Christian Louboutin, a very well known shoe-designer was born in Paris in 1963. He discovered his passion for designing footwear as a child after visiting the museum of African art where he saw a sign showing a high-heeled shoe with a red cross on top of it. The message of the sign was simple, that high-heeled shoes were not permitted at the museum. The silhouette of the heel never left …

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Horst P. Horst was a German-American fashion photographer. He studied architecture and his career in photography began after he met photographer George Hoyningen-Huene and by 1931 he started shooting for French Vogue Magazine, Shortly after taking his most famous shot, depicting a model wearing an unraveling corset (Mainbocher Corset) he moved to the United States. He started shooting in New York and captured many portraits of famous people such as Harry …

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  Daphne Guinness is an heiress, socialite, muse, and has been a fashion stylist and designer. She is widely known for her love of couture and flamboyant personal style. Tom Ford recalls her as one of the most stylish women living. She is one of the pioneers of collectors of fashion as art. She buys clothes and accessories to wear but with the eye of a collector. In 2011, the …

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  Rad Hourani launched his unisex ready-to-wear line, Rad, by Rad Hourani in Paris in 2007. Creating genderless and timeless clothes. In 2014, he presented the first unisex collection to be shown in couture fashion week. His gender-bending designs are focused on clothes that would be found in men's and women’s wardrobes; like t-shirts, jackets, and pants. Rather than to present designs with men wearing skirts. His clothes are not tight-fitting …

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