Various National and International

fashion designers
  Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American 
fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous 
luxury brand in 2005, having previously served as the 

Tom ford creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Ford wrote

and directed the films A Single Man (2009) and 
Nocturnal Animals (2016). He currently serves as the chairman
of the Board of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Ford briefly attended New York University before
transferring to Parsons School of Design at the New School
 in New York City. He graduated in 1986 with a degree in
interior architecture and then worked during the late 1980s
as an in-house designer at New York fashion houses Perry
Ellis and Cathy Hardwick. He was hired in 1990 by Dawn
Mello, then Gucci’s creative director, and began work as the
company’s in-house designer. Four years later, after Gucci
was acquired by Investcorp, a Bahrain-based investment
firm, he was appointed creative director. Ford then moved
to Milan with his companion, journalist Richard Buckley,
with whom he shared houses in Paris, London, Los Angeles
, and other cities; the couple eventually married, and they
were together until Buckley’s death in 2021.
  Karl Lagerfeld, original name Karl Otto Lagerfeld, (born
September 10, 1933?, Hamburg, Germany—died February 19,
2019, Paris, France), German fashion designer and
Karl lagerfeld photographer best known as the creative power behind the
modern revival of Chanel, the legendary French fashion house
founded by Coco Chanel in the early 20th century.
Lagerfeld moved to Paris in 1952. In 1954 he won first prize for
his coat design in the French International Wool Secretariat
(now the International Woolmark Prize), and in 1955 he was
hired by Pierre Balmain, who put his design into production.
Three years later he became artistic director of Jean Patou’s
fashion house. He left Paris in 1964 to study art history in Italy.
But soon he was designing freelance for a range of companies
that included Chloé (whose collections he designed from 1964
to 1983 and again from 1992 to 1997), Krizia, Valentino, and
shoemaker Charles Jourdan. In 1967 he was hired as consultant
director by upscale Italian design house Fendi to modernize the
company’s fur line. His designs proved groundbreaking. Among
other innovations, he introduced the use of skins such as mole, 
rabbit, and squirrel—pelts never before used in high-fashion
designs. He stayed with Fendi throughout his career. In 1983
Lagerfeld produced his first couture collection for Chanel, and
in 1984, after a year at Chanel, he launched his own eponymous
 label.
  Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February
2010) was an English fashion designer and couturier.[2] He
founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was
Alexander chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001.[2] His
achievements in fashion earned him four 
McQueen British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and
2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year
award in 2003.
McQueen had a background in tailoring before he studied
fashion and embarked on a career as a designer. His MA
graduation collection caught the attention of Isabella Blow, who
became his patron. McQueen's early works gained him
recognition as an enfant terrible in British fashion, receiving
coverage with designs such as the "bumster" trousers. He
became head designer for Givenchy, and in 1999 he formed a
partnership with Gucci. A number of his boutiques were
established in cities around the world, and his label was
expanded to include perfume, fashion accessories and a line of
trainers. McQueen's catwalk shows were noted for their drama
and theatricality, and he was known for his finely-tailored
clothes as well as imaginative and sometimes controversial
designs.[3] Among his best-known designs are the skull scarf
and armadillo shoes.
McQueen took his own life in 2010, shortly after the death of his
mother. He died at the age of 40, at his home in Mayfair,
London.
  Marc Jacobs, (born April 9, 1963, New York, New York,
U.S.), American fashion designer renowned for his sartorial

Marc Jacobs  interpretations of trends in popular culture, perhaps most

notably his “grunge” collection, which was credited with
launching the grunge look of the 1990s.
Jacobs was raised with his brother and sister in New York City,
where his parents were employed as agents for the William Morris
talent agency. When Jacobs was seven years old, his father died.
His mother subsequently remarried and divorced several times,
each of which required the family to relocate. When Jacobs was a
teenager, he went to live on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with
his paternal grandmother, who, having taught him as a child how
to knit, encouraged his growing interest in fashion design. By age
15, he had enrolled in the High School of Art and Design and was
working at the upscale clothing boutique Charivari, where he met
the fashion designer Perry Ellis, who became his mentor.
  Donna Karan, née Donna Ivy Faske, (born October 2, 1948, 
Forest Hills, New York, U.S.), American designer who was
Donna Karan internationally acclaimed for the simplicity and comfort of her 
clothes.
Karan began her career as an assistant designer with
Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was promoted to
associate designer in 1971. As Klein's assistant, Karan
was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show
 on November 28, 1973. When Klein herself died in 1974,
Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and
Karan, together with her former classmate and friend
Louis Dell'Olio, became head designer of the house. In
1984, Karan left Anne Klein and, together with her then
husband Stephan Weiss and Takihyo Corporation, started
her own business "to design modern clothes for modern
people". She showed her first women's clothing collection
in 1985.[12]
Karan became well known for her 'Essentials' line, initially
offering seven easy pieces centered around the bodysuit
which could all be mixed and matched, and created a fully
integrated wardrobe with her First Collection in 1985.
Karan always insisted that she would design only clothes
like jersey dresses and opaque Lycra tights that she would
wear herself.
  Sabyasachi Mukherjee (born 23 February 1974) is an Indian 
fashion designer, jewelry designer, retailer and couturier from 
Kolkata, India. Since 1999, he has sold designer merchandise

Sabyasachi
using the label Sabyasachi. Mukherjee is one of the Associate
Designer Members of Fashion Design Council of India and the
Mukherjee youngest board member of the National Museum of Indian
Cinema.[1]He has designed costumes for Bollywood films such
as Guzaarish, Baabul, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Raavan,
and English Vinglish.
In 2002, Sabyasachi Mukerjee participated at the 
India Fashion Week which got positive feedbacks from the
press. During the spring of 2003, he made his first international
runway, with the "Grand Winner Award" at the Mercedes Benz
 New Asia Fashion week in Singapore, which paved his way to a
workshop in Paris by Jean Paul Gaultier and Azzedine Alaia. In
his collection "Kora" at the Lakme Fashion Week 2003, he used
unbleached and hand woven fabrics with Kantha and other
hand embroideries.
In 2004, Sabyasachi took a step ahead with Kuala Lumpur
 Fashion Week and The Miami Fashion Week[6] with a bohemian
take on Indian textiles and his collection was called "The Frog
Princess". His significant achievements included his coveted
showing in Browns earning him a retail place at the tiny London
store voted by Vogue as the best shopping destination in the
world, thereby establishing himself as one of the most promising
young designers for years to come.
  Tarun Tahiliani is a noted Indian fashion designer.[1][2][3] With
his wife Sailaja 'Sal' Tahiliani, he co-founded Ensemble, India’s
first multi-designer boutique in 1987, followed by Tahiliani
Design studio in 1990. Based in Delhi, he is best known for his
ability to infuse Indian craftsmanship and textile heritage with
tailored silhouette.[4] His signature is to combine traditional
aesthetics with modern design. Over the years, he also became

Tarun Tahiliani known for his bridalwear.[5]

 Of late, Tahiliani has taken on several projects in interior
design. He has designed interiors for hotels (such as The
Sofala, Goa),[6] restaurants (the Aish at the Park, Hyderabad),[7]
 resorts and homes, and has even begun to event design for
Indian weddings.
 he and Sailaja opened the first multi-designer boutique in India,
'Ensemble' with help of designer Rohit Khosla in Mumbai. The
stored featured works of five designers Abu Jani & 
Sandeep Khosla, Rohit Khosla, Anuradha Mafatlal, American
fashion designer Neil Bieff and label Anaya, by Anita Shivdasani
and Sunita Kapoor, Anil Kapoor’s wife and their own label,
Ahilian.[13][14][15] By now, he had started sketching however he was
still untrained a designer, thus in 1991, he went to 
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York to study
designing. After his return he shifted business to Delhi. When in
1995, British heiress Jemima Khan wore one of his outfit for her
wedding to Imran Khan, his work was first noticed.[8][13]
Today, after over 25 years, Ensemble has stores both in Mumbai
and Delhi, and Tahiliani runs the chain with his sister Tina
Tahiliani Parikh, who joined the business in 1990.[16][17]
Tarun also worked with Save the Children India to urge the
government to increase the health budget to 3 per cent ahead of
the budget announcement.[18]
  The lack of educational opportunities in Amritsar led her to
move to Simla for her schooling, where she attended 
Loreto Convent. She later studied at Lady Irwin College, where
she met and married Shashi Kumar, and then went on to accept

Ritu Kumar a scholarship at Briarcliff College in New York, where she

studied Art History.[1] On returning to India, she studied 
museology at the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, part of the 
University of Calcutta.[2] Her son is Oscar nominated director, 
Ashvin Kumar.
Kumar began her fashion business in Kolkata, using two small
tables and hand-block printing techniques. Beginning with bridal
wear and evening clothes in the 1960s and 70s, she eventually
moved into the international market in the subsequent two
decades.[3] As well as shops in India, Kumar's company has also
opened branches in Paris, London and New York. The London
branch closed after three years, in 1999. Her company's annual
turnover at the time was the highest of any Indian fashion outlet,
estimated at around ₹10 billion.[4][5] In 2002 she launched the
"Label" line in partnership with Amrish.[6] Kumar discusses her
career at length in a recent interview for the Creating Emerging
Markets project at the Harvard Business School, beginning with
how she first broke into the Paris and New York fashion houses
and department stores in the 1970s
  Gupta was born in 1989[2] and is the daughter of Indian actress 
Neena Gupta and West Indies cricketer Viv Richards and grew
up in Mumbai.[3] Her parents never married and she was raised

Masaba Gupta by her mother, who moved the family from New Delhi to
Mumbai. Gupta found a father figure in her late maternal
grandfather, and when she turned 20 she reconnected with her
father and the two now share a strong bond.[4]
At the age of 19, Gupta applied for Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai
with support from Wendell Rodricks. She named her first
collection Kattran (transl. Miniature bits of fabric).[9] Her Lakme
Fashion Week 2014 collection "Wanderess" was "inspired by novelist
Roman Payne’s doe-eyed gypsy girl character, Saskia" in his
novel, The Wanderess.[10] Gupta has become known for the creative
and artistic names she gives each collection.

Gupta (right) at Femina Miss India contest in 2010.

Gupta's design aesthetic has been defined as a blend of

contemporary and traditional with modernity taking the upper hand.
She specializes in ethnic wear for women and uses silk, chiffon and
cotton as well as rich embroidery work,[11] and is noted for her
unconventional prints along with feminine drapes and silhouettes.[12]
 The Mumbai daily broadsheet dna remarked her work has "a unique
Indianness in a very modern context", citing her "Tamil script sarees
and jackets" and the way she uses cotton and muslin.[13] Gupta was
named one of the "Ten best Indian fashion designers you should
know", by Culture Trip, a magazine style internet publication.[14]
  Dongre was born in Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra. Her
mother, Pushpa Sawlani, used to stitch clothes for Anita and her

Anita Dongre 5 siblings when they were kids[citation needed]. Later in life, Anita
studied fashion design at SNDT college located in Mumbai. [1]
 She pursued a Degree course in Fashion designing. [
Dongre launched her jewellery brand Anita Dongre Pink City,
which also features under House of Anita Dongre.[3][4]
In the year 2015, AND Designs India Limited re-branded itself as
House of Anita Dongre.[5] House of Anita Dongre currently shelters
AND (western wear), Global Desi (boho-chic brand inspired by the
folk tales of India), and her signature label ANITA DONGRE. She
has recently introduced Anita Dongre Grassroot to her fashion
house. She is also the founder of Pink City, a jadau fine jewellery
brand.[6]
On March 28, 2019, the Board of House of Anita Dongre Limited
(HOADL), as part of its corporate restructuring, transferred the
businesses under its two brands, AND and Global Desi under a
slump sale arrangement to a newly formed wholly-owned
subsidiary, Ochre and Black Private Limited (OBPL) - effective
April 01, 2019. HOADL will continue to manage the business
under its two brands - Anita Dongre and Grassroot.[7]
Dongre's brother and sister handle the operations of the business,
while she focuses on the design front. She features as the 
Chief Creative Officer of the company.
Fashion Through The Ages:
The Wide Leg Pant
 HISTORY OF THE WIDE LEG PANT 

There are a few records of women wearing wide leg pants in the
1910s, but it was mostly for horse back riding and  function, not really
what I consider a fashion statement. So I give credit to Coco
Chanel who sported the look on the beach wearing her own design
(made of her infamous knitwear and complete with her signature
pearls) in the late 20s. This is also when she started another trend,
suntanning!
My best source for fashion history is from the movies, and I found
many glamorous wide pant pajama looks in the mid-30s like the
slinky silk pants on Ginger Rogers. Viviene Lee and Katherine
Hepburn wore menswear inspired trouser style pants in the 40s, which
happened to be wide legged for men, too.
 THE 60S AND 70S WIDE LEG PANT

Moving on the the 60s came the wild print palazzo pants, like those
by Emelio Pucci. Some were so wide legged they were basically a
maxi skirt with 2 legs! I still like the high-waisted cut of the mid to
late 70s wide leg pants because of how flattering they were. They
accentuated the waist and hips but hid all sorts of leg and knee flaws,
on both slim or heavy women. So when the pants came back again in
the 90s the look was much too “super-sized” and cumbersome, to say
the least. No wonder Lauren doesn’t want to go back there.
When it comes to wide leg pants today we can take the best and most
flattering looks from the past and wear them, this time around, with
pride!
In modern fashion

In the 1980s, baggy jeans entered mainstream fashion as the Hammer pants

 and parachute pants worn by rappers to facilitate breakdancing. In the 1990s
these jeans became even baggier and were worn by skaters, hardcore punks,[7] 
ravers[8] and rappers to set themselves apart from the skintight acid wash 
drainpipe jeans worn by metalheads.[9] They were largely an underground trend
in the early 1990s, but took off in popularity in the mid-1990s. The baggy jeans
were very popular along with baggy bondage pants during the nu metal era
which lasted from the late 90s to the early-to-mid 2000s.They continued to be
popular in the 2000s, but by 2003 baggy jeans started to be replaced by 
boot-cut jeans and trousers among white men.[10] However, they continued to be
popular among African-American and Latino men throughout the mid 2000s until
about 2008.
In the United Kingdom, during the 1990s fad they
were known as "baggies". However, this term faded
with the original fad and now they are generally
known as "wide-leg jeans".
In the late 2000s, rap stars like Kanye West
 popularised a more refined indie-inspired look but
baggy jeans continue to be worn by the raver and 
gangsta rap subcultures.
By PRACHI
SHARMA