The next few years saw Wang recognized for his talent within the industry. In 2008 Wang received the Vogue/Council of Fashion Designers of America fund. The following year he was announced as the winner of the Swarovski Womenswear Designer of the Year. 2009 also saw Wang as the...
Biography Nationality: United States American designer raised in San Francisco, California. Went to Parsons School of Design. In 2009, Wang won the Swarovski Award for Womenswear, won the CFDA awards for accessories in 2010 and 2011. In November 2012 at 28, he was named Balenciaga's Creative ...
Alexander McQueen was a London-based, English fashion designer who was head designer of the Louis Vuitton Givenchy fashion line, before starting his own line. By Biography.com EditorsUpdated: Apr 11, 2024 4:53 PM EDTJemal Countess/WireImage for Saks Fifth Ave - NY//Getty Images (1969-2010...
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Oppenheimer’s personal connection to the world of great tailoring is a matter of record. His father, Julius, worked in the world of menswear. According to American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the biography on which Oppenheimer is based, Julius has a reputation...
“bumster” trousers—pants cut so low that they revealed the cleavage of the backside. This brought McQueen instant media recognition. In 1996 he was named British Designer of the Year, and later that year he took over as the head designer of Givenchy—the French couture house founded by...
Calder one of the most-recognizable and beloved modern artists. He also made a smaller number of sculptures in the more traditional materials of wood andbronzeand didpaintings, mostly ingouache, as well asdrawings, including illustrations for books, andprints, and was an inventive designer of...
Alexander Meissner was an Austrian engineer whose work in antenna design, amplification, and detection advanced the development of radio telegraphy. Meissner studied at the Vienna College of Engineering, earning the doctor of technical science degree in