Inspiration: For Women Only
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, in April 1938, Issey Miyake was seven years old when the USA dropped the atomic bomb on his country.
His mother was badly burned by the bombing of Hiroshima and died four years later. But, in an ironic twist of fate, the American occupation of Japan that occurred after the [...]
Guy Laroche the fashion designer was born in La Rochelle, France, on 16 July 1921. He died on 17 February 1989 in Paris.
In 1950, he joined Jean Desses and created his first ready-to-wear collection that year. He opened his first Haute Couture house in 1957 on Franklin Roosevelt Street Paris. The sixty pieces he presented [...]
He was designated by Guy Laroche, shortly before his death, as his successor in haute-couture. Angelo Tarlazzi took up the offer from 1989 to 1993, while continuing to direct his own fashion house.
At the age of nineteen, Italian born Angelo Tarlazzi created his first fashion collection for the Roman [...]
