The Fourth Designer

The fourth designer: Valentino Garavani

Many of you may be familiar with the work of Valentino Garavani, commonly known as just Valentino. He was born in 1932, in Lombardy, Italy. He is the founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. In 1962 he had his first breakthrough in Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. It was after this show that his line was on high demand from buyers all around the world and received lots of praise from the press. In 1967 Valentino was given the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award. He has dressed great women such as Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Jayne Wrightsman, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Princess Margaret. His work is unique. Each dress has been designed and made with the utmost attention to detail. His dresses may appear simple, but if you look closely you can see that, in fact, the fabrics have been subtly chosen to serve and compliment one another. I think it does him justice to say he is the "Maestro of Italian Couture."

Valentino Spring Couture 2012

Valentino Spring Couture 2012

The models from the previous photo preparing to go out on the runway.

Valentino Detailing

If you want to see more of his collections you can go to: http://www.valentino.com/en/home/

The Third Designer

The Third Designer: Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham was born 1974 in Essex, England. You may recognize her as a former Spice Girls member or as the wife of legendary soccer player David Beckham. More recently, Victoria has made herself known as a fashion icon. Her fashion career was launched when she started a sunglasses line called dvb Eyewear. Following dvb Eyewear, Victoria created a line of denim called dvb Style. Her clothes are modern and edgy. She uses lots of sharp lines, geometric shapes, and monochromatic fabric.

One the pieces in her collection

One the pieces in her collection

One of her collections

Victoria's dvb Eyewear

Check out her website: http://www.victoriabeckham.com/

The Second Designer

 

The Second Designer: Gretchen Jones                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Gretchen Jones was the winner of the television series "Project Runway" (season 8, 2010).  From the beginning of the series, every viewer could tell that Gretchen was one of the strongest designers competing. She won many of the competitions and put together an innovative, creative, and unique collection for Fashion Week. One of the characteristics that is so special about her work is her ability to create clothing and accessories that appeal to many modern women around the world. Today Gretchen runs a successful clothing and jewelry line.

Fashion Week: pieces from final Collection(jewelry is also her design)

Winning Design

Cuff bracelet (design made after Project R.)

Necklace (design made after Project R.)

The First Designer

  To kick off our blog we decided to choose a simple yet interesting theme. Both Linnan and I are inspired by the many talented designers in the world, as I am sure many others are as well:). Everyday we will post a page featuring one of our favorite designers.

The First Designer: ELIE SAAB 

  Elie Saab, born in 1964, is a Lebanese designer. He began designing dresses at a young age, and when he was eighteen he launched his first line in Beirut. His dresses are amazing and I can say with confidence that every women would love to wear Elie Saab. These are the kinds of gowns when worn look effortless and ravishing. He is definitely a fashion icon and a designer worth following.

Elie Saab 2012 Paris Fashion Week

Elie Saab 2012 Paris Fashion Week

Mila Kunis wearing Elie Saab's lavender gown at the Oscars

Check out his website: http://www.eliesaab.com/#/en/home

Welcome to our blog!

     In this blog we will share all sorts of fun things for those of you who are hungry for fashion or design or music or photography or travel or cuisine, or all of the above. We hope that you find the things we share with you as inspirational and delightful as we do.

Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Linnan and Brette


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