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The company opened its first retail store in 2019. [8] [9] The Bode brand is known for its use of historical techniques in modern fashion, such as using quilting, mending, patchwork, sashiko, boro, and appliqué. [1] [10] Emily Adams Bode was the first female designer to show at New York Fashion Week: Men's, the dedicated menswear shows at the ...
American fashion designer Claire McCardell surrounded by models wearing her designs, Time, 2 May 1955. Claire McCardell (May 24, 1905 – March 22, 1958) was an American fashion designer of ready-to-wear clothing in the twentieth century. She is credited with the creation of American sportswear. [1]
Stephen Burrows (born September 15, 1943) is an American fashion designer based in New York City. [1] [2] Burrows studied at Fashion Institute of Technology, then began work in the New York City's Garment Center, alternately managing his own businesses and working closely with luxury department store Henri Bendel.
Inspired by the '70s era's disco culture, Elie Tahari created dance dresses and blouses, debuting his first fashion show in 1977 at the New York City nightclub Studio 54. [7] In the 1980s, Tahari turned his attention to the tailored suit, with more office-centric designs as women joined the workforce and the ranks of the business elite.
Charivari was a chain of clothing stores in New York City. Its first store opened in 1967 and had grown to six stores before finally closing in 1998. It is known for championing avant-garde fashion designers in the 1980s. The name translates to "uproar" in French. [2] Its rise to prominence in fashion coincided with the gentrification of its ...
Pages in category "Fashion designers from New York City" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Within a year, she was the in-house designer for Manhattan boutique Paraphernalia. Johnson became part of both the youthquake fashion movement and Andy Warhol's underground scene, along with The Velvet Underground, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, and Lou Reed. In 1969, she opened a boutique called Betsey Bunky Nini on New York City's Upper East Side.
Todd Oldham (born Jacky Todd Oldham; [1] 1961 [2]) is an American-born designer and president of L-7 Designs Inc and Todd Oldham Studios. His approach to fashion and style has become known to millions through his fashion lines, interior designs, books and by appearing in television shows. Oldham is based in New York City. [3]