The world's most influential fashion designers - Noel Palomo-Lovinski

This lavishly-illustrated and comprehensive survey of 50 of the most influential designers,ranging from early celebrity designers such as Paul Poiret tocurrent cutting edge talent such as Hussein Chalayan.The nameschosen are there because they have had an extraordinarily powerfulinfluence on fashion and collectively they are responsible for almostthe whole fashion story of the last 100 years. Each designer's iconiccreations are shown in detail, and graphic timelines and crossreferences show not only why these pieces were extraordinary in theirown time, but why they are still influencing those creating fashion today. Thetimelines demonstrate design influence through the generations. The result is afascinating look at the fashion world that will appeal to anyoneinterested in fashion as well as being a useful resource for allfashion students.