Slide 1: Fashion Capitals and Their Designers Power Point Presentation By Michael
Slide 2: New York New York City isn't just the fashion design capital of the U.S., it's a fashion capital for the world--and not just during Olympus Fashion Week. It's little wonder that top designers like Calvin Klein, Norma Kamali, and Donna Karan went to fashion school in New York City. Mark Badgley and James Mischka, Tom Ford, and Anna Sui opted for NYC fashion design school educations.
Slide 3: New York Designer Donna Karan Karan, nicknamed The Queen Of Seventh Avenue, began working for Liz Claiborne at a very young age. In the 1970s, she then got a job through her mother as an intern with Anne Klein, where she was eventually promoted to associate designer in 1971. When Anne Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell’Ollio, became head designer of the house. In 1984 Donna Karan left Anne Klein and, together with her husband Stephan Weiss and Takihyo Corporation she started her own business to design “modern clothes for modern people". She showed her first Donna Karan women's collection in 1985 and there after became one of the Top American Designers.
Slide 4: New York Designer Ralph Lauren Ralph attended DeWitt Clinton High School, on Mosholu Parkway, in the Bronx. He did not attend fashion school, but worked for Brooks Brothers as a salesman and for whom he created the label Polo. He purchased this name from them in 1967 and in 1968 opened his own tie business, Polo Fashions, after securing a $50,000 loan from a financial backer. Since then, Lauren's fashion empire has grown into a billion-dollar business. He grew up without fashion, but went on to create for others an environment of society, old-money and the country-club style For Lauren this look would eventually become Polo Ralph Lauren.
Slide 5: Paris Paris is exceptional with fashion and is often referred to as the hold of the fashion world. It is home to some of the world’s best designers and fashion houses and ever aspiring model and fashion designer wishes to walk and showcase their designs here. It is the birthplace of brand like Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Dior. Paris also has its most prominent fashion destination; ‘the golden triangle’ which is formed between the Avenue Marceau, the ChampsElysées, and the Avenue Montaigne. It also has specific roads that are dedicated exclusively to fashion.
Slide 6: Paris Designer Christian Dior Dior is a graduate of Paris Institute of Political Studies after which he established his main house of couture in Paris in 1946. He had the backing of a textile magnate Marcel Boussac. Dior is known mainly for the 1947 "New Look" which employed narrow shoulders, constricted waist, emphasized bust, and long, wide skirt. His designs represented consistent classic elegance, stressing the feminine look. In twelve years he expanded his business to 15 countries and employed over 2,000 people.
Slide 7: Paris Designer CoCo Chanel Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (August 19, 1883 January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French couturier whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion design. Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on the List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Slide 8: Milan Milan is the business, fashion and design capital of Italy, with numerous fashion and trade fairs in the Rho` district of the city. It is also Italy's second largest and richest city. The city is split into 9 zones and full of beautiful architecture, lively nightlife and many museums and exhibitions. As Milan is based in the very north of Italy, Switzerland is only a short distance by train, so worth a day trip if visiting the city. The stunning scenery of Lake Como and Lake Lecco is also worth a day trip and again a very short journey by train. But Fashion is it upright passion.
Slide 9: Milan Designer Giorgio Armani Giorgio Armani was born 11 July 1934 in Piacenza, Italy. He originally trained in medicine, then gave it up to pursue photography, before being called up for national service in 1957. He then worked in a department store, La Rinascente, as a window dresser. From 1961 to 1970, Armani worked as a designer in well-known fashion house Nino Cerruti, after which he left to pursue freelance work. In 1974, with assistance from his partner, Sergio Galeotti, he established his own company, Giorgio Armani, with a menswear label, introducing a ladies' wear line in 1975. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines.
Slide 10: Milan Designer Miuccia Prada Miuccia Prada (born 1949) is a fashion designer. In 1978, she inherited the Prada business from her mother, and led the company's expansion into haute couture. Inspiring the minds of fashion and allowing the industry to grow through art and style.
Slide 11: Tokyo When most of us think of fashion capitals, we think of New York, Paris, and London. They're the most widely shown, and frankly, they are often the most incorporated and inspired in our country. However, this is not quite the case. Tokyo, Japan is one of the largest and most influential fashion capitals of the world. Tokyo's streets are filled with men and women in completely different styles: Punk, Gothic, Old English Gothic, Preppy, Cartoonish fashions, and so on. Tokyo and its fashion are very strong.
Slide 12: Tokyo Designer Yohji Yamamoto The style he created "suppresses mode with antimode". He expresses his philosophy and avant-guard spirit in his clothing, frequently creating designs far removed from current trends. Basically, he makes a line characterized by oversized silhouettes; it typically features drapes (loose gathers and tatters) in glossy textures that naturally change with the figure's contours and movement. Often, a single color (particularly black) and a single shade are used. One could say that Yohji Yamamoto tries to express himself through his clothing; customers who sympathize with those thoughts and spirit are charmed and become ardent fans.
Slide 13: Tokyo Designer Kenzo Kenzo's love for fashion developed at an early age, particularly through reading his sisters' magazines. He shortly attended the University of Kobe, where he felt bored and eventually withdrew, against the will of his family . In 1958, he joined a fashion school, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College, which had then just opened its doors to male students. Kenzo's first designs started because he could only afford to buy his fabrics from flea sales. Most of these fabrics were scraps, the remains of grandmothers sewing baskets. as a result Kenzo had to mix many bold fabrics together to make one garment. And ever since the launching of his first men's line he has become a fashion design prodigy.
Slide 14: London London has grown along the side of Milan and Paris and taken over as the fashion capital of England. It is home to some of the world best designers including Thomas Burberry, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen. Its has its own fashion gala and fashion weeks that happen every now and then which play an important role in setting the fashion trends for the following seasons. One of the most famous locations in London is King’s Road which had been seen as one of the most important fashion location in the whole of Europe.
Slide 15: London Designer Thomas Burberry Burberry is a U.K. based outfitter, manufacturing clothing and other apparel, often in a distinctive check pattern, that has become one of its most common copied trademarks. The company has branded stores and franchises around the world, and also sells through concessions in third party stores. It also runs a catalogue business and has a fragrance line.
Slide 16: London Designer John Galliano Galliano moved to London as a child and attended Wilson's School in Wallington. In 1984, he graduated in design from the St. Martin's School of Arts, with a collection inspired by the French Revolution. Following that, he started his own label and began his career as a fashion designer that granted him the award of British Designer of the Year in 1987, winning the award again in both 1994 and 1995. In the 1990s, Galliano moved to Paris and in 1995 he was appointed designer of Givenchy. His first collection for the traditional fashion label was marked by an irreverent style that shocked the fashion world. Two years later, Galliano left Givenchy to Alexander McQueen and began to work in Christian Dior, where he continued his extravagant trends.
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Slide 18: Thank You Paris Tokyo New York London Milan Fashion is not the clothes you wear, but the life you live.