Behind the Scenes of Fashion | Girl Power

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There are a bunch of faces in fashion that anyone can identify (is there anyone oblivious to Anna Wintour's existence?), but there are also a ton of people who have been behind the scenes of the industry and haven't received as much recognition despite the importante of their work. "Behind the scenes of fashion" is the perfect chance to get an insight into the figures that have been out of the spotlight but are still important to understand the history of fashion, from editors to models and creative directors.
She was born in Paris in 1903, but her family emigrated to the United States at the outbreak of World War I. Her career in fashion began when she started to work as columnist for Harper's Bazaar, writing her own column called "Why Don't You?". After three decades working for the publication, she then joined Vogue in 1962, where she worked as editor-in-chief for almost ten years. Vreeland became consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1971, where she organized twelve exhibitions. In 2011 a documentary about her life and career was released, featuring interviews with Diana herself and the people who surrounded her her whole life.
Victoire de Castellane is a French jewellery designer who started her career alongside Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. She worked for the maison for 14 years overseeing its costume jewellery, and nowadays she's the creative director of Christian Dior's fine jewellery division. She has also done some personal work that has been exhibited in art settings like Gagosian Gallery in Paris, as well as modelling for Chanel. Her designs are known for their combination of classic precious stones like diamonds or emeralds with semi-precious gemstones to evoke fairy tales and elements that represent Christian Dior. In 2007 she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur to honor her work, gaining even more recognition.
Former model and American Vogue creative director, Grace Coddington is known for creating some of fashion's most memorable imagery. She began her career as a mannequin, but then moved to a Junior Editor position at British Vogue. A few years later she started working for Calvin Klein in New York, until she joined Anna Wintour in American Vogue in 1988. She remained creative director until the beginning of this year, when she announced that she would be exiting her role to pursue other projects. Her picture's aesthetic is romantic, rich and detailed, which makes them powerful visual narratives that approach the heart of the fashion industry.
Yasmin Le Bon was one of the most important British models during the 1980s. She started her career working for a Guess advertising campaign, which was followed by covers of the American and British issues of Elle magazine as well as other publications such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan or Harper's Bazaar. She has also been the face of brands like Dior, Vesace, Chanel and Calvin Klein, and in 2009 she partnered with women's clothing retailer Wallis to design her first women's clothing and jewellery collection called YLB, which had a second collection the following year.

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