, resulting in great visibility on the…

A type of glove with one pocket for the four fingers, and one for the thumb. Used often by children and for skiing, due to its usefulness in keeping the fingers warmer than the classic five-fingered glove.

Osvaldo (1972). Portuguese designer who studied design at Citex. He won the fourth edition of the Sangue Novo competition, enabling him to gain work experience at the fashionable Peclers studio in Paris. He has shown his prêt-à-porter creations in the…

A chain of French department stores that sells a little of everything: food, accessories, menswear, and clothing for women and children made using technological fabrics (micro fiber, Gore-Tex) and sophisticated ones (cashmere) at very affordable prices. In the clothing sector,…

Abed. Lebanese designer. With a degree in electronic engineering, in 1995 he took over his mother’s and sister’s small but busy tailor’s workshop in Beirut, expanding it and transforming it into a sophisticated atelier. It was immediately successful. By 2003,…