What fashion designers look like, whose names are popular and expensive brands (16 photos)

Versace, Balenciaga, Armani, Gauthier. Probably everyone knows these names, because they are directly associated with fashion, style and luxury. The creations of these many want fashion designers, but most do not know what they look like people who have done so much for the fashion world. They all started small and in the end, they were able to build real empires. In this post, we briefly we will tell about the main fashion designers of the planet who taught humanity look stylish.

Giovanni Versace is the founder of the Italian fashion house Versace.





Founded: 1978

Giovanni's fashion path began from childhood, when he helped his mothers in their atelier. In 1972, the young fashion designer went to work in Milan. Things were going well, and already in 1978 the man opened his own boutique, presenting a branded clothing line.

Cristobal Balenciaga Eizagirre is the founder of the Spanish haute couture house Balenciaga.



Founded: 1919

Balenciaga changed the silhouettes of women's clothing. His outfits are famous wide shoulders and loose fit. He created such iconic things as a cocoon coat, a semi-tight suit and a dress with a peacock tail. One Cristobal's main innovations are baby doll dresses.

Elsa Louise Maria Schiaparelli, founder of the French fashion house Schiaparelli





Founded: 1935

Elsa Schiaparelli has always been influenced by the surrealist art scene in Paris. Her ideas often migrated to the girl's projects. Coco Chanel (Elsa's main rival) called her "an artist who sews clothes."

Pierre Balmain is the creator of the French fashion house Pierre Balmain



Founded: 1945

The fashion designer became famous for his courage. After the end of the war from abandoned strict and boring silhouettes. He relied on luxury images - pretentiously feminine dresses with a bold neckline, which were decorated with embroidery and stones.

Giorgio Armani, founder of the Armani fashion house



Founded: 1975

Armani is somewhat of a patron of fashion in Italy. He designed uniforms for the police, clothes for Milanese taxi drivers and even redesigned the cover of the gospel for the Pope.

Coco Chanel is the founder of the French fashion house Chanel



Founded: 1910

The scissors were the thing that always accompanied Coco wherever she went. she didn't go. The fashion designer could wear them in her purse or directly on neck on a string.

Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani is the founder of the Italian fashion house Valentino.



Founded: 1959

Luxurious dresses from Valentino are insanely appreciated by many celebrities. IN his dresses married Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Lopez and Anne Hathaway.

Jean Paul Gaultier is the founder of the French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier S.A.



Founded: 1991

Gauthier never had an art education. He adored draw, read fashion magazines and watch TV shows and fashion house advertising. At 17, he sketched his first collection and decided to try his luck by sending them to popular Parisian couturier. The guy's trick turned out to be a success. At the age of 18 Gauthier began work with Pierre Cardin, who could not ignore talented young man.

Christian Dior is the founder of the French fashion house Christian Dior.



Founded: 1946

When Christian released the first collection, he was already over 50. This fact once again proves that striving for a dream is never late.

Pierre Cardin, founder of the French fashion house Pierre Cardin



Founded: 1950

Members of the iconic music group the Beatles often wore Cardin's branded suits, thereby advertising his fashion house.

Guy Laroche - French founderfashion house Guy Laroche



Founded: 1949

It was Laroche who introduced bright colors and defiantly luxurious styles into fashion.

Nina Ricci is the founder of the French fashion house Nina Ricci



Founded: 1932

This insanely brave and creative woman started her business at the age of 49. Nina has never previously drawn sketches of dresses and other clothes, as did all the other fashion designers. She immediately pinned the fabric on mannequin or on a fashion model and began to decorate it, guided by only my own imagination and taste.

Calvin Richard Klein is the founder of the American fashion house Calvin Klein Inc.



Founded: 1968

Initially, under the Calvin Klein brand, it was produced exclusively men's clothing. After the brand gained unprecedented popularity, the designer decided to supplement the collections with a line of women's clothing and underwear underwear.

Paco Rabanne is the founder of the haute couture house Paco Rabanne



Founded: 1967

By the way, Paco was not only a daring and outstanding fashion designer, he was also and managed to write bestsellers. In total, in his life he managed to release 8 books.

Guccio Gucci is the founder of the Italian fashion house Gucci.



Founded: 1921

Many fashion designers founded their brands when they were just a little for twenty. Gucci plunged into fashion after 40 years. Until that time he worked in a hotel where he drew inspiration from the British nobility.

Louis Vuitton - founder of one of the oldest French fashion houses



Founded: 1854

When Louis Vuitton went to conquer Paris, he was only 14 years old. The boy had to overcome 400 kilometers (not so much in fact case). However, the young man did not have money for a ticket, so he got to the city of dreams on foot for 2 whole years, constantly stopping in different cities to earn money.