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ANDAM
ANDAM is a French fashion award established in 1989 by Nathalie Dufour as a joint venture between the French Ministry of Culture and the Defi Mode fashion organisation. It has been recognised as a benchmark for designers, fashion professionals, and members of the international press, and as a pathway for young designers hoping to enter the Paris Fashion Week. The awards were originally restricted to Europeans living in France, but entry was extended to international candidates in 2005. In 2011, a new First Collection Prize was introduced, providing a €60,000 grant to a French fashion company. In 2012, the value of the global awards was increased to €290,000, with a €60 000 L'Express Style prize being introduced. In 2018, the value of the global awards reached €430 000 with four prizes: the Grand Prix, the Creative Brand Prize, the Accessories Prize, and the Innovation Prize for designers, entrepreneur or start-ups willing to develop an project in France. The Innovation Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Scott
Jeremy Scott (born August 8, 1975) is an American fashion designer. He is the creative director of the fashion house Moschino and the sole owner of his namesake label. Since launching his brand in Paris in 1997, Scott has built a reputation as "pop culture’s most irreverent designer", and "fashion's last rebel". Known for his designs of clothes, accessories and footwear for Adidas and Moschino, Scott has consistently worked with various celebrities such as Björk, Madonna, Katy Perry, CL and 2NE1, Nicki Minaj, Fergie, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, ASAP Rocky, M.I.A., Rita Ora, Cardi B, and Grimes. As an early proponent of blending high fashion with street style, he creates designs often incorporating pop-culture icons. Early life and education Scott was born in 1975 in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up partly on a farm in Lowry City and partly in a suburb outside Kansas City. Jeremy was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Vaccarello
Anthony Vaccarello (born 18 January 1982) is an Italian fashion designer and current creative director at Saint Laurent. Prior to this position, he was creative director at Versus Versace. He also designed his own eponymous line. In April 2016, Saint Laurent announced the appointment of Vaccarello as creative director. Early life and education Vaccarello was born on 18 January 1982 in Brussels, Belgium. He is the only child of Italian parents; his father worked as a cartongesso maker, and his mother was an office-worker. Vaccarello completed one year of law school before enrolling at La Cambre in 2000 to study sculpture. Switching to fashion course at the same location, he graduated in 2006 with honors. He was inspired to switch focus in school by Rei Kawakubo and Azzedine Alaïa. His graduate collection, for which he won first place with a collection inspired by Cicciolina, was presented at the fashion festival in Hyères in Southern France. That collection attracted the att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Touitou
Jean Touitou (born December 10, 1951 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian-French creative director and founder of A.P.C. Biography Touitou was born on December 10, 1951 in Tunis, to a Tunisian Jewish family. He was then "a revolutionary militant for a few years". His family was in the leather business. He arrived in Paris from Tunisia with his family in 1960 at age 9. He studied at École alsacienne, then earned a degree in history and geography from the Sorbonne, and travelled a year in South America and the United States after his studies. Upon his return in Paris in 1977, he worked for the designer Takada Kenzo. After a few years working as a warehouseman and an accountant, he started working at Agnès b. in 1985, he associated with Irié, a Japanese designer working in Paris. In 1987, Jean Touitou launched A.P.C. (Atelier de Production et de Création) with the menswear collection HIVER 87. The following year, the collection became unisex. In 1989, the labels referring to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Oliveira Baptista
Felipe Oliveira Baptista (born 1975) is a Portuguese fashion designer. He lives and works in Paris. Early life and education Oliveira Baptista was born in 1975 on the Portuguese Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. He graduated from Kingston University in London, where he studied fashion design. Career Upon graduation, Oliveira Baptista worked for Max Mara, Christophe Lemaire and Cerruti. In 2002 he won the Grand Prix of the Hyères International Festival and in 2003 he won the ANDAM / LVMH Fashion Award. In 2003 Oliveira Baptista founded his own label ''Felipe Oliveira Baptista'' with his partner Séverine Oliveira Baptista. He has since been living and working in Paris. In 2005, he was invited to show in the official calendar of Couture for the first time and won the ANDAM / LVMH Fashion Award. In 2009 he had his first show during ready-to-wear Paris Fashion Week. In addition to working on his own label, Oliveira Baptista was asked by Uniqlo to collaborate to the maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Phung
Christine Phung (born October 11, 1978) is a French fashion designer based in Paris. Phung is highly regarded for her digital prints. She is the founder of her own eponymous fashion label and the current creative director at Leonard Paris. Early life Christine Phung was born to a Cambodian father and French mother. After attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at Rueil-Malmaison, she studied fashion design at the Ecole d'Art Appliqué Duperré in Paris before joining the l'Institut Français de la Mode in 2002. Career Prior to Phung launching her ready-to-wear label, she worked as a fashion designer for various houses including Christophe Lemaire, Kenzo, See by Chloé, Vanessa Bruno, Sonia Rykiel and sportswear brands Lacoste, Rossignol, Veja, along with a stint in childrenswear at Baby Dior. In 2008, her pieces were exhibited at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Liège for the Design Biennale. In 2011 Christine Phung launched eponymous fashion label. In 2013 Christine Phung joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh (born 31 August 1981) is an English fashion designer"Gareth Pugh: Fashion Designer." Showstudio.com. Retrieved 9 April 2007.West, Daniel "Gareth Pugh." Icon Magazine (December 2006). Retrieved 9 April 2007. based in London. He is known for his unconventional use of volume and form when designing outfits, and his work is described as . He achieved prominence in the Autumn 2005 Kashpoint's Alternative Fashion Week group show, and he made his solo premiere in London's Fall 2006 |
Longchamp (company)
Longchamp is a French leather goods company, founded in Paris in 1948 by Jean Cassegrain. The company pioneered luxury leather-covered pipes before expanding into small leather goods. Longchamp debuted women's handbags in 1971, becoming one of France's leading leather goods makers. Today, the company designs and manufactures leather and canvas handbags, luggage, shoes, travel items, fashion accessories, and women's ready-to-wear. The house is privately owned and managed by the Cassegrain founding family and does business in 80 countries through around 1,500 retail outlets. History Early history In 1948, Jean Cassegrain took over his father's traditional tobacco business "Au Sultan" in Paris. After the Second World War, Jean Cassegrain catered to Allied troops with his tobacco and smoking accessories. Pipe sales were the most profitable part of his business. Little by little, soldiers became the store's best customers. When they left Paris at the end of the conflict, Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Pieters
Bruno Pieters (born 17 June 1975 in Bruges, Belgium) is a Belgian fashion designer based in Antwerp. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp graduating with a BA in Fashion Design in 1999. Pieters is highly regarded for his avant-garde creations and sharp tailoring. He worked with renowned designers including Martin Margiela, Josephus Thimister and Christian Lacroix to develop his talent. After a two-year break he introduced his comeback label Honest By Bruno Pieters in 2012. Life and career Two years after his graduation in 1999, Bruno Pieters launched his first collection in July 2001 during Paris Fashion Week. The next year, he introduced his ready-to-wear collection for both male as female. Praised by Vogue international editor and fashion journalist Suzy Menkes and other fashion critics, his career took flight. As result, in 2005 Pieters was named creative director of the men’s line at the Belgian brand Delvaux, the oldest fine leather luxury goods comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuly Bët
XULY.Bët Funkin' Fashion Factory, or 'XULY.Bët'', is a clothing line designed by Lamine Badian Kouyaté, born 28 Dec 1962, a Malian / Senegalese fashion designer. Lamine Badian Kouyaté was awarded "Creator of the Year" by ''The New York Times'' in 1994 and received the ANDAM Fashion Award in 1996. Some of his clothes were also a part of the "Africa 2005" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2018, he was part of the exhibition "African Metropolis" at thMAXXI Museoin Rome. With an impactful African heritage, 'XULY.Bët'' is best known for its use of recycled fabrics and clothing creating high fashion. It uses dead-stock fabrics but also reshapes found garments by cutting, printing and stitching ; making modifications that range from the subtle shaping to the complete transformation of the clothing function. Having started upcycling clothing in the early 1990s, Lamine Kouyaté often tells the story of his mother and grandmother who would always use existing clothes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beams (brand)
Beams is a Japanese clothing brand, established in 1976 in Harajuku district of Tokyo, whose chief executive officer (CEO) is Yo Shitara. The brand has stores in Japan, and branch offices in New York, Milan, London, and Paris. About Beams department stores carry products such as interior goods, furniture, galleries, clothing, shoes, and accessories. Beams clothing department offers shoes, bags, accessories, men's and women's casual, as well as custom tailored pieces. Beams logo and artwork are seen as abstract and have a cartoonish look. In June, 2017 Beams has collaborated with McDonald's to manufacture a limited edition of Bigmac themed t-shirts, hats, iPhone 7 covers. History In May 2005, Beams expanded its business internationally. The next store they opened up was located in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeline André
Adeline André (, born in 1949) is a French fashion designer and the head of one of the sixteen haute couture design houses in Paris. Early life She was born in Bangui, French Equatorial Africa in 1949 and studied at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. After her graduation in 1970 she entered the House of Christian Dior as an assistant for Haute Couture collections, working next Marc Bohan. Career In 1981 she formed her own designer house, ''Adeline André''. That same year she also registered her most famous fashion innovation, the "three sleeve holes" at the French National Industrial Property Institute and 1982 at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Examples of this three sleeve holes garment are in the collections of French Fashion Museum, Palais Galliera in Paris, the Fashion Institute of Technology The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college in New York City. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiqing Yin
Yiqing Yin (; born 1985) is a Chinese-born, Paris-based Haute Couture designer and an official member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Early life Yin was born in Beijing in 1985, and moved to France with her family at the age of 4. She studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. After graduating she completed an internship at French brand Cacharel and was a clasher for 1.5 years. Fashion career In 2010, Yin was invited to present her first collection ''"Exile"'' at the ''Hyères International Festival'', which won her the ''Grand Prize of Creation from the city of Paris'' and the ''Andam Prize for First Collection''. These early creations were later displayed in the windows of ''French Ministère de la Culture'' and at the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris. In July 2011 following her second collection ''Ouvrir Venus'', Yin was invited to be a guest member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture by Didier Grumbach the Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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