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unusual facts about high fashion



Knitted fabric

In the 1980s, knitwear emerged from the realm of sportswear to dominate high fashion; notable designs included Romeo Gigli's "haute-bohemian cocoon coats" and Ralph Lauren's floor-length cashmere turtlenecks.


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Alyson Williams

The daughter of bandleader / trumpeter Bobby Booker, Williams began her career by singing background vocals for various artists including, Curtis Hairston, Melba Moore ("Love's Coming At Ya"), B. B. & Q. Band, Cashflow, Unlimited Touch, Bobby Brown and Barbara Mitchell before joining the group High Fashion, which also featured Meli'sa Morgan.

Bruce Munro

Crossing into the world of high fashion, Munro created a catwalk chandelier (7m long x 4m wide) for the Alexander McQueen catwalk show for Autumn/Winter 2012/2013, designed by Sarah Burton who created the wedding dress for The Duchess of Cambridge.

Daimaru

In 1998, Daimaru entered into a partnership with the French grand couturier Dominique Sirop to produce Dominique Sirop for Daimaru, a high fashion prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) label.

Delma S. Arrigoitia

The book, which was requested by the high fashion designer Carlota Alfaro, covers over 500 years of history of the fashion industry in Puerto Rico.

Emilio Schuberth

In 1953, he helped to find many famous fashion designers including the Fontana sisters, Alberto Fabiani, Vincent Ferdinand, Giovannelli-Sciarra, Mingolini-Heim, Garnet, Simonetta Stefanelli the U.S. - Italian High Fashion Syndicate.

Giancarlo Giammetti

As detailed in the movie Valentino: The Last Emperor, Giammetti dropped out of architecture school and began looking after the business side of Valentino’s young high-fashion enterprise.

John Belton

The thriller stars James Stewart as an action-seeking photographer who is chair-ridden due to his fast-paced career and Grace Kelly, playing Lisa Carol Fremont, as Jeffries' ritzy, high-fashion love interest.

Julie Chang

She was featured in the February 2007 issue of high fashion magazine W, for which she was photographed by Philip-Lorca diCorcia.

Kenneth Jay Lane

He was one of the persons included for "high fashion" in the Andy Warhol Screen Tests and a guest at Truman Capote's Black And White Ball.

Marlon Teixeira

Alongside this he has appeared in high fashion editorials for GQ, Vogue Espana, V, Elle, W magazine with Ginnifer Goodwin and Vanity Fair with Shakira.

Monsieur Stigmonus

Ryan Sook provided the look of Stigmonus, a pale white humanoid with a black goatee, yin/yang encased on his forehead, and dressed in the high fashion of the 18th century.

Samantha Downie

Downie was the second runner up after being eliminated in episode 10 after being deemed too commercial and not as high fashion compared to Alexandra Girdwood and Demelza Reveley.

Shan Serafin

His 2011 film, Forest of the Living Dead, formerly entitled The Forest, is a ghost story set in the high fashion world of modern Japan, filmed on location in Tokyo, Cancun and Los Angeles, through his production company 611 Films, starring Aidan Bristow and Johnny Young and features Michael Madsen.

The Black Ryder

The films for 'The Third Mind' collection (featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw) were launched on the New York Times website, as well as other high fashion + lifestyle sites.

Venus Brown

In 2009 Venus signed a multi-year deal to be the international music producer of the High Fashion meets Rock & Roll live television special Fashion Rocks in Rio de Janeiro.