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Joseph (fashion Brand)
Joseph is a luxurious fashion brand and retail chain that was established in London by Moroccan entrepreneur Joseph Ettedgui and his family in 1972. History of the brand The Joseph brand grew from a small shop attached to a hairdressing salon in King's Road, Chelsea, owned by Casablanca-born Joseph Ettedgui and his brothers Maurice and Franklin, to more than 20 London stores, with eight additional outlets in New York City and Paris plus stores in Leeds and Manchester. Joseph Ettedgui's love of fashion meant the brothers began displaying designer clothes in their hair salon in the 1960s, including the work of pioneering Japanese designer Kenzo Takada. The success of this early collaboration led to a move into fashion retailing, with the first store opening below the Chelsea hair salon in the early 1970s and the first large-scale retail outlet opening on Sloane Street in 1979. Designer collaborations Joseph stores championed the work of many up-and-coming designers, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Howell
Margaret Howell Order of the British Empire, CBE, Royal Designer for Industry, RDI (born 5 September 1946, in Tadworth, Surrey, England) is a British designer of clothes who has worked in both men's and women's wear over five decades. Early career “I had always made my own clothes, so the enjoyment of choosing the fabric and adapting the pattern to what I wanted was my training. [But] The 4 Year Dip Ad course [in Art and Design at Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths College, London] was an invaluable training in colour, proportion and design." Graduating in 1969, Howell made accessories while job-hunting. In 1970 her hand-made beads were taken up by ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' and, spotted in the window of Browns (fashion boutique), Browns, led to a commission by costume designer Beatrice Dawson for a beaded vest for Elizabeth Taylor, then shooting 'Zee and Co' in London. In 1972 Howell began to design, make and sell shirts from a flat in Blackheath, south-east London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and 2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2003. McQueen died from suicide in 2010 at the age of 40, at his home in Mayfair, London, shortly after the death of his mother. McQueen had a background in tailoring before he studied fashion and embarked on a career as a designer. His MA graduation collection caught the attention of fashion editor Isabella Blow, who became his patron. McQueen's early designs, particularly the radically low-cut "bumster" trousers, gained him recognition as an ''enfant terrible'' in British fashion. In 2000, McQueen sold 51% of his company to the Gucci Group, which established boutiques for his label worldwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LVMH
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (), commonly known as LVMH, is a French holding multinational corporation and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton (founded in 1854) with Moët Hennessy, which was established following the 1971 merger between the champagne producer Moët & Chandon (founded in 1743) and the cognac producer Hennessy (founded in 1765). In 2021, with a valuation of $329 billion, LVMH became the most valuable company in Europe. LVMH controls around 60 subsidiaries that each manage a small number of prestigious brands, 75 in total. These include Tiffany & Co., Christian Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Loewe, Loro Piana, Kenzo, Celine, Sephora, Princess Yachts, TAG Heuer, and Bulgari. The subsidiaries are often managed independently, under the umbrellas of six branches: Fashion Group, Wines and Spirits, Perfumes and Cosmetics, Watche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Frère
Albert, Baron Frère (4 February 1926 – 3 December 2018) was a Belgian billionaire businessman. Early life Frère grew up as a son of a nail merchant and helped in the business since an early age. His father died when Frère was 17; Frère had to leave school and run the family business by himself. Career At the age of 30, he started investing in Belgian steel factories, and by the end of the 1970s he practically controlled the whole steel industry in the region of Charleroi. He foresaw the coming steel crisis of the late 1970s and sold his enterprises to the Belgian state after merging them with the competing steel firm Cockerill to create Cockerill-Sambre. Frère used the proceeds from this sale to build an investment empire around the Swiss holding company Pargesa which he founded with the Canadian investor Paul Desmarais. Pargesa took over the Belgian holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert in 1982 and over the year added significant stakes in such wide-ranging Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raëd Abillama Architects
Raëd Abillama Architects is an architectural firm based in Lebanon and founded by Raëd Abillama in 1997 after returning from the United States where he pursued his studies. Its projects are primarily located in Lebanon. The firm has been responsible for the construction of various homes and villas, along with the winery for IXSIR, the headquarters for Mitsulift. and the First National Bank and the extension of the National Museum of Beirut. Its scope encompasses architectural projects of various types: commercial, retail, offices, residential and interior design. The company has been granted multiple awards, among them the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Good Green Architecture and the Architizer A+ POP Award. History Raëd Abillama attended Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1993, and obtained his Master of Architectural Design degree from Columbia University in 1994. After graduation Abillama moved to Lebanon where he found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
