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The world's largest fashion database and photo archive with 2001622 fashion photos, videos and more. FIRSTVIEW is an online fashion magazine with fashion show photos from around the world. See all the the top models and top designer fashions from the runways of the world

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Fashion Designers

French Designers

Gianni Versace

Giovanni "Gianni" Versace (Reggio Calabria, December 2, 1946 – Miami, July 15, 1997) was a charismatic Italian designer of clothing and theater costumes. He was considered one of the most colourful and talented designers of the late 20th century. The Versace look of the young, aggressive and sexy woman is well-known. He liked to create sexy clothes for his women, skin-tight with low cuts and high slits on the skirts. He was one of the first Italian designers to hire world-class photographers. Versace opened a new chapter in his career, making costumes for the theatre, opera and ballet. He began a close collaboration with choreographer Maurice Bejart.

  • Biography In July 1997, to the shock of the world, Gianni was found shot dead in front of his mansion in Miami, Florida. His killer was allegedly a serial killer, who later took his own life.
  • Casa Casuarina Gianni Versace purchased the building in 1992 for $2.9 million. After receiving city approval, he demolished the hotel next door, and a two-story, 6,100-foot addition was built, transforming it into Versace's Miami Beach house.

International Fashion Fairs

  • Amsterdam Fashion Week PUTTING AMSTERDAM ON THE MAP AS AN INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION FOR FASHION AIFW is steadily establishing itself as a young and directional alternative to the world’s more traditional fashion weeks.
  • Bread and Butter  With its 'tradeshow for selected brands', BREAD & BUTTER provides the concept of an innovative trade fair event for the progressive, contemporary clothing culture. As an international specialist trade fair for Street and Urban Wear, BREAD & BUTTER represents a marketing and communication platform for brands, labels and designers from the areas of Denim, Sportswear, Street Fashion, Function Wear and Casual Dressed Up. With a unique brand portfolio, BREAD & BUTTER confirms its position as the leading international trade fair and trademark - it is the meeting point for buyers, traders and representatives from the textile industry press. Like no other event, the 'tradeshow for selected brands' reflects the culture and brand philosophy of its exhibitors: the brands exhibiting at BREAD & BUTTER present themselves according to their brand direction with their complete versatility. Twice each year, the 'tradeshow for selected brands' brings together both inspiration and business according to the basic principle of 'Fun & Profit'. Its early date makes BREAD & BUTTER the kick-off event within the industry.
  • Fashion Exposed  Fashion Exposed is the most comprehensive Australian fashion event on the buying calendar and provides a unique platform where fashion meets business.
  • PRÊT À PORTER Paris  PRET A PORTER PARIS®, the leading international fashion rendezvous, is a worldwide recognized brand that signs several fashion events: PRET A PORTER PARIS® in Paris as a primary show, and special trade shows for different markets, with ATMOSPHERE’S for creators and designers, THE BOX for high-fantasy accessories, THE TRAIN in New York and LIVING ROOM in Tokyo.
  • Tokyo JFW/IFF Since January 2000, the International Fashion Fair (JFW-IFF) has served as 'a place for fashion and business to come together.' Exhibitors from around the world display their collections and network with other industry movers to seek out something new and expand their businesses. Acting as Japan Fashion Week's (JFW) initiative for promoting apparel industries, the exhibition changed its name to JFW International Fashion Fair and continues to started the fashion industry as the largest fashion trade show in Japan. 
  • Who's Next Paris   For many years, the work of the WHO'S NEXT and PREMIERE CLASSE teams has consisted of «facilitating» the work of buyers by directing them towards creative and exclusive brands. The method employed is as followed: strong international selection, specific promotion of each of the exhibitors, stressing the importance of the product, legibility of the offer...

Italian Designers

Lagerfeld Confidential

  • Lagerfeld exclusive pre-launch United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: For the first time Karl Lagerfeld has agreed to let someone create an artwork on his every day life and to trust in the director. Until today there is no authorised biography existing and the memories who Karl Lagerfeld would compose stay perfectly confidential. After three years of work, and over three hundred hours of footage, Rodolphe Marconi discloses the daily life of the star through his personal lens as a filmmaker. ...Lagerfeld Confidential

Tom Ford

  • Tom Ford Official Website Tom Ford caused a sensation when it was first published in 2004. This giant slice of fashion history, now back in print, celebrates the designers phenomenal career, during which he brought the house of Gucci back from the dead and then dethroned the great Yves Saint Laurent.With images by Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel and Terry Richardson, as well as texts by Anna Wintour and Graydon Carter, the book showcases Fords magic touch on iconic catwalk pieces, provocative ad campaigns and elegant interiors. Anyone with an interest in fashion will want to own Tom Ford.

Topmodels

Regulary Fashion-News will dedicate a space to great famous models or ex-models. This time it is Cindy Crawford. Her some information: Birthname: Cynthia Ann Crawford, Was nicknamed "Baby Gia" when she entered the modeling industry because of her resemblance to late supermodel, Gia Carangi. Date of birth: febr. 20 1966, Place of birth: Dekalb, Illinois, USA. Hair and Eye color brown, Height: 5' 9 1/2". Divorced from Richard Gere and re-married with Rande Gerber. Her trademark ofcourse the mole above her lip. Has been on the cover of more than 600 magazines worldwide including Vouge, W, People, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, and Allure. First modern Supermodel to pose for Playboy and In 1995 was worth $6.9 million dollars. Personal quote: "Even I don't look like Cindy Crawford in the morning" - (People Magazine '93)

Trendsetter

MADONNA always beyond. Watch her and you will know what will be the next trend. Visit some interesting sites about her.

Valentino

  • Valentino Online Shop Valentino, The Last Emperor, directed by Matt Tyrnauer, is a feature-length movie that takes the viewer inside the singular world of one of Italy’s most famous designers, Valentino Garavani. The film documents the colourful and dramatic closing act of Valentino’s celebrated career, capturing the end of an era in global fashion. But at the heart of the film is a love story: the unique relationship between Valentino and his business partner and companion of fifty years, Giancarlo Giammetti. An intimate, unprecedented and very funny exploration of the fabulous world of two of Italy’s richest and most famous men, Valentino, The Last Emperor joins them behind the curtain. The critically acclaimed film has captured the hearts and minds of audiences at film festivals around the world.

Viktor&Rolf

Viktor Horsting & Rolf Snoeren are fashion designers who have worked together as Viktor and Rolf since 1993. Renowned for the cut and proportion of their designs they turn recognisable, classic forms into unfamiliar features. Both born in 1969 in the Netherlands, they teamed up the year after they graduated from the fashion department of the Academy of the Arts, Arhem. As fashion designers, their cross-referential approach is partly a product of the cultural climate of their native Holland, which perhaps more than most places, enjoys a more mercurial interplay between the arts.

World Fashion Centre Amsterdam

The World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam is the biggest fashiontradecenter of the world, with more then 400 showrooms and many national and international brands and labels.

  • Enter Site The World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam is the biggest fashiontradecenter of the world, with more then 400 showrooms and many national and international brands and labels.

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent was born in 1936 and raised in Oran, Algeria. His talent for design became evident as a teenager and at the tender age of 17, he left for Paris with the determination to work in a major fashion house. Dior hired the young Saint Laurent and until Dior's untimely death in 1957, he was his best designer. It was not too long after that the still young Saint Laurent would open his own personal fashion house. His first collection for the line, entitled Ligne Trapéze won him global critical acclaim. Saint Laurent had emerged triumphant. In 1960, his "beat look" had spawned a revolution in the fashion world, where couture became integrated in common street wear. He invented the smoking suit for women and the classic pant suit. With a fashion empire in place, Saint Laurent announced his retirement in 2002.