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Anne Fontaine (designer)
Anne Fontaine (born 1 November 1971) is a Paris-based fashion designer of ready-to-wear for women, businesswoman and ecologist. Fontaine is the creative director of the Anne Fontaine brand and the President of the Anne Fontaine Foundation. Early life and education Fontaine was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of MP Waas and LA Costa Moreira. Fontaine attend the Santa Marcelina school in Rio de Janeiro. She then attended Universidade Gama Filho. Fontaine has stated that an experience living for six months with the Canela tribe in Amazonia was seminal towards developing her interest in preserving the environment. At the age of 18, Fontaine moved to France to study biology. Career Early work Fontaine has stated that she began drawing and sketching clothes at a young age. The inspiration for the first collection of white shirts came after she discovered a trunk of white shirts in the attic of the family home of her husband, Ari Zlotkin. At that time Zlotkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Fontaine Foundation
The Anne Fontaine Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 2011 by the Franco-Brazilian fashion designer Anne Fontaine. Based in New York City, it "aims to encourage reforestation and to concentrate its financial resources specifically on the protection of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil". Founder Anne Fontaine was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. She moved to France when she was 18, where she designed her first collection of white shirts for women in 1993. She founded her brand Anne Fontaine with her husband Ari Zlotkin, and opened her first store in Paris in 1994. The company now has storefronts in several countries. Her personal experience of living with the Canela tribe in the Amazon rainforest inspired her commitment to the conservation of the environment conservation of the environment. In 2011, Fontaine created her own foundation in New York for the protection of rainforests. Mission The Anne Fontaine Foundation is dedicated to raising environmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honfleur
Honfleur () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The people that inhabit Honfleur are called ''Honfleurais.'' It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted frequently by artists. There have been many notable artists, including, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the ''école de Honfleur'' (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest wooden church in France. History The first written record of Honfleur is a reference by Richard III, Duke of Normandy, in 1027. By the middle of the 12th century, the city represented a significant transit point for goods from Rouen to Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Fontaine (brand)
Anne Fontaine is a women's fashion brand. The company is based in France, and its products include clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories. Founder and namesake Fontaine has been the recipient of several awards, including the French National Order of Merit (french: Ordre national du Mérite) and received the award of l'élan de Mode in 2006 (French Federation of Fashion) In 2011, Fontaine created the New York-based Anne Fontaine Foundation, to support the protection of endangered forests and promote reforestation. The Foundation's projects are focused on the Brazilian Atlantic forest, also known as the Mata Atlântica. History Anne Fontaine opened their first boutique in the Rive Gauche section of Paris in 1994. Since the opening of the original store, Anne Fontaine has expanded to 85 boutiques worldwide including Paris, Tokyo and New York City. On January 16, 2024, Anne Fontaine filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mata Atlântica
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera. The Atlantic Forest has ecoregions within the following biome categories: seasonal moist and dry broad-leaf tropical forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, and mangrove forests. The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism. It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of , and stretching an unknown distance inland, making it, back then, the second largest rainforest on the planet, only behind the Amazon rainforest. Over 85% of the original area has been deforested, threatening many plant and animal species with ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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French Fashion Designers
This is a list of notable fashion designers sorted by nationality. It includes designers of ''haute couture'' and ready-to-wear. For ''haute couture'' only, see the list of grands couturiers. For footwear designers, see the list of footwear designers. Argentina * Sofia Achaval de Montaigu * Delia Cancela * Alan Faena * Franc Fernandez * Gustavo Cadile * Jazmín Chebar * Paco Jamandreu * Dalila Puzzovio * Elsa Serrano * Vanessa Seward * Aitor Throup * Pilar Zeta Armenia * Emin Bolbolian * Kevork Shadoyan Australia * Prue Acton * Peter Alexander * Yeojin Bae * Jenny Bannister * Nadia Bartel * Zara Bate * Lucas Bowers * Leigh Bowery * Linda Britten * Ray Brown * Sarah-Jane Clarke * Claudia Chan Shaw * Flora Cheong-Leen * Susien Chong * Christopher Chronis * Lorna Jane Clarkson * Kay Cohen * Wayne Cooper * Keri Craig-Lee * John Crittle * Liz Davenport * Rachel Dean * Collette Dinnigan * Leona Edmiston * Pip Edwards * Christopher Essex * Enid Gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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