GRANDS COUTURIERS
A grands couturier is a fashion designer who holds significant clout in the fashion industry. His or her designs and collections will influence the fashion industry at all levels; this is called the trickle-down effect. For example, in the fall 2006 collection, Valentino's embroidered dresses soon influenced other designers to incorporate embroidery into their collections. Similarly Donatella Versace used many dark colors which led to many black and blue clothes sold in stores.
Grands couturiers usually are household names who have high profile clients. They come out with fashion collections every season in one or more of the five major fashion weeks-Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, and New York. Their designs are also often featured in popular fashion magazines like Vogue or Madame Figaro.
It is difficult to decide who deserves the title grands couturier because numerous designers have had influence in the fashion industry. However the name was originally created for the head designers of the haute couture houses. There are 10 current official French couture fashion houses and 2 honorary Italian houses.
The official grands couturiers: (in order of their fashion house) [[Adeline André]] [[Chanel]]-Coco Chanel/ Karl Lagerfeld
[[Christian Dior]] [[Jean-Paul Gaultier]] [[Givenchy]] [[Christian Lacroix]] [[Scherrer]] [[Dominique Sirop]] [[Frank Sorbier]] [[Emanuel Ungaro]] [[Torrente]]-Rosette Torrente-Mett/Julien Fournie
[[Versace]]-Gianni Versace/Donatella Versace
[[Armani]]-Giorgio Armani
* Carlota Alfaro
* Arkadius
* Giorgio Armani
* Cristobal Balenciaga (1895 - 1972)
* Rocco Barocco
* Laura Biagiotti
* Bill Blass (1922 - 2002)
* Mariella Burani
* Pierre Cardin
* Hattie Carnegie
* Roberto Cavalli
* Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)
* Enrico Coveri
* Oscar de la Renta
* Christian Dior (1905 - 1957)
* Fendi
* Salvatore Ferragamo
* Gianfranco Ferré
* Alberta Ferretti
* Tom Ford
* Julien Fournié
* John Galliano
* Jean-Paul Gaultier
* Carolina Herrera
* Tommy Hilfiger
* Donna Karan
* Calvin Klein
* Christian Lacroix
* Karl Lagerfeld
* Jeanne Lanvin (1867 - 1946)
* Ralph Lauren
* Antonio Marras
* Gai Mattiolo
* Elena Mirò
* Mitsy
* Issey Miyake
* Ottavio Missoni
* Anna Molinari
* Paul Poiret (1879 - 1944)
* Miuccia Prada
* Emilio Pucci
* Lilly Pulitzer
* John Richmond
* Yves Saint-Laurent
* Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973)
* Chris Seydou (1949 - 1994)
* Donatella Versace
* (1946 - 1997)
* Madeleine Vionnet (1876 - 1975)
* Vivienne Westwood
* Valentin Yudashkin
Grands couturiers usually are household names who have high profile clients. They come out with fashion collections every season in one or more of the five major fashion weeks-Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, and New York. Their designs are also often featured in popular fashion magazines like Vogue or Madame Figaro.
It is difficult to decide who deserves the title grands couturier because numerous designers have had influence in the fashion industry. However the name was originally created for the head designers of the haute couture houses. There are 10 current official French couture fashion houses and 2 honorary Italian houses.
The official grands couturiers: (in order of their fashion house) [[Adeline André]] [[Chanel]]-Coco Chanel/ Karl Lagerfeld
[[Christian Dior]] [[Jean-Paul Gaultier]] [[Givenchy]] [[Christian Lacroix]] [[Scherrer]] [[Dominique Sirop]] [[Frank Sorbier]] [[Emanuel Ungaro]] [[Torrente]]-Rosette Torrente-Mett/Julien Fournie
[[Versace]]-Gianni Versace/Donatella Versace
[[Armani]]-Giorgio Armani
* Carlota Alfaro
* Arkadius
* Giorgio Armani
* Cristobal Balenciaga (1895 - 1972)
* Rocco Barocco
* Laura Biagiotti
* Bill Blass (1922 - 2002)
* Mariella Burani
* Pierre Cardin
* Hattie Carnegie
* Roberto Cavalli
* Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971)
* Enrico Coveri
* Oscar de la Renta
* Christian Dior (1905 - 1957)
* Fendi
* Salvatore Ferragamo
* Gianfranco Ferré
* Alberta Ferretti
* Tom Ford
* Julien Fournié
* John Galliano
* Jean-Paul Gaultier
* Carolina Herrera
* Tommy Hilfiger
* Donna Karan
* Calvin Klein
* Christian Lacroix
* Karl Lagerfeld
* Jeanne Lanvin (1867 - 1946)
* Ralph Lauren
* Antonio Marras
* Gai Mattiolo
* Elena Mirò
* Mitsy
* Issey Miyake
* Ottavio Missoni
* Anna Molinari
* Paul Poiret (1879 - 1944)
* Miuccia Prada
* Emilio Pucci
* Lilly Pulitzer
* John Richmond
* Yves Saint-Laurent
* Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973)
* Chris Seydou (1949 - 1994)
* Donatella Versace
* (1946 - 1997)
* Madeleine Vionnet (1876 - 1975)
* Vivienne Westwood
* Valentin Yudashkin
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