List of grands couturiers
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A grand couturier is a fashion designer who holds significant influence in the fashion industry. His or her designs and collections influence the fashion industry at all levels through the trickle-down effect.
Grands couturiers usually are household names who have high profile clients. They come out with fashion collections every season in one or more of the five major fashion weeks-Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles and New York. Their designs are also often featured in popular fashion magazines like Vogue or Madame Figaro.
It is difficult to decide who deserves the title grand couturier because numerous designers have had influence in the fashion industry. However the name was originally created for the head designers of the haute couture houses. There are 10 current official French couture fashion houses and 2 honorary Italian houses.
The official grands couturiers (in order of their fashion house):
- Adeline André
- Coco Chanel (Chanel)
- Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel)
- Christian Dior
- Jean-Paul Gaultier
- Givenchy
- Christian Lacroix
- Scherrer
- Dominique Sirop
- Franck Sorbier
- Emanuel Ungaro
- Torrente-Rosette Torrente-Mett
- Armani-Giorgio Armani
- Carlota Alfaro
- Arkadius
- Giorgio Armani
- Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972)
- Rocco Barocco
- Laura Biagiotti
- Bill Blass (1922–2002)
- Mariella Burani
- Pierre Cardin
- Hattie Carnegie
- Roberto Cavalli
- Coco Chanel (1883–1971)
- Enrico Coveri
- Oscar de la Renta
- Christian Dior (1905–1957)
- Fendi
- Salvatore Ferragamo
- Gianfranco Ferré
- Alberta Ferretti
- Tom Ford
- Julien Fournié
- John Galliano
- Jean-Paul Gaultier
- Carolina Herrera
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Donna Karan
- Calvin Klein
- Christian Lacroix
- Karl Lagerfeld
- Jeanne Lanvin (1867–1946)
- Ralph Lauren
- Antonio Marras
- Gai Mattiolo
- Elena Mirò
- Mitsy
- Issey Miyake
- Ottavio Missoni
- Anna Molinari
- Paul Poiret (1879–1944)
- Miuccia Prada
- Emilio Pucci
- Lilly Pulitzer
- John Richmond
- Yves Saint-Laurent
- Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973)
- Chris Seydou (1949–1994)
- Donatella Versace
- Gianni Versace (1946–1997)
- Madeleine Vionnet (1876–1975)
- Vivienne Westwood
- Valentin Yudashkin
- Nigo
[edit] See also
This list was originally taken from the French-language Wikipedia article fr:Haute couture
