Lejose Fashion House

Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfield BIOGRAPHY K KARL LAGERFELD "What I'd like to do with Lagerfeld is be all over the place. I like T-shirts. I like jeans. This is what I like best." - Harper's Bazaar September 2006 Philosophy The designer has made modern denim, skinny silhouettes and his own inimitable personal style central to this fresh, forward-looking collection. Black, white and shades of grey play a key role, thus appealing to a customer who is stylish, sophisticated and design conscious. Denim based Five pocket jeans are the foundation of this collection and come in a large variety of fits and washes for men and women. Demographics: Men and women 25-35 Strong sense of purpose Designer customer Confident and design driven Individualist attitude Androgynous style Slim silhouettes Slick Sophisticated Luxurious Chic Modern Minimalist European style and fit Designer jeans Womenswear: Contemporary jeans related collection across all product categories, influenced by Karl's wealthy history in women's designer and pret a porter collections Menswear: Contemporary jeans related collection across all product categories, influenced by Karl's personal style and wardrobe

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Gianfrnaco-Ferre

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Gianfranco FerrÃ© (15 August 1944 â€“ 17 June 2007) was a fashion designer also known as "the architect of fashion" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design. Born in Legnano, Italy, he received a degree in architecture in 1969 at the Politecnico di Milano university. FerrÃ© began his fashion career in 1970 by designing accessories, then worked as a raincoat designer in 1972-74. He started his own company Baila in 1974 [1] and launched his signature collection for women in 1978. His first men's collection appeared in 1982, followed in 1986 by his first couture collection in Rome. FerrÃ© became Stylistic Director of Christian Dior in Paris in 1989, when he was chosen by owner Bernard Arnault to replace Marc Bohan. In 1996, it was announced that FerrÃ© would end his engagement with Dior with the Spring 1997 collection for the label. [2] His own label is more relaxed and practical than Dior, with functional pockets and no big hats. Sophisticated white shirts have become the symbol of his personal signature in fashion design. FerrÃ© appeared to be extremely critical of trends and fashion gimmicks. He dealt with his demanding schedule, being responsible for a French top fashion brand and his own Italian label, by commuting between Milan and Paris in his private plane. FerrÃ© had a lakeside home in Lake Maggiore, near Milan. FerrÃ© died on June 17, 2007 . That previous Friday, he had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. FerrÃ© was hospitalized at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, where he was pronounced dead a few days later. Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi succeed Lars Nilsson, who was fired by Ferre three weeks before presenting his only collection for the house, the fall 2008 show, staged in late February. The appointment marks a remarkable ascent for the 6267 pair who only launched their own collection in 2007, before being hired to radically revamp Malo, the high-end cashmere and knitwear brand, which is another luxe label in IT.

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Designer Roberto Cavalli

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Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence the 15 November 1940. He was raised in modest surroundings but with strong artistic traditions. His mother was a tailor and his grandfather a Florentine impressionist painter, whose works can still be seen at the Uffizi Museum. Following in this tradition Roberto frequented the Academy of Art. Capricious, eclectic, and from the beginning original, he began his career at a young age whilst still a student, inventing along with a friend - just for fun on a ping-pong table - the first of his revolutionary creations: a process of printing on light-weight leather which he was able to do thanks to his meticulous research of fabrics and continual experimentation with new technologies. In his printing-house - something half way between a craftsman's workshop and an artist's studio - he concentrated his studies on the links between art, fashion and painting, eventually patenting the revolutionary process of printing on leather that he had evolved. Over the next ten years he created, almost by chance, what was to become a "must" for the beat generation: for fun, sewing together odd pieces of leather he invented the first of his patchworks which were a huge success and can honestly be considered true classics. With the Seventies came international recognition and the beginning of a brilliant career. His fashion was unrivalled on the Cote d'Azur. From St. Tropez - where a young Brigitte Bardot walked barefoot in one of his creations - to the cat-walks, was just a short step. In 1972 Roberto Cavalli showed his first collection in the historic White Room of Palazzo Pitti in Florence. It led to a real scandal. On the catwalk were models wearing patchwork on denim, a fabric snubbed by the straight-laced Florentines and to this day preferred by working men and cowboys. Tenacious and proud - a scorpio through and through - Roberto Cavalli refused for years to bow to the diktat of the prevailing fashion, choosing to run as an outsider in order to defend his creativity from any preconceived ideas.. At the beginning of the Nineties the designer relaunched his challenge to the fashion system, assisted by his beautiful wife, Eva Duringer - an ex Miss Universe - who works alongside him. His enormous success, both publicly and with the press, convinced him to take his catwalk extravaganza to MilanoCollezioni. In this way he has become part of the Italian fashion system without ever foresaking his own inimitable eccentricity. Over the years Roberto Cavalli has expanded and as well as his Womenswear collection, new lines have been launched: Menswear, Just Cavalli (a line for youngsters), Underwear, Class (a knitwear collection), Freedom (the casual line), Eyewear, Timewear, Angels (a line for children from 4 to 14) and most recently, Homewear. An inspiration to the international jet-set, Roberto Cavalli is taken for granted by stars all over the world. Eclectic, social and ironic by nature, as a designer he sets himself apart through his natural vivaciousness and extreme cordiality - as well as his proverbial hospitality which makes him the perfect host of parties and dinners. Like all good Tuscans, he loves to surround himself with friends to celebrate not only his successes but even the smallest occasion: for Roberto Cavalli any reason is a good reason to celebrate with a friend. As well as his brilliant career as a designer he is equally well-known for his spectacular parties, which are always attended by Italian and international celebrities. Ornella Muti, Anna Oxa, Nancy Brilli, Jennifer Lopez, Mena Suvari, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Cindy Crawford, Cher, Zucchero, Linus, Lenny Kravitz, Bono from U2, Anthony Hopkins and Sting are among the artists who appreciate his work and never miss one of his parties. An undisputed phenomenon, nowadays Roberto Cavalli is a mainstay in the Olimpus of the most famous international designers. A success for which he prepared, meditated and wholeheartedly deservered.

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Designer John Galliano

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John Galliano BIOGRAPHY JOHN GALLIANO (1960-) is one of the most influential fashion designers of our time. Born in Gibraltar, he grew up in London and launched his own label before becoming chief designer of France's haute couture flagship, Christian Dior, in Paris. John Galliano has created the most spectacular fashion shows of our time. Since his 1984 degree collection, Les Incroyables, which metamorphosed his London art school into a French Revolutionary street scene, he has transported his privileged audiences to more exotic and sartorially blessed places than they could possibly have imagined or experienced. Whether he chooses to transform the OpÃ©ra Garnier in Paris into a party thrown by the Venetian socialite, Marchesa Luisa Casati, or the none-too salubrious platforms of Gare dâ€™Austerlitz into a Moroccan souk - complete with guest appearance from a couture-clad Princess Pocohontas - Galliano never fails to convince. This despite the fact that his references come from a dizzying array of rarely connected times, people and places. But then, John Gallianoâ€™s life has been rather richer than most â€“ more often than not, the vivid colour in his shows have been experienced at source first hand. He was born in Juan Carlos in 1960 in Gibraltar, his fatherâ€™s homeland. His mother is Spanish and he first went to school in Spain, reaching it via Tangiers. "I think all that â€“ the souks, the markets, woven fabrics, the carpets, the smells, the herbs, the Mediterranean colour, is where my love of textiles comes from," Galliano has said. In 1966, the family moved to Streatham in South London, where Johnâ€™s father worked as a plumber. They then moved to Dulwich, which remains the family home to this day. Galliano attended Wilsonâ€™s Grammar School for Boys where his academic performance was, by all accounts, unremarkable. The same cannot be said of his appearance. The young John and his sisters, Rosemary and Immacula, were always dressed in immaculately pressed and starched clothes, even for trips to the corner shop. "I donâ€™t think people here understood where I was coming from," he said of his early days in South London. "And I certainly didnâ€™t understand where they were coming from. It was quite a shock coming from that sort of family, that sort of colour. My mother brought it with her on the plane. You know, the religious aspect and all that was still with us when we were at home." It wasnâ€™t until the 16 year-old Galliano moved to City and East London College to study design, that he discovered the arts and people "a bit more like me". From there, he went on to Central Saint Martins art school and a star was born. "I worked very hard. I was always in the library - sketching endlessly." The inspiration for his first collection came from Danton, a National Theatre production on which he worked part-time as a dresser. There were jackets worn upside down and inside out â€“ this was the early 1980s, deconstruction wasnâ€™t yet part of the fashion vernacular â€“ and romantic organdie shirts, accessorised with everything from magnifying glasses, smashed and worn as jewellery to rainbow-coloured ribbons sewn onto the insides of coats. "I was just so into that collection. It completely overtook me. I still love it. I love the romance, you know, charging through cobbled streets in all that amazing organdie. There are a lot of things in that collection that still haunt me." Fashion retailer Joan Burstein was so impressed that she immediately gave the window of Browns, her London store, to the fledgling designer. The clothes flew off the rails. Despite the universal acclaim â€“ even hysteria â€“in the next decade, not one, but two backers pulled out on Galliano. For several seasons, he couldnâ€™t afford to show. In the early 1990s, disillusioned by the difficulties of running a fashion business in Britain, he moved to Paris. There, Anna Wintour, powerful editor-in-chief of American Vogue, took him under her wing and used her influence to secure him a backer (PaineWebber International) and a venue (SÃ£o Schlumbergerâ€™s chicly crumbling mansion). The invitation was a rusty key. The supermodels of the day - Kate Moss, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell - modelled for friendship rather than their customary five-figure fees. There were only 17 outfits put together at the last minute - all in black. (A few bolts of black fabric was all Galliano could afford.) But well as creating narrow, very feminine tailoring which was the envy of those less gifted. Yet it was still brave of Arnault to decide, in October 1995, to install John Galliano as chief designer of Givenchy. To the French fashion establishment, he seemed like a young upstart. The media was apoplectic and Givenchy hit the headlines. "I really couldnâ€™t tell

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