Designer brands at a glance

1. Curious which designer brands exist in the fashion world? This article is very useful! Also with useful background information for each designer brand. Of course there is a selection of designer brands, the best known are shown here.

Designer brands in the fashion world

1. Designer brands in the fashion world who doesn't know them? This article is not about the brands like diesel, replay and g-star but the real size guys. Because by the real designer brands we mean among others: Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Versace. At designer brands such as Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, you can easily pay € 1000 for a bag. Normal people cannot afford this 1 2 3 and do not think this is necessary. Someone with a little normal income is left with about € 1000 per month. Still, you keep looking at all sites secretly and you keep finding it beautiful. Of course not to buy yourself, but to look at. When there is a sale, people are also in the queue! For shoes for which you normally pay € 600, half is now € 300. This is not a bargain, but you do have a real designer pair!

The brands

1. Here you can see a few top designer brands from the fashion world. They are all in alphabetical order and to make it all a bit more interesting, some information is also included.

Burberry

1. The famous diamond who doesn't know it? You see this famous diamond everywhere nowadays. Although it is not the cheap products that have copied all this from the Burberry brand. This window originally comes from the designer brand Burberry. Burberry is from the United Kingdom. Burberry has a long history starting in 1856, founded by a 21 year old boy named Thomas Burberry. He opened his first store in England. However, the diamond only became known in 1920. It took a long time for this window to become decisive. It was not until 1967 that this diamond became known and taken up on the market.

Calvin Klein

1. Calvin Klein is a large company known for its fragrances, clothing, watches, sunglasses and jewelry. It is a very broad brand and well-known designer brand. This brand was designed by the man Calvin Klein, the brand is therefore named after this American fashion designer. Calvin Klein is known for his beautiful watches, but he has not become famous with this. Calvin Klein has become known for its comfortable underwear. His underwear scored so well that he became world famous. Now the designer brand Calvin Klein can provide you with beautiful watches, jewelry, clothing, sunglasses, etc.

Chanel

1. Chanel is a French haute couture brand based in the capital of France called Paris. Like many large companies, Chanel started as a small shop. It was a shop with accessories for women's hats. This store was founded in 1909 by Coco Chanel. Chanel was known for her beautiful comfortable suits that were completely handmade. Nothing inspired her from garden fashion quite like corsets. In all the designs of Coco Chanel the colors black, pink, gray, white and yellow came back again and again. In 1921, Coco Chanel became known for her perfume Chanel No. 5. This made her known all over the world. Its products were bought by the socialites of London, of course Paris, Rome and New York. Karl Lagerfield has revived the Chanel brand since 1983.

Christian Dior

1. This fashion designer is also from France but originally of Norman descent. Christian Dior was born on January 21, 1905, in Normandy. He moved with his parents to Paris, France. Despite studying Political Science, Christian Dior was more interested in sketching clothes. These sketches of clothes were so well liked that couture houses bought his designs. He also illustrated the fashion supplements of Le Figaro. Christian Dior was later hired as a fashion designer by Robert Piguit in 1938. In addition, he switched a few times. In 1946 he started his career and bought the Dior fashion house in Paris. 1947 His collection was launched. This made Christian Dior famous. In 1957 he died and his assistant Yves Saint Laurant took over the designer brand.

DKNY

1. DKNY also known as Donna Karan New York. You can read it from the name, DKNY is an American brand and founded by Donna Karan. Donna Karan has worked for several fashion designers, but not for long. Anne Klein was one of them. Here she was soon fired for being too good. Later Patti Capalli gave her the opportunity, she worked with this for 1 and a half years. Nevertheless, in 1970 Donna Karan returned to Anna Klein. She worked for this for 4 years, after Anna Klein died of cancer. Donna Karan soon made the choice to start for herself. In 1985 she started her own clothing label on "Donna Karan Collection". Soon there was a new collection in 1988: "DKNY" or while Donna Karan New York. A year later she already won a prize. Today, DKNY is still important in the fashion world.

Dolce Gabbana

1. Dolce Gabbana was founded by two men Domenci Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. It is an Italian brand. Dolce and Gabbana got to know each other in 1980. They soon started working together and in 1982 she started their own fashion house. In 1985 she launched a women's line, this collection was presented in Milan. Thus they won national fame. In 1989 they opened their first store in Japan. She also wanted to create fame in Japan. This worked and 2 years later she already presented their men's line. Dolce Gabanna have won numerous awards for "Best Fragrance of the Year" in 1993 and the "Wollmark Award" in 1991. They are now one of the most successful designers.

Giorgio Armani

1. Giorgio Armani is the founder of the Armani brand. Giorgio Armani is an Italian fashion designer. Giorgio Armani also studied something else first. He was studying medicine. Later Giorgio Armani went to study photography. He also worked as a window dresser at a large department store in Milan. Armani already opened its first company in 1970. His trademark was the stylized eagle. A branch in the US soon followed. Giorgio Armani also set up a line called Emporio Armani. This also became a well-known brand. In his creations you can see that he strives for a timeless and elegance.

Gucci

1. Gucci is an Italian brand founded by Guccio Gucci. Guccio Gucci moved to Paris, then Guccio Gucci moved to London. In London, Guccio Gucci worked in an exclusive hotel. He found the luggage very inspiring, which he had to bring and collect from the guests. This gave him ideas and so he moved to his birthplace in Italy "Florence". In 1920, Guccio Gucci set up a shop with leather bags in a classic style. He soon got employees and a machine to sew the products. He also had three sons Aldo, Vasco and Rodolfo. He worked with his three sons and opened stores in Milan and Rome and a few stores in Florence. This is how he gained national fame with his beautiful leather products.

Hermès

1. Hermès has known a long way of history. The brand is a French designer brand. Hermès was founded in 1937 by the French man Thierry Hermès. It all started with creating harnesses with the best material and he also started making trunks and bags. These bags were made from saddle leather. His son Charles-Émile Hermès took over the business from his father. He opened a store in Paris. He expanded the range with ties, fragrances and scarves well-known so far. The scarves have been around since 1937. All products gained name recognition. Hermès is best known for its beautiful bags and their silk scarves. Today, Jean-Paul Gaultier is known as Hermès fashion designer. In 2011 Christophe Lemaire takes over from him.

Louis Vuitton

1. Louis Vuitton is the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand. It is a well-known French designer brand better known for its beautiful bags, suitcases, clothing and accessories. The designer brand was founded in 1854 in Paris. Louis Vuitton specialized in making suitcases, handbags and accessories. Years later in 1986, Louis Vuitton introduced its L V monogram. You see this monogram everywhere. In 1971 Louis Vuitton was acquired and the holding group Louis Vuitton became Moët Hennessy. Marc Jacobs a well-known fashion designer launched a collection for women in 1997. In 2000 the brand also launched a men's line. Again by the fashion designer Marc Jacobs. Marc Jacobs has many collaborations with the Louis Vuitton brand.

Prada

1. Mario Prada is the founder of the fashion house Prada. It is an Italian brand and was founded in 1913. Mario Prada mainly sold leather goods. In 1978 the Prada brand was inherited by Miuccia Prada. She made the brand better known as a fashion house that specializes in haute couture. This designer brand has had a lot of influence on the fashion industry. Prada is known for their clothing, leather accessories and luggage.

Roberto Cavalli

1. Roberto Cavalli is a designer brand better known as Just Cavalli. Roberto Cavalli is the founder of this brand and is an Italian brand. Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence. In 1970 Roberto Cavalli invented the print on the leather. He started to create different materials with this new invention. In 1970 he presented his first collection in Paris. It even made it onto the catwalks in Florence from Sala Bianca or Palazzo Pitti. Later Roberto Cavalli created the Milano Collezioni jeans from denim with a print. He also created prints such as animal prints. In 1972 he opened his first retail chain in Saint-Tropez. Eva Düringer is his business partner whom he also married in 1980. 1994 He presented a pair of jeans again, this time the sandblasted jeans. Roberto Cavalli had a taste for it and opened even more stores. He also designed a men's line and a women's line, accessories, sunglasses, watches, perfume, underwear and swimwear, all in 1998. Until today Just Cavalli is a well-known designer brand.

Versace

1. Giannia Versace is the founder of the Versace brand. It is an Italian brand and founded in 1978. Gianni Versace started designing at a young age and were even sold in his mother's fashion house. Later in 1972 he designed a knitwear collection. Donatella Girombelli decided to hire him as a house designer because of his beautiful knitwear collection. Until 1974 Gianni Versace designed different leather and suede collections for different labels. Together with his younger brother Santo Versace, he opened a business and presented his own collection in 1978. Already in 1979 Gianni Versace had well-known customers such as Bruce Springsteen. Gianni Versace had already opened many retail chains around the world. Until 1997 Gianni Versace was murdered by a serial killer named Andrew Cunanan. His sister Donatella Versace took over the fashion house together with her brother Santo Versace from her bigger brother.