Month: September 2022

Marc Ecko ( Full name: Marc Louis Ecko) is an American entrepreneur, fashion designer, and artist. He is the founder of a fashion company called  Ecko Unlimited where he serves as the Chief Creative Officer. Marc is also the founder of Complex magazine which was launched in 2002. With small investments from his sister and a friend called Seth Gerszberg, he started Ecko Unltd in 1993 as a T-shirt company.

Anna Sui is an American fashion designer. She was named one of the “Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade”. In 2009, Anna earned the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), joining the ranks of Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Diane von Furstenberg.

Pat McGrath ( Full name: Dame Patricia Ann McGrath DBE) is a British make-up artist. Vogue magazine and other commentators have named her the most influential make-up artist in the world. Pat was included in Time’s 100 most influential people list in 2019. She became the first make-up artist to be made a British dame.

Natalie Massenet is a famous British-American fashion entrepreneur and former journalist. She is the founder of the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. She worked as the chairman of the British Fashion Council from 2013 to 2017. In addition, she co-founded Imaginary Ventures alongside Nick Brown and became a non-executive co-chairman at Farfetch in 2018.

Rachel Zoe ( Full Name: Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig) is a popular American fashion designer, businesswoman, and author who rose to fame as a celebrity wardrobe stylist. She became assigned with the creation of “the boho-meets-rock chic look that came to define a new breed of Hollywood ‘it’-girls who were as adept at setting trends as they were at causing trouble” in the mid-2000s. 

Nicola Formichetti is a fashion director and fashion editor. He is most widely known as the artistic director of the Italian fashion label Diesel and for being a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. Nicola worked for two years with the French fashion house Mugler as artistic director.

Jenna Lyons is an American business personality and fashion designer. She served as the creative director and president for J.Crew from 2008 and 2010, respectively. Her departure from J.Crew was announced in April 2017 after two years of declining sales. Jenna had been referred to as the “Woman Who Dresses America” in 2013. The New York Times commented in 2017 that “the face of the brand became the symbol of its fall.”

Chloë Sevigny is a famous American actress, model, filmmaker, and fashion designer. She is famous for her work in independent films and also for appearing in controversial or experimental features. She has worked as a model and appeared in music videos for Sonic Youth and The Lemonheads. Sevigny directed two movies the short film Kitty and Carmen in 2016.

Phoebe Philo is a popular British fashion designer who was the creative director of fashion brands Céline from 2008 through 2018 and Chloé from 2001 until 2006. In 2021, Phoebe reported that she would launch a brand under her own name.