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Bohemian style. The Bohemian style, often termed 'Boho chic', is a fashion and lifestyle choice characterized by its unconventional and free-spirited essence. While its precise origins are debated, Bohemian style is believed to have been influenced by the nomadic lifestyle of the Romani people during the late 19th century to the early 20th ...
Career. Balenciaga was successful during his early career as a designer in Spain. He opened a boutique in San Sebastián in 1919, [3] which expanded to include branches in Madrid and Barcelona. [1] The Spanish royal family and the aristocracy wore his designs, but when the Spanish Civil War forced him to close his stores, Balenciaga moved to ...
Website. versace.com. Giovanni Maria " Gianni " Versace (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni maˈriːa ˈdʒanni verˈsaːtʃe]; [a] 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer, socialite and businessman. He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings ...
Giorgio Armani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo arˈmaːni]; born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer. He first gained renown working for Cerruti and then for many others, including Allegri, Bagutta, and Hilton. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, which eventually expanded into music, sport, and luxury hotels. By 2001, Armani ...
Ready-to-wear. Ready-to-wear (RTW) – also called prêt-à-porter, or off-the-rack or off-the-peg in casual use – is the term for garments sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame. In other words, it is a piece of clothing that was mass ...
Alamy An Amazon.com customer has started a petition on Change.org calling on the company to reverse its recent decision to raise its free-shipping threshold. As we reported last week, Amazon (AMZN ...
Boho-chic. Boho-chic is a style of fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, which, at its height in late 2005 was associated particularly with actress Sienna Miller, model Kate Moss in the United Kingdom and actress/businesswoman Mary-Kate Olsen in the United States. It has been seen since the early 1990s and, although ...
Boutique. A boutique (French: [butik]) is a retail shop that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories. [1] The word is French for "shop", which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothēkē) "storehouse". [2][3] The term boutique and also designer refer (with some differences) to both goods and services, [4 ...