Rei Kawakubo Built Comme des Garçons by Refusing to Play by the Rules
The Tokyo designer who turned asymmetry, black and deliberate discomfort into one of fashion’s most independent houses.
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The designers shaping fashion right now — houses, debuts, and the people behind the collections. 24Fashion TV® profiles them season after season.
Jean Paul Gaultier: The Showman Who Made French Street Couture
From the cone bra to kabuki revues, the enfant terrible of Paris fashion turned couture into popular culture.
Vivienne Westwood: How Punk Became Haute Couture
The designer who dressed the Sex Pistols and ended up on the Paris calendar left fashion a conscience as well as a wardrobe.
Donatella Versace: The Survivor Who Rewrote Versace in Her Own Voice
Donatella Versace became creative director in July 1997, days after her brother Gianni was murdered, and spent nearly three decades turning Versace into a global luxury brand owned by Capri Holdings before handing design to Dario Vitale in 2025.
Miuccia Prada Proved That Ideas Can Sell Handbags
The former communist feminist who turned a family leather-goods house into fashion’s intellectual headquarters.
Ralph Lauren Sold a Story of America Before He Sold Clothes
The Bronx boy who built a wardrobe empire out of ties, tweed and the idea that style is a world you can enter.