Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Rothschild is an American socialite, fashion designer and model. She is a member of the Hilton family by birth, and a member of the Rothschild family through her marriage to James Rothschild, a grandson of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, in 2015.
Nancy Kwan Ka-shen is a Chinese-American actress. In addition to her personality and looks, her career benefited from Hollywood's casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, especially in comedies. She was considered an Eastern sex symbol in the 1960s.
Richard Blackwell was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor and former fashion designer, sometimes known just as Mr. Blackwell. He was the creator of the "Ten Worst Dressed Women List", an annual awards presentation he unveiled in January of each year. He published the "Fabulous Fashion Independents" list and an annual Academy Awards fashion review, both of which receive somewhat less media attention. His partner of sixty years, Beverly Hills hairdresser Robert L. Spencer, was also his manager. He wrote two books, Mr. Blackwell: 30 Years of Fashion Fiascos and an autobiography, From Rags to Bitches.
Balenciaga SA is luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastian, Spain. Balenciaga produces ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and branding to Coty for fragrances. It is currently owned by the French corporation Kering.
Betsey Johnson, is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the end of her fashion shows.
Roy Halston Frowick, who was known mononymously as Halston, was an American fashion designer, and he rose to international fame in the 1970s.
Kelly Wearstler is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, commercial, retail and hospitality spaces. Her designs for the Viceroy hotel chain in the early 2000s have been noted for their influence on the design industry. She has designed properties for clients such as Gwen Stefani, Cameron Diaz and Stacey Snider, and served as a judge on all episodes of Bravo's Top Design reality contest in 2007 and 2008.
Monique Lhuillier is a Filipino fashion designer and creative director known for her bridal, ready-to-wear and lifestyle brand. She launched her eponymous brand in 1996 and has since established fashion houses in Los Angeles, California, where she primarily works and lives, as well as in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Pegah Anvarian, also known as Pegah Anvarian Watson, is an Iranian-born American fashion designer, fashion stylist, creative director, and interior designer. She had her fashion design label from 2005 until the spring of 2008. Her design work has shown at Los Angeles Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. Anvarian worked as the creative director for the Three Dots fashion label, starting in 2009. Starting in 2014, she is the creative director of Poetry & Prose fashion label.
Major fall 2008 fashion weeks were held in New York City, London, Paris, and Milan during February and March 2008.
Monah Li is a Viennese-born, Los Angeles-based fashion designer, best known for her feminine, deconstructed clothes. She is credited by numerous fashion writers with popularizing the post-modern Bohemian chic look and with starting the trend of up-cycling and re-purposing vintage dresses, sweaters and slips.
Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American businesswoman, fashion designer and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in the television sitcom Full House (1987–1995). They also starred in numerous films together.
Israeli fashion refers to fashion design and modeling in Israel.
Arpeja-California, Inc. was a Los-Angeles based junior's and women's clothing company in the 1960s and 1970s owned by Jack Litt. Among their labels, their trademarked clothing brands were Young Innocent, Young Edwardian, Young Victorian, and later, Organically Grown, offering affordable, youth- and trend-oriented clothing. The flagship brands were influenced by 1960's British boutique fashion, including popular retro trends favoring Turn of the Century and 1930s silhouettes. Organically Grown, started in 1973, offered women's separates with modern styling, and was known for knits.
Marina Toybina is an American costume and fashion designer. She has won seven Emmy Awards, including four consecutive in the Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program or a Special category from 2012 to 2015.
Mimi Fayazi is an American fashion designer who was particularly successful in the 1970s. Mimi was born in Iran and came to New York in 1967 to study fashion at the Mayer School of Fashion Design. Fayazi began designing in New York, and then started Mimi Fayazi Designs in 1974 in Los Angeles, with the Fayazi Couture, Miss Fayazi Dresses, and Mimi Fayazi Sportswear labels. Her style was distinctly feminine, while also drawing on the classic influences of the 1930s and 1940s. Besides being known for her design and fabrication, her clothing was also intended to transition easily from day time to evening wear. Her clothing, considered creative and sophisticated, sold in specialty and department stores, including Saks, Lord & Taylor, and Bergdorf Goodman, and were worn by many actresses, including Ali MacGraw and Candice Bergen. In 1978, Fayazi won 2 Tommy Awards from the American Printed Fabrics Council, Inc. for her designs.
Ola Hudson was an American fashion designer and costumier. She designed costumes for several famous musicians, including the Pointer Sisters, Diana Ross, Janet Jackson, David Bowie, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. She is the mother of Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, of Guns N' Roses. Her designs are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Melina Džinović, née Galić, aka Melina Harris, born 1981) is a Bosnian fashion designer based in Serbia known for her womenswear label "Hamel". Her designs often include body hugging statement dresses that have become popular with Hollywood A-listers.
Luis Estévez was a Cuban-born American fashion designer and costume designer, active between 1951 until 1997. According to the New York Times, "Luis Estevez always did make a lady look like a vamp", known for his high slits, slinky dresses and dramatic necklines.
Kaisik Wong was a Chinese-American fashion designer. He was best known for his patchwork vest, which was plagiarized for Balenciaga's Spring/Summer 2002 collection.
