Born: San Biagio di Callata, Italy, 1922 Died: Paris. France, 2020 Cardin had an early interest in fashion deciding at eight that he wanted to be a couturier. Aged fourteen, Cardin
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Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli both studied fashion design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome. After graduation Chiuri secured a job at Fendi where she met Pier Paolo
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Born: Ahascragh, Ireland, 1966 Born in the West of Ireland, Phillip Treacy moved to Dublin to study fashion at the National College of Art and Design in 1985. Whilst studying,
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Founded by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos in 2007 Half Austrian/ half Italian Peter Pilotto and half Belgian/half Peruvian Christopher De Vos met whilst studying at Antwerp’s Royal Academy
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Born: Nottingham, England, 1946 Paul Smith originally had no interest in fashion. With no plans or qualifications, he was forced into taking a tedious job at a clothing warehouse in
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