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Off-White fashion show
A model walks the runway wearing a bright blue fur-collared jacket with pink floral patterns, a black lace top, a black and white geometric skirt, and sunglasses.
Jacques Doucet: woman's evening coat
Textile manufacturing
Fashion design
Fashion design
Fashion retail
Five models in elaborate brown and gold gowns walk the runway at Isaac Mizrahi's Fall Winter Fashion Show, with more models and a cityscape backdrop behind them.
Fashion model walks the runway in a colorful, patterned dress with a yellow handbag and green platform heels at the Zac Posen spring summer 2011 show during New York Fashion Week.
Rihanna poses on the red carpet in an elaborate yellow gown with a long, ornate train at the 2015 Met Gala, surrounded by photographers.
Coco Chanel: From quiet luxury to Nazi affiliation
Watch the beautiful creations of the famous Spanish fashion designer Lydia Delgado and hear her talk about her inspirations for her styles
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Kanye West, 2006
Kanye West
American producer, rapper, and designer
The one and only
Bob Mackie
American costume designer
Gabrielle (“Coco”) Chanel
Coco Chanel
French designer
Sean Combs poses on the red carpet in a white suit at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, with event signage in the background.
Sean Combs
American rapper and record producer
Ralph Lauren at his brand's 2024 fall and holiday women's collection show in New York City
Ralph Lauren
American fashion designer
Calvin Klein, 2016
Calvin Klein
American fashion designer
Rei Kawakubo
Rei Kawakubo
Japanese fashion designer
Portrait of Daymond John during a television studio appearance, wearing a blazer and looking off-camera.
Daymond John
American entrepreneur and investor
Marc Jacobs, 2017
Marc Jacobs
American fashion designer
Valentino
Valentino
Italian fashion designer
Miuccia Prada
Miuccia Prada
Italian fashion designer
Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta
Dominican-born American fashion designer
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier
French fashion designer
Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik
Spanish fashion designer
Hussein Chalayan
Hussein Chalayan
Cypriot-British fashion designer
Zac Posen
Zac Posen
American fashion designer
Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani
Italian fashion designer
Mizrahi, Isaac
Isaac Mizrahi
American fashion designer
Christian Dior
Christian Dior
French designer
Tom Ford wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and white flower boutonniere, smiling at the Academy Awards with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Tom Ford
American fashion designer and film director