Laudomia (1961). Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur. She took her Baccalauréat in France at 18 years of age, and graduated in Rome in political sciences at 23. She gained experience on a commercial level in major department stores and speciality…

(in England). Cultural, existential and spontaneous fashion movement. If we wanted to set a date to commemorate the rift between English and American psychedelia, April 1967 would be suitable, when Paul McCartney was returning to England after a visit to…

Miguel Palacio (born in 1962 in Bilbao, Spain) and Fernando Lemoniez (born in 1964 in San Sebastiàn, Spain) started designing and producing their collections together in 1983, the same year that they opened a shop in San Sebastiàn. In 1990…

Michel (1949). Shoe designer, whose father was a craftsman in the same field. He is considered one of the most inspired contemporary shoe designers. He launched his first collection in 1987 after studying Fine Arts in Belgium and Paris, and…

Shoemakers based in San Mauro Pascoli (Forlì), founded in 1953 by Vittorio, Alberto, Lucia, and Lidia Pollini following in the tradition of their father Ettore. In the 1970s they launched a new concept of boot: they took a professional riding…

French model. Famous in the 1940s and 1950s, she began modeling during the war. She was launched by Balmain and Dior when they were assistants for Lelong. She died in a car crash just a few years after she was…

Spontaneous youth fashion movement. Their older brothers shouted “Make love not war,” but at the end of the 1970s, their own motto was “No future.” The punk movement was born in England but had soon gripped youth all over the…

Marian. Designer. The Macedonian thirty-something designer moved to Great Britain in 1987. There she started designing her collection which she sold at the London boutique Kokon to Zai, along with other little-known but imaginative designers (Noki, Russell Sage, Emma Cook,…

Philippe (1905-1991). French photographer nicknamed the “Fashion Bible” for having been the official photographer for the Officiel de la Couture for 25 years. He had the great Nadar as a teacher. He started working for the French edition of Vogue…

Adriano (1897-1955). Italian tailor. Born in Teramo. He belonged to the Abruzzese school of tailoring. After moving to Milan in the 1930s, he opened his first atelier in Via dell’Orso, specializing in men’s fashion. He made frequent trips to London…