With a heart shaped painted lip, pencil thin brows, wildly expressive smoked eyes and a tousled scarlet bob, Clara Bow embodied the quintessential style of the roaring 20s. Born in 1905,
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Viewed by many as a modern day “Robin Hood” and one of the most notorious American gangsters, Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone ran a Chicago-based crime syndicate in the Prohibition era,
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Born: Oran, Algeria, 1936 Died: Paris, France, 2008 With an early interest in fashion, Yves Saint Laurent was inspired by Moliere’s Ecole des Femmes, impressed by the costumes and sets.
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Born: Tokyo, Japan, 1943 Born in 1943, Yohji Yamamoto graduates from Keio University in 1966 and receives two leading fashion awards in Japan, the So-en Award and the Endo Award
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Born: Chilleures-Aux-Bois, France, 1876 Died: Paris, France, 1975 Madeleine Vionnet began in fashion at eleven when she worked as an apprentice to a seamstress. At 18, after a short marriage,
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