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Roland Mouret

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Born: Lourdes, France, 1962 Enrolling at a Parisian fashion college in 1979, Roland Mouret dropped out in his first year on advice from his tutor that life experience was more
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Robert Piguet

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Born: Yverdon, Switzerland, 1901 Died: Lausanne, Switzerland, 1953 Expected to follow the family profession of banking, Piguet instead moved to Paris in 1918 to study design. While in Paris he
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Roberto Cavalli

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Born: Florence, Italy, 1940 Born into an artistic Italian family, Roberto Cavalli started an interest in art from his grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, a member of the Macchiailo Movement. Following the
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Roberto Rimondi & Tommaso Aquilano

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Tommaso Aquilano attended the “Accademia di Costume e di Moda” in Rome, where he learnt a couturier approach to design. Roberto Rimondi studied at Istituto Secoli in Milan, where he
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Rick Owens

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Born: California, USA, 1961 Raised in California, Rick Owens learnt his craft studying a pattern making course at Otis/Parsons. Dropping out, he began to work for sportswear and knockoff houses
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