Friday, 4 February 2011

Rick Owens

-American fashion designer
-celebrated for his avant-garde and subversive eye
-shows in New York and Paris
-look has been described as glamour meets grunge
-very monochrome colour palette

http://www.rickowens.eu/

Martin Margiela

-Belgian fashion designer
-some consider him to be the 7th member of the Antwerp Six
-worked for Jean Paul Gaultier
-became the creative director of Hermes women's line
-never makes an appearance after his shows
-redesigns by hand objects such as wigs, canvases and silk scarves


Gareth Pugh

-English fashion designer
-Worked as costume designer for national youth theatre at 14
-studied at St Martins
-interned with Rick Owens in Paris
-many A-List celebs have had clothes designed by Pugh
-hard edged, super structured looks

http://www.garethpugh.net/


Jean Muir

-English fashion design (preferred dress maker)
-designer for Jaeger
-designs were aimed at women with a mature outlook
-focused on modern, restrained elegance
-was a perfectionist about colours

http://www.jeanmuir.info/


Ann Demeulemeester

-Belgian fashion designer
-shows in Paris
-one part of the famous 'Antwerp Six'
-shows always start with a passage in black
-men and women

"I always start from an emotional place"

http://www.anndemeulemeester.be/



John Galliano

-Gibraltarian
-attended St. Martins
-British designer of the year 1987, 1994, 1995 & 97 (shared with McQueen)
-graduate collection inspired by French Revolution.. bought and sold in Browns.
-designed costumes for Kylie Minogue tour
-designed for Givenchy
-designs for Dior
-inspired by the theatre and femininity

http://www.johngalliano.com/


Marc Jacobs

-American fashion designer
-creative director for Louis Vuitton
-a prominent fixture in the NYC celebrity scene (US version of Henry Holland?)
-design student of the year at 'Parsons'
-trend-setting vision

"what I prefer is that even if someone feels hedonistic, they don't look it. Curiosity about sex is much more interesting to me than domination. ... My clothes are not hot. Never. Never."


http://www.marcjacobs.com/