Research Paper On Saint Laurent

“They are all my children, and I love them equally as one loves one’s children,” (112) Dior replied when asked which dress was his favorite. The designer loved all of his pieces so much that he cared about them and protected them like they were his children. Christian Dior also showed how much he loves the people he works with when he said, “If one of my mannequins is getting married or expecting a baby, the cabine is transferred into a workshop. Layette or trousseau, everyone wants to participate in a family event (in the sense that a couture house is a family.)” (130) Everyone who worked in the fashion house, including Dior, cared about and loved each other like family.

Immediately after dropping out of Fashion School, Kors began working at Lothar’s, and later started to design clothing for that company. Lothar’s was where Kors first introduced his talent and passion for designing clothing.They greatly praised his work. After this insane success he later joined Celine, a fashion house of France. His clothing line was also a major success for Celine, giving their company even more popularity from such designs. He had also designed clothing for famous actresses. He later left, Celtics in

The Christian Lacroix house was inaugurated in 1987 in the city of Paris. On July 26, 1987 Lacroix showed his first collection (introducing the “pouf” skirt, known as a milestone in fashion history for its inventiveness) under his very own name, and that year the Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded him, “Most Influential Foreign Designer.” He was referred to as the “Messiah”, by a French magazine, and even Time featured him on the cover. In 1988, he received his second Golden Thimble, and debuted his first Ready-to-Wear collection. In 1989, Christian Lacroix introduced his first line of accessories including jewelry, handbags, shoes, glasses, scarves, and ties. Also, during this year he celebrated the opening of boutiques in Paris, Arles, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, London, Geneva, and Japan. In 1994, he created the “Bazar” line, a collection based more on folklore and historical time periods than his Ready-to-Wear and Haute Couture lines. In 1995, Lacroix launched the CL Linen and Towel Collection in the spirit of which he believes, “that fashion and lifestyle are two sides of the same coin.” In 1996, he created his Jeans line. This collection embraces the past, present, and future and was inspired mainly by popular and ethnic art and tradition throughout the world. The fact that

Paolo Roversi was born in Ravenna, Italy in 1946. He lived and worked in Paris for over 35 years and currently still lives in Paris. Roversi’s interest in photography started during a trip to Spain in 1964. After the vacation Roversi set up a darkroom in his cellar with another amature, the local postman battista Minguzzi, and they both began developing and printing their own black and white work. In 1972 he was invited to Paris, at the invitation of Peter Knapp, a renowned Art Director for Elle. He started under Peter Knapp as a photojournalist, but soon found his focus would be better put towards fashion photography. He started working as a reporter for Huppert Agency but through his connections he began to inch his way into fashion photography.

Main Rousseau Bocher, a native of Chicago was born on October 24th in 1890. He attended the University of Chicago studying art and was also enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Paris after serving for the Army during World War I. In Paris, he began working for Harper’s Bazaar as a fine arts illustrator and then as a fashion editor for Vogue. Main Rousseau Bocher then eventually made his way to Editor in Chief of French Vogue. In 1929 Main Rousseau Bocher had felt as if he had learned all there was to learn about fashion. He decided to combine his first and last name to start a fashion house, in which, he called Mainbocher. Being the only American who owned a Parisian couture house, Mainbocher mostly produced fashions

Fashion has been around ever since ancient times, since the time of the Romans, it survived the world wars and is yet today a business with rapid changes. Fashion started off as an art form, a way for the riches to show their social status with unique and innovative designs that only they could afford. It was a way to separate the social classes of the society. In this paper I will include the creator of haute couture, and how the following designers developed couture, as well as having leading names in today’s ready-to-wear industry. The list is long, but I chose to focus on the three most important designers of the modern fashion industry.

This opportunity gave a young Balenciaga success in his native country and made him one of the few couturiers in History who was able to design, cut and sew his creations. As Balenciaga once noted “A couturier must be an architect for

Alexander McQueen was a fashion designer born in the United Kingdom in 1969. He went from dropping out of school at the age of 16 and starting an apprenticeship at Anderson and Sheppard, too being one of the most respected fashion designers in the world. He later studied at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design and obtained a degree in fashion design. McQueen began designing at a young age when he would make his sisters dresses for school, but the 90’s are when his career took off. Since then he has won awards, designed for several celebrities and had numerous fashion shows.

The famous French designer Jean Paul Gautlier initiates his passion about fashion world since his young ages, designing outfits to his family. At the age of eighteen he became Pierre Cardin as a design assistant, one of the most prestigious houses from that time, after sending his designing sketches to Cardin. After his debut in Pierre’s house, Gautlier worked with other fashion important names such as Jacques Esterel and Patou. In 1982 he established his own designs creations and changed the all fashion standards and notions of genders. During 1997 the famous designer launched a couture collection carrying his name and bringing him to the spot line. From 2003 to 2011 Gautlier was nominated head designer and artistic director from Hermès. He

Elie Saab developed an interest on fashion starting from early ages. Built his first atelier only at the age of 18. His passion for fashion and haute couture grew in the following years and has dedicated himself to his brand from design to brand and customer communications .According to him :“Couture was a creative engine for the entire brand, a marketing tool for foundation of an image on a profound long term level.”

His inspirations came not only from the men's wardrobe, but also from arts and different cultures. Yves Saint Laurent used artists as themes and as a form of tribute. According to Valerie

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu- Saint-Laurent, who is also known as Yves Saint Laurent, was born in Oran, Algeria on August 1, 1936. He was the only boy out of three children that were birthed to Charles and Lucienne Andree Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. As young child, Yves would create dresses for his sisters and mother to wear. He also enjoyed making little doll figures. The fashion world was a place of piece in Yves world of torture. In school he was often bullied due to be homosexual. When Saint Laurent was at the age of 17 years old his mother took him to Paris to officially pursue his dreams of becoming a fashion designer. He enrolled in to a stint fashion school, but that was short live when he won a design contest. Due to winning that fashion design contest he was given the opportunity to meet Vogue editor Michel da Brunhoff. Vogue was so impress with his designs that they not only took published his them, but Yves and showed the designs to a designer and fashion icon, Christian Dior. Dior loved the designs that were places upon him and hire the young Yves Saint Laurent had his design assistant for House of Dior. In 1960, Yves Saint Laurent would leave his positon as creative director for House of Dior to fight for the French military on the South of France. He later returned home and continued on with his fashion career. On June 1, 2008 Yves Saint Laurent passed away in his Paris home from brain cancer. He was 71 years of age.

Christian Dior is what everyone calls the classic French fashion visionary. Christian came from a wealthy family where they expect him to become a diplomat. But he didn’t, he admired arts. He started off as an artist, not long after that, his dreams were shattered due to his father could not financially offered his gallery no longer.

Christian Dior SE was founded by its namesake, French fashion designer, Christian Dior. The legendary designer exploded onto the Parisian fashion scene in 1947 through designs that challenged the wartime restrictions and reintroduced feminine elegance to women’s fashion. Dior was immediately successful and recognized for his unprecedented creative originality and innovation. During his lifetime, Dior was the most successful fashion designer in the world. Following Dior’s death at the age of 52 in 1957, the house brought in a steady stream of new designers who would carry on Monsieur Dior’s legacy into the

He then decided to stay independent, also becoming one of the few large labels in control of the entire product cycle, from design to retailing. In 1982 Versace won a series of awards for the best fashion designer of the 1982-83 fall and winter collection for women. His fall and winter collection included his now famous metal dresses that he was inspired with in London in 1980 by the punk fashions he saw during that time. In order to develop the mesh material he worked with German engineers and in later collections made his metal dresses in varieties of different bright colors. Within the same year he started designing costumes for the ballet “Josephslegende” and collaborating with a well known opera house called Teatro alla Scala.