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Schiaparelli, Elsa

(Encyclopedia) Schiaparelli, ElsaSchiaparelli, Elsaskyäpärĕlˈlē [key], 1890–1973, French fashion designer, b. Rome. She established a house of couture in Paris that existed from the late 1920s until…

Worth, Charles Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Worth, Charles Frederick, 1825–95, French and British fashion designer. He was the founder of the Maison Worth in Paris and London, the longest running fashion dynasty, and the arbiter…

Timeline: Modern Fashion, 1858-1920

Part I: 1858-1920 by David Johnson 1858 1906 1913 1914-1918 1920s Next: 1930-1968 1858 Englishman Charles Worth establishes first haute couture fashion house in Paris Top 1906…

Timeline: Modern Fashion, 1930-1958

Part II: 1930-1968 by David Johnson 1930 1940-1945 1947 1950 1954 1960s 1968 Next: 1970-1990 1930 Hemlines drop; then gradually rise Alix "Madame" Grès becomes famous for elegant…

Timeline: Modern Fashion, 1970-1990s

Part III: 1970-199 by David Johnson 1970 1974 1979 1980s 1984 1990s Part I: 1858-1920 1970 Known as Halston, Roy Halston Frowick dominates 1970s with pantsuits, sweater sets, form-…

Fashion & Costumes, Other Related Sites

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Fashions & Costumes Other Related Sites Masks Wooden shoes Eye-Glass Museum - One Hundred Years on the Bridge of the Nose…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Old-Fashioned

by EmilyDickinsonBy the SeaA TempestOld-Fashioned Old-Fashioned Arcturus is his other name, — I'd rather call him star! It's so unkind of science To go and interfere! I pull a flower…

Saint Laurent, Yves

(Encyclopedia) Saint Laurent, YvesSaint Laurent, Yvesēv [key]Saint Laurent, Yves săN lôräNˈ [key], 1936–2008, French fashion designer, b. Oran, Algeria, as Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent.…

Armani, Giorgio

(Encyclopedia) Armani, Giorgio, 1934–, Italian fashion designer. He designed menswear at Nino Cerruti (1964–70), then worked freelance until 1975 when, in partnership with Sergio Galeotti, he opened…