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Famous Fashion Designer Research Project : Designers

For this project, you will research one famous fashion designer in depth.

Pick a Designer

For one of the designers below, use the research links and tools to find out:

  1. Name of designer at birth
  2. Date of birth and death (if no longer living)
  3. Era of popularity – what year(s) is/was the height of his/her design popularity
  4. Background information
    1. Where did he/she go to school
    2. What influenced his/her interest in design
    3. Fascinating facts of designer’s life
  5. Career development
    1. Time line of his/her career highlights
    2. Awards/recognition
    3. Key innovations – did he/she create a style of dress or incorporate new materials?
    4. Name of fashion house
  6. Design
    1. Name of fashion lines
    2. Most popular collection names
    3. Types of products designed

One

Armani, Giorgio

Audigier, Christian

Baldessarini, Werner

Benetton, Luciano

Biagiotti, Laura

Bogner, Willy Jnr

Boss, Hugo

Burberry, Thomas

Burton, Sarah

Cardin, Pierre

Cerruti, Nino

Chanel, Coco

de la Renta, Oscar

Dior, Christian

Dongre, Anita

Ford, Tom

Two

Galliano, John

Garavani, Valentino

Gaultier, Jean Paul

Gucci, Guccio

Hilfiger, Tommy

Jacquard, Joseph, Marie

Joop, Wolfgang

Karan, Donna

Klein, Calvin

Lacoste, René

Lacroix, Christian

Lagerfeld, Karl

Lang, Helmut

Lauren, Ralph

Louboutin, Christian

McQueen, Alexander

Three

Missoni, Ottavio “Tai”

Miyake, Issey

Mukherjee, Sabyasachi

Prada, Miuccia

Quant, Mary

Saint Laurent, Yves

Sander, Jil

Savini, Gaetano

Smith, Sir Paul

Strehle Gabriele

Takada Kenzo

Versace, Donatella

Versace, Gianni

Vuitton, Louis

Westwood, Vivienne

Yamamoto Yohji