Our designers
A.F. Vandevorst
A.F. Vandevorst is the Belgian fashion brand, founded An Vandevorstovou (born 1968) and Philip Arikcxem (born 1971). Future, the couple first met at the Royal Academy of Antwerp in 1987. Before they began business in 1997, An worked as an assistant front Dries van Noten and Philip, after a three-year collaboration with Dirk Bikkembergs, worked as a designer and a freelance stylist. After their second collection was A.F. Vandevorst awarded the prestigious prize Venus de la Mode, you get young designers at Paris Fashion Week. A year later they were invited by the Italian luxury company Ruffo, who specializes in skin, suggested that Ruffo Research collection for spring-summer and autumn-winter 2000th Collection A.F. Vandevorst now includes shoes, accessories and lingerie named Twilight. In 2002, designed the costumes for an opera by Leos Janacek "The Makropoulos Affair," which is stated in the "Nederlandse Opera" in Amsterdam.
Viktor & Rolf
Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren, both born in 1969, met while studying at the Arnhem Academy of Art and Design in the Netherlands. Common career began in Paris in 1993 and their first collection 'Hyères' won three awards. In 2003 he began developing the men's collections, and gradually expanded production of accessories, shoes and perfumes. In addition to its own line Viktor & Rolf collaborated with many other well-known brands including Samsonite, Shu Uemura for a wide range of couture lashes, Piper Heidsieck for the iconic bottle upside down and in 2006 created a collection for H & M, which met with acclaim unpublished.
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Ann Demeulemeester
Ann Demeulemeester was born in 1959 in the town of Kortrijk. Her enthusiasm for the world of fashion was apparent at an early age, and so the young girl began to study design to the famous Antwerp Royal Academy. Her later success in Paris, London and Milan catwalks served to further enhancements already considerable reputation of this institution. Graduating in 1980th Ann Demeulemeester year after winning the so-called Gouden Spoel, a price that is awarded annually nejnadějnějšímu young designers. Along with five other Members of the so-called Antwerp Six debut on the international scene in 1986, specifically with a fashion show in London. Five years later honored by their silhouettes a Parisian quay. Its brand BVBA 32, which she founded in 1987, has record turnover, its goods are sold in more than 200 outlets throughout world. This designer also has an important position in the United States, which, after many experience is never normal for European designers.
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Dries Van Noten
Dries Van Noten was born in 1958 a family of traders and garment manufacturers In 1980 he studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp and started his career in In 1986, when he presented his first menswear collection in London, together with colleagues from the Antwerp Six. In 2008, the Council awards získlal international fashion designers America. Dries Van Noten while working and living in Antwerp, the brand has shops various locations around the world. With a choice of materials and designs, his work is unmistakable in such herein another designer.
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Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is born on the 10th September 1938 in Hamburg. His father was a Swede from a merchant-banking family and a family pot of money earned by stating that in Europe, milk powder. His mother loved the elegant scent. All these qualities are reflected on the life and career Lagerfeldově. Karl Lagerfeld will soon learn to speak fluent French, English and Italian. Even as a child is very interested in fashion and likes to be discussed because of the historical books with period costumes and their descriptions. Designing and drawing dress was his favorite hobby, as he himself admits. Still oversees all its fashion houses, several times a year creating a collection, but he still has time on his creative hobby. As a lover of opera, theater and films created costumes for La Scala in Milan, the Schnitzler play, and for many films such as The Sun Also rises, Babette's Feast, Viva le Vie et Le General de l'Armee Morte. His other hobby is decorating and restoring old castle. As a collector of antique furniture, paintings from the 18th century and contemporary art. For the renovation of the historic French chateau in Brittany in the 18th century he worked for 12 years. Lagerfeld is known for its extensive library, which consists mainly of books on fashion and historical costumes. It is important photographer who photographed all the fashion ads for Chanel and for his fashion house of Karl Lagerfeld. With his photographs also held exhibitions in galleries in Paris. Lagerfeld is a member of the Chambre syndicale du Pret-a-Porter in Paris.
Lagerfeld
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is born on the 10th September 1938 in Hamburg. His father was a Swede from a merchant-banking family and a family pot of money earned by stating that in Europe, milk powder. His mother loved the elegant scent. All these qualities are reflected on the life and career Lagerfeldově. Karl Lagerfeld will soon learn to speak fluent French, English and Italian. Even as a child is very interested in fashion and likes to be discussed because of the historical books with period costumes and their descriptions. Designing and drawing dress was his favorite hobby, as he himself admits. Still oversees all its fashion houses, several times a year creating a collection, but he still has time on his creative hobby. As a lover of opera, theater and films created costumes for La Scala in Milan, the Schnitzler play, and for many films such as The Sun Also rises, Babette's Feast, Viva le Vie et Le General de l'Armee Morte. His other hobby is decorating and restoring old castle. As a collector of antique furniture, paintings from the 18th century and contemporary art. For the renovation of the historic French chateau in Brittany in the 18th century he worked for 12 years. Lagerfeld is known for its extensive library, which consists mainly of books on fashion and historical costumes. It is important photographer who photographed all the fashion ads for Chanel and for his fashion house of Karl Lagerfeld. With his photographs also held exhibitions in galleries in Paris. Lagerfeld is a member of the Chambre syndicale du Pret-a-Porter in Paris.
Maison Martin Margiela
Martin Margiela was born in Louvain, Belgium 9.března 1957th After graduating from Antwerp's famous Royal Academy of Fine Arts 1979 Margiela is fashion designer became a freelance writer and he follows a period of five let.Poté worked for Jean Paul Gaultier, but after two years decided to become independent and in 1988 he presented his first collection under his own brand. His work is known for innovation with a mixture of resistance to wear, which appears in his proposals. Many are considered part of the new wave avant-garde designers.
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Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta, who was born in 1932 is a fashion designer, who is critically acclaimed as one of the best in the world. Born in the Dominican Republic. At 18, he moved to Spain, where he graduated from the Faculty of academic painting - Academy of San Fernando. Oscar, however, soon turned his artistic style of design, showed interest in the fashion world. Later he taught at a leading Spanish designer Cristobal Balanciagy. He then moved to Paris, where he became assistant creative director Antonio Castilla. in 1963, located in New York, where he worked for Elizabeth Arden. There he gained valuable experience, which later claimed during his independence. In 1965 the Oscar his dream, he founded his own label, his life changed. As a fashion designer has become famous and world renowned.
Paul Smith
Sir Paul Smith was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire in 1946. At age 15 he left school and his only ambition was to devote to cycling. Severe accident, however, crossed his plans. During a long hospital stay, Paul acquired new friends who influenced him greatly, and thus starts his amazing career fashion designer. In 1970, in Nottingham, opened its first shop in 1976 in Paris, presents his first collection of Paul Smith. Name Palu Smith is becoming very well known and now you can find stores around the world. Paul Smith has the perfect combination of classic sense of extravagance and making it commercially very popular. In 2000 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II conferred Sir Paul Smith.
Raf Simons
Raf Simons was born in 1968 in Neerpelt in Belgium. In 1991 he graduated from industrial design and furniture design, then went to work as a furniture designer for galleries and private interiors. However, previously worked as an assistant in the studio famous Belgian designer "Antwerp 6" - Walter Van Beirendoncka. Radical change in his profession has caused a meeting with Linda Loppa, director of the fashion department of Antwerp Royal Academy. In 1995 he became a self-taught designer men's fashion and introduced her own fashion brand RAF SIMONS. In 1999, created a men's collection for the Italian company Ruffo Research. From October 2000 to June 2005 he served as principal professor of the fashion department of the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Return to the fashion world was in June 2005 shows its own unique collection - by Raf Simons, RAF. In June the same year he was appointed artistic director of men's and women's collection of fashion brand Jil Sander.
Šárka Šišková
Sarka Šišková painter graduated from University of Applied Arts in Prague, studio art in clothing. His work previously presented in world capitals such as Vienna, Paris or New York. Fashion collection presented in the Museum of Arts & Design in the National Gallery in Prague. Sarka Šišková lectured about his design work at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York next to the icons of contemporary fashion.
Aigner
Etienne Aigner was born in Ersevjivan in Hungary in 1904. In 1926 he moved to Paris, where he began working as a bookbinder. In 1945, Etienne Aigner began to produce bags for Dior in 1949, he moved to New York ten years later opened its first showroom on 5th Avenue. With the opening of the showroom is brand Aigner popularity spread across America and around the world.
