The most famous fashion designers: a list, collections and reviews

Fashion designers are incredibly creative people who supply their own and other people's shops with new and interesting clothing. This profession is very popular, but not everyone succeeds in becoming a fashion designer. In this article we will tell you a lot about this work, as well as some famous designers such as Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and others.

Profession of the designer

In Russia, a man who works as a fashion designer is much less likely than in Europe and America. These are people who not only develop the decor and determine the style of the collection, but choose fabric, accessories and very often they make their own made up clothes themselves. This work requires a lot of manpower and time. But, like any creative profession, it causes only joy and pleasant sensations, and ultimately brings satisfaction.

As in any activity, there is a specialization here, there are several directions that cover different areas. Fashion designers are also divided into three narrow specialties. If you have chosen this profession, then you can be a fashion designer, an artist, and also a specialist in working with fur.

Constructor

Fashion designer-designer clothes - one of the narrow trends in the world of fashion. A specialist must have many professional qualities. He is obliged to feel the mood of people, to love his work, to be able to draw, to be well-oriented in trends, to follow collections of fashion houses, to know the types of fabrics and much more.

The designer-designer of clothes is engaged in doing sketches for tailoring. At the same time, if the designer-artist makes sketches on small paper, the designer must draw every detail in real size. He makes patterns and patterns. However, this does not end the duties of a specialist. After all, he must still participate in the tailoring, choose the fabric for the thing, select the combinations of fabrics by color.

Training

Features of this profession are that the specialist is trained not 5-6 years, but all his life. Every year something changes: a new technique of work, cloth, colors, models of clothing. Fashion always moves forward with great speed. It is necessary to catch the tendencies and the mood of customers.

But a fashion designer must get a special education. Learning begins in his youth. First, you need to finish high school, where they are well trained in drawing. Many go to technical schools after 9 classes, where they teach sewing and drawing. After school or technical school it is necessary to finish the higher educational institution in the specialty.

Fashion designers learn their whole life, try to constantly replenish the luggage of their knowledge.

List of the most famous

Among the famous Russian fashion designers, especially Valentin Yudashkin and Vyacheslav Zaitsev. Among those who conquered the world, in the forefront are the following names: Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Giorgio Armani and others.

Coco Chanel

About the work of Coco Chanel legends. Even famous fashion designers often admit their love for the creativity of this woman. She went to her goal for a long time, but eventually became a trendsetter in the fashion of the 20th century. Now its brand is thriving, there are only 147 boutiques around the world.

Chanel Collections

Many fashion designers work for Chanel. Famous designers work for several months over one collection. But most often they stick to the same style - they produce elegant but comfortable clothes. Office suits, coats and dresses are the main assortment of the brand.

Yves Saint Laurent

A successful designer-fashion designer is exactly Yves Saint Laurent, who conquered the hearts of women with his clothes. For some time he worked for the brand "Christian Dior", then left it and created his brand called YSL. Now the costumes from Yves Saint Laurent are prohibitively expensive, just like the cosmetics and perfumes of this brand. Many famous fashion designers worked in this company, among them Eddie Sliman, who until recently was the designer of the brand.

Collections Yves Saint Laurent

Collections of the brand in the bulk are interested in bright girls and women from the world of fashion and business. After all, the brand Yves Saint Laurent offers extravagant trouser suits of bright colors, transparent shirts, dresses in African style, women's tuxedos, leather clothes. Reviews about clothes of a fashion house amaze. Women with expensive clothes can afford Yves Saint Laurent more often.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are two Italian designers whose clothes are particularly loved in Russia. Now these legendary designers are recognized as the richest people on the planet by Forbes magazine, although several years ago, when their house was just opened, they could not even pay for the work of the models and called for their acquaintances' shows. In their own opinion, designer-designer of clothes should always be perfectly dressed and must love his profession.

Collections Dolce & Gabbana

Elite clothes, shoes, perfumes and cosmetics are presented in the fashion houses of this brand. Brand styles are always diverse. Business suits and overalls in the style of safari - all this gets along under one roof. Designers always remind that they do not follow fashion, but ask it. Saying, of course, caused a storm of excitement, but it's true.

Marc Jacobs

A modern designer and owner of his own brand began his career as a clothing designer as a seller in a store. Mark graduated from the School of Design in New York, where he was the best student. Once he was invited to take the post of chief designer of the brand Perry Ellis. Created by a young designer, the grunge style collection for this brand brought Mark not only fame, but also a world calling. After his dizzying success, Jacobs founded a firm that he named with his own name. A few years later, Mark was offered the post of chief designer in an even more prestigious company Louis Vuitton. Not so long ago, he stopped cooperating with this firm and was on the development of his own company.

Collections of Marc Jacobs

To date, the fashion house Marc Jacobs is famous for its collection of perfume for women, new products are constantly coming out, which are incredibly in demand in Russia. Now the brand is at the development stage. The collections of the brand are extremely unusual, the practical ones are all vivid, most often with original prints.

Clothing by Marc Jacobs is also liked by other fashion designers. Famous fashion designers say that Mark is a genius, and he has a great future ahead of him.

Gianni Versace

From the very childhood, the future modeler Gianni Versace helped his mother in her small clothing store. There he learned to select accessories, sewing, and also to understand the clothes. When Gianni turned 25 years old, from his small but cozy Italian town he goes to conquer a large and unknown to him Milan. There he performs the work of a designer in two fashion houses.

A few years later, he presents his first collection of clothes and in the same year he founded a brand named after his own name. In his case, he was assisted by his elder brother, who worked as an administrator, as well as the sister who was in charge of the photo session. The peak of the career of Gianni Versace was at the end of the 20th century, when his clothes were bought by Madonna and Princess Diana.

In 1997, Gianni Versace was shot dead. Now his business is headed by Donatella Versace, his younger sister.

Collection "Versace"

Fashion house "Versace" is famous for its luxurious dresses, in which actresses and singers appear on the red carpet. Among regular customers Angelina Jolie, who wears a dress from Versace for almost every event.

Fashion house Gucci

Italian fashion designer Guccio Gucci was the founder of the Gucci house, which is the most successful, and in terms of sales, it is second only to Louis Vuitton. Among the famous brand lovers: Grace Kelly (Princess of Monaco), who wore the silk scarf of this brand, and Jackie Kennedy (First Lady of the United States).

Gucci brand collections are often made in shades of brown, green and red. Clothes are extremely extravagant, many models are not suitable for everyday wear.

Fashion house Burberry

Fashion house Burberry in recent years has gained immense popularity, the distinctive sign of the product was the English cell. The basic assortment of the goods - scarves, bags, clothes, which are decorated with this print. Clothing is very popular in England, France, Italy, Germany and many other European countries. Even the fashionable fashion designer Victoria Beckham confessed her love for this brand.