Born: Pasaïa, Spain, 1934 Named at birth Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo, Paco Rabanne’s mother, a head seamstress at Balenciaga, fled from the Spanish Civil War with her son in 1939 to France
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Born: London, England, 1967 Ozwald Boateng’s parents emigrated from Ghana in the 1950s. His mother, who had previously worked with fabric, became a seamstress. Inspired by his father’s immaculate suits,
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Born: Liverpool, England, 1942 Died: London, England, 1996 Ossie Clark was the youngest of six children. Born into a poor working class family, Clark and his siblings were evacuated to
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Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1932 Growing up in Santo Domingo Oscar De la Renta was surrounded by vibrant colours, flowers and sunshine. Aged 18, De la Renta moved to
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Born: Bordeaux, France, 1985 After being placed in an orphanage, Oliver Rousteing was adopted and raised in Bordeaux, France. With a talent for design, Rousteing studied fashion at the ESMOD
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