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The document provides an overview of notable international and Indian fashion designers, highlighting their contributions to the fashion industry. Key international figures include Charles Frederick Worth, Coco Chanel, and Christian Dior, known for their innovative designs and influence on haute couture. Indian designers like Ritu Kumar, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and Rahul Mishra blend traditional techniques with contemporary styles, showcasing India's rich textile heritage on global platforms.

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Fashion Studies Project File

The document provides an overview of notable international and Indian fashion designers, highlighting their contributions to the fashion industry. Key international figures include Charles Frederick Worth, Coco Chanel, and Christian Dior, known for their innovative designs and influence on haute couture. Indian designers like Ritu Kumar, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and Rahul Mishra blend traditional techniques with contemporary styles, showcasing India's rich textile heritage on global platforms.

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Index

International designers
1.Charles Frederick Worth

2.Jean Patou

3.Coco Chanel

4.Paul Poiret

5.Christian Dior

Indian designers

1.Ritu Kumar

2.Sabyasachi Mukherjee

3.Manish Arora

4.Rahul Mishra

5.Gaurav Gupta
International
Designers
CHARLES
FREDERICK
WORTH
Charles Frederick Worth was an English fashion designer who
founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion
houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Established in Paris in 1858, his fashion salon soon attracted
European royalty, and where they led monied society followed.
An innovative designer, he adapted 19th-century dress to make
it more suited to everyday life

He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of


haute couture. He is also credited with revolutionising the business
of fashion. He was the first to replace the fashion dolls with live
models in order to promote his garments to clients, and to sew
branded labels into his clothing.
JEAN PATOU
Patou was born in Paris, France in 1880. Patou's family's business was
tanning and furs. Patou worked with his uncle in Normandy , then moved to
Paris in 1910, intent on becoming a courtier . In 1912, he opened a small
dressmaking salon called "Maison Parry".
When he returned from the front, he relaunched the brand. His first
creations were inspired by his travels in the Balkans and the East. The
young couturier wanted to free women from the restrictive clothing
imposed on them up until then.

He also was the first designer to popularize the Cardigan and moved
fashion towards the natural and comfortable.Jean Patou is credited
with inventing the "designer tie" in the 1920s when men's ties, made in
the same fabric as the women's dress collection
COCO CHANEL
Coco Chanel was a French fashion designer who ruled Parisian
haute couture for almost six decades. Her elegantly casual
designs inspired women to abandon the complicated,
uncomfortable clothes—such as petticoats and corsets that were
prevalent in early 20th-century dress.

She influenced fashion forever by mixing women's and men's


wear. Inspired by her love for horse riding, she introduced
pants in women's clothing. Moreover, she cut her hair short, a
hairstyle that was limited to men at the time. Coco Chanel
made her iconic clothing with the working woman in mind.
PAUL POIRET
Poiret was born on 20 April 1879 to a cloth merchant in the
poor neighborhood of Les Halles, Paris. While a teenager,
Poiret took his sketches to Louise Chéruit, a prominent
dressmaker, who purchased a dozen from him. Poiret
continued to sell his drawings to major Parisian couture
houses, until he was hired by Jacques Doucet in 1898.His
first design, a red cloth cape, sold 400 copies.

He broke with established conventions of dressmaking and


subverted other ones. In 1903, he dismissed the petticoat, and later,
in 1906, he did the same with the corset. Poiret made his name with
his controversial kimono coat and similar, loose-fitting designs
created specifically for an uncorseted, slim figure.
CHRISTIAN
DIOR
His design career did not begin until 1935, when he
returned to Paris and began selling sketches. The designer
Robert Piguet hired him in 1938. During World War II, Dior
served in the south of France, then returned again to Paris
in 1941 and worked for Lucien Lelong at a much larger
design house. In 1946, backed by textile manufacturer
Marcel Boussac, he opened his own house.

Christian Dior is often described as having an “architect’s


eye.” His signature style was known for its clean lines,
geometric shapes, and full skirts. Dior also ensured that each
design had a detail that would enhance the dress’s silhouette.
He would use belts to draw attention to the waist and pleats to
create an hourglass shape or tuck to accentuate curves. His
designs always focused on creating harmony between fabric
and cut, which gave them an air of luxury.
Indian
designers
Ritu Kumar
Ritu 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. Kumar's designs focus on
natural fabrics and traditional printing and weaving
techniques. She has also included Western elements in her
work, but has generally not innovated beyond traditional sari
designs.

The core of Ritu Kumar's "boutique" was presenting Indian aesthetics and materials in the
context of a modern, globally informed India. BLENDING was key. Traditional Indian design
was mixed with contemporary silhouettes
Sabyasachi Mukherjee
During the summer of 1999, Sabyasachi Mukerjee graduated from the
National Institute of Fashion Technology India. Four months later, he started
his eponymous brand which began with a workforce of three people. In 2001,
he won the Femina British Council’s most outstanding young Designer of
India award, which took him to London for an internship with Georgina von
Etzdorf, an eclectic designer based in Salisbury. Returning home with ideas,
Sabyasachi started retailing at all major stores in India.

He presents his now signature multi-cultural bohemian gaze


bringing together art, craft, culture, intellect and quality.
Becoming one of the first Indian designers to create
contemporary silhouettes with Indian heritage crafts.
Showcasing values, crafts and a distinct point of view that are
now hallmarks of the brand.
Manish Arora
Manish Arora is an Indian fashion designer based in New Delhi. In early 2011, he was appointed
creative director of the womenswear collection of the French fashion house Paco
Rabanne,although he left the company in May 2012.
Born and brought up in Mumbai, Manish was studying, when he decided to change his career
path and applied for the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. He graduated in
1994 after winning the Best Student Award

Manish Arora is regarded by many as "the John Galliano of India".


He is known for his psychedelic colour palette and kitsch motifs in
garments that combine traditional Indian crafts like embroidery,
appliqué and beading with Western silhouettes.
Rahul Mishra
Rahul Mishra (born 7 November 1979) is an Indian fashion designer based in Delhi. He is the
first Indian designer to be invited to showcase at the Haute Couture Week in Paris. He won the
International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Week, becoming the first Indian
designer to win the award. The winning collection was sold in stores around the world.

He made his debut in 2006 at Lakme Fashion Week with a collection using
cotton handloom textiles from Kerala, especially off-white fabric with golden
border of Kerala mundu. In 2009, he made reversible dresses, employing
Kerala mundu on one side, with Banarasi fabric of the other side woven by
traditional craftmen.
Gaurav Gupta
Gupta grew up in New Delhi. and first studied at National Institute of
Fashion Technology.He completed his education in 2000 and worked for a
brief while and later graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2003.He then
worked with Hussein Chalaya. He started his label, with his own name in
2005 with his brother as co-director.However the label was properly
launched only in 2006, since Gupta went to Istanbul to work as an art
director in Istanbul for a company.

His work is characterized by his origami style sculptural style


patterns with pleating and lifting.Gupta is known to use
traditional Indian embroidery techniques like zardozi, nakshi
and dabka and borrow abstract patterns from nature.

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