Hermès
Hermès began as a Paris harness workshop in 1837 and expanded into leather goods, silk, clothing and objects for the home. Its history connects changing uses with specialized making.
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Chanel
Chanel developed from Gabrielle Chanel’s millinery business into a fashion house whose clothing and accessories connected bodily movement with recognizable design codes.
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Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton began in Paris in 1854 as a travel-goods business. Protective construction, repeated surface patterns and changing ways of travelling are central to its development.
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Dior
Dior was established in Paris in 1946 and became widely known through its first collection in 1947. Its history includes both the founder’s silhouettes and their subsequent reinterpretation.
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Gucci
Gucci began in Florence in 1921 under Guccio Gucci. Details associated with leather goods and equestrian imagery developed into recognizable elements across bags, shoes and clothing.
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Prada
Prada began in Milan in 1913. Its leather-goods foundations developed alongside nylon, clothing and cultural projects that questioned familiar assumptions about luxury.
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Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent grew from the Paris house established by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé. Its history connects tailoring, artistic references and ready-to-wear with changing wardrobes.
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Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta began in Vicenza in1966. Woven leather and supple volume made construction itself a means of recognition beyond a written logo.
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Loewe
Loewe originated with leather artisans in Madrid in1846. Its development connects leatherworking with geometric panels, supple forms and contemporary craft.
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Celine
Celine grew from a Paris children’s shoe business founded in 1945 into a house of clothing and leather goods.
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Fendi
Fendi began as a family business in Rome in 1925 and developed a house of leather goods and clothing.
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Balenciaga
Balenciaga developed from Cristóbal Balenciaga’s couture practice and continued through a distinct revival after his retirement.
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Valentino
Valentino developed as a Roman couture house through Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti, later expanding through successive design teams.
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Givenchy
Givenchy was founded in Paris in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy, developing through separates, film collaboration and later creative teams.
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Versace
Versace began in Milan in 1978 under Gianni Versace, linking material experimentation, bodily movement and public image.
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Burberry
Burberry began in Basingstoke, England, in 1856 and developed through weather-conscious textiles and outerwear.
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Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani began in Milan in 1975, developing relaxed ready-to-wear tailoring and later a distinct couture practice.
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Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren began with Polo neckwear in 1967 and expanded into clothing and a coordinated world of interiors.
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Loro Piana
Loro Piana developed from a textile company founded in Quarona in 1924 into a house of clothing, footwear and objects.
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Brunello Cucinelli
Brunello Cucinelli began with coloured women’s knitwear in 1978 and expanded into a complete clothing offer.
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Miu Miu
Miu Miu’s story begins with the separate fashion label launched by Miuccia Prada in 1993.
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Chloé
Chloé’s story begins in Paris in 1952 with Gaby Aghion’s proposal for refined everyday clothes.
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Alaïa
Alaïa’s story concerns a Paris house that treated clothes as structures around the body rather than flat decoration.
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Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli’s story begins with a Paris house established in1927 and a question about how familiar objects change when worn.
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Balmain
Balmain’s story begins with Pierre Balmain’s Paris house in1945.
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McQueen
McQueen’s story begins with the London house founded by Lee Alexander McQueen in1992.
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Maison Margiela
Maison Margiela’s story asks what finished clothing normally conceals.
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Jil Sander
Jil Sander’s story asks how clothes with fewer decorative elements can retain a strong presence.
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Dries Van Noten
Dries Van Noten’s story is a story of unlike surfaces entering a relationship.
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Marni
Marni’s story can be read through unexpected relations between surfaces and shapes.
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Tom Ford
Tom Ford’s story follows a designer’s name into clothing, eyewear and beauty.
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Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana’s story traces regional references into clothing, photography and presentation.
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Max Mara
Max Mara’s story follows the accumulation of design and production around an outer layer.
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Ferragamo
Ferragamo’s story begins where a shoe becomes both a small sculpture and something capable of supporting a moving body.
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Etro
Etro’s story starts with fabric before a finished wardrobe.
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Missoni
Missoni’s story can be read through the difference between putting colour on clothing and making clothing through colour.
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Pucci
Pucci’s story is more than a story of bright resort patterns.
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Oscar de la Renta
Established in New York in 1965, Oscar de la Renta connects daywear, occasion dressing and multiple ways of constructing botanical decoration.
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Carolina Herrera
Founded in New York in 1981, Carolina Herrera explores the relationship between crisp shirts, decorated occasionwear and vivid colour.
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The Row
The Row’s story invites a question: how can clothes be distinguished when a large logo is not doing the work? Founded jointly by Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen, the house’s own introduction emphasises fabric, detail and precise tailoring.
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Zegna
Founded as a textile mill in Trivero in 1910, Zegna connects material production with the changing structure of menswear.
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Brioni
Founded in Rome in 1945, Brioni connected tailoring, runway presentation and international client service.
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Kiton
Founded by Ciro Paone in Arzano in 1968, Kiton connects Neapolitan clothing construction with the education of future makers.
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Cesare Attolini
Cesare Attolini connects Vincenzo’s cutting experiments with Cesare’s organization of a Neapolitan clothing workshop.
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dunhill
dunhill grew from the harness business Alfred Dunhill inherited in 1893 into accessories for a changing world of mobility.
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Berluti
Berluti connects the form and colour of shoes with a later expansion into leather goods and menswear.
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Tod’s
Tod’s developed from the Della Valle family’s shoemaking business into footwear, bags and clothing centred on everyday use.
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Goyard
Goyard took its name under François Goyard in 1853, developing trunk construction and personalized markings in Paris.
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Moynat
Founded by Pauline Moynat in Paris in 1849, Moynat translates travel-goods construction into bags and patterned canvas.
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Delvaux
Delvaux began as a Brussels travel-goods workshop in 1829 and developed a documented vocabulary of handbag forms.
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Valextra
Founded in Milan in 1937, Valextra connects geometric leather goods with hand-finished edges and the practical movements of urban life.
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Serapian
Serapian began in Milan in 1928, developing woven leather surfaces and a bespoke tradition around bags designed for everyday use.
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Christian Louboutin
Founded in Paris in 1991, Christian Louboutin connects a red sole with sharply drawn footwear, making movement part of the design’s identity.
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Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik grew in London, connecting drawing with shoemaking to develop both embellished footwear and restrained pumps.
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Roger Vivier
Roger Vivier began with a Paris shop in 1937, developing sculptural heels and a rectangular buckle that later designers translated across footwear.
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Jimmy Choo
Co-founded in London in 1996, Jimmy Choo developed from a bespoke-shoemaking background into an accessories house shaped by Sandra Choi’s design work.
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Moncler
Founded in France in 1952, Moncler developed insulated mountain clothing into urban outerwear and collaborative collections.
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Rick Owens
Rick Owens began in Los Angeles and subsequently moved to Paris. Short jackets, extended layers and enlarged footwear reveal a language of proportion that connects clothing with movement, performance and furniture.
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Comme des Garçons
Comme des Garçons is the Japanese fashion label founded by Rei Kawakubo. Open knits, displaced volume and flat coats use different methods to question the expectation that clothing must follow the body.
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Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake connects textile development with the movement of the wearer. Pleated clothing, triangular-panel bags and A-POC offer different ways to examine the relationship between material, manufacture and use.
Read the brand story →Image credits and rights
- Hermès: Moonik / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Chanel: Photo: Daderot, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Musée de la mode, Montréal. Commons crop by Premeditated Chaos. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Louis Vuitton: Kidfly182 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Dior: Photo: Laura Blanchard, Wikimedia Commons / Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. Display orientation follows original EXIF metadata. · Source · Rights
- Gucci: Asukite / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Prada: Photo: Manuelarosi, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Saint Laurent: Eileen Costa / The Museum at FIT, via Wikimedia Commons. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Bottega Veneta: Premeditated / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Loewe: BORALAN ICKAROM / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Celine: Windmemories / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Fendi: Phillip Pessar / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Balenciaga: Staff photographer, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Valentino: David Adam Kess / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Givenchy: Leigh Caldwell / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Versace: Photo: Carlo Raso, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain, author-applied Flickr Public Domain Mark. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Burberry: No machine-readable author provided. Ashauk1~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Giorgio Armani: Photo: Anna Bombińska, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Ralph Lauren: Peffry / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Loro Piana: Zarateman / Wikimedia Commons / CC0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Brunello Cucinelli: Airin 91 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0; resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Miu Miu: Photo: Cory M. Grenier; crop by GRuban, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Chloé: Markkapcic at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for web delivery. · Source · Rights
- Alaïa: ellenm1 / Wikimedia Commons · WebP conversion / resizing · Source · Rights
- Schiaparelli: Joe Mabel / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 · WebP conversion / resizing · Source · Rights
- Balmain: Daan Noske / Anefo / Nationaal Archief (904-5106), cropped by Howardcorn33 — CC0 · WebP conversion / resizing · Source · Rights
- McQueen: Rhododendrites / Wikimedia Commons · WebP conversion / resizing · Source · Rights
- Maison Margiela: we-make-money-not-art · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. Web delivery: resized, EXIF orientation applied and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Jil Sander: Sara Cimino / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY/2.0. Resized and JPEG compressed. · Source · Rights
- Dries Van Noten: Staff photographer, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art · https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Web delivery: resized, EXIF orientation applied and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Marni: DineshAdv / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY/3.0. Resized and JPEG compressed. · Source · Rights
- Tom Ford: Photo: Rhododendrites, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Web delivery: resized and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Dolce & Gabbana: Renan Katayama · CC BY-SA 2.0. Web-sized copy; source framing retained. · Source · Rights
- Max Mara: Christopher Macsurak / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA/4.0. Resized and JPEG compressed. · Source · Rights
- Ferragamo: Sheila Thomson / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY/3.0. Resized and JPEG compressed. · Source · Rights
- Etro: Sergio Calleja (Life is a trip) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA/2.0. Resized and JPEG compressed. · Source · Rights
- Missoni: Giuseppe Pino · CC BY-SA 3.0. Web delivery: resized, EXIF orientation applied and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Pucci: Joe Mabel / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 · WebP conversion / resizing · Source · Rights
- Oscar de la Renta: Staff photographer for the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art · CC0. Web delivery: resized, EXIF orientation applied and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Carolina Herrera: Patricia Figueira · CC BY-SA 2.0. Web delivery: resized, EXIF orientation applied and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- The Row: Rhododendrites / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA/4.0. Resized and JPEG compressed. · Source · Rights
- Zegna: Sardaka / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Brioni: Coolcaesar / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Kiton: Kiton / Ciro Paone S.p.A. · Public domain (simple wordmark); trademark rights retained · Source · Rights
- Cesare Attolini: Cesare Attolini · Official brand wordmark; trademark rights retained; no open photo licence asserted · Source
- dunhill: BMWK1200RS / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Berluti: Mirco Braccini / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Tod’s: Peachyeung316 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Goyard: Mario Grisolli / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Moynat: Unknown (no credit) / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Public domain · Source · Rights
- Delvaux: Modwde Namoes Swealgo / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Valextra: Valextra · Official brand wordmark; trademark rights retained; no open photo licence asserted · Source
- Serapian: Iedanlrslam205 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Christian Louboutin: Phillip Pessar / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Manolo Blahnik: sunny yoyo / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Roger Vivier: Windmemories / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Jimmy Choo: Choo Yut Shing / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Moncler: Pittigrilli / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Rick Owens: Jtsimenc / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
- Comme des Garçons: Sarah Stierch · CC BY 4.0. Web delivery: resized, EXIF orientation applied and converted to WebP; no retouching. · Source · Rights
- Issey Miyake: ellenm1 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to JPEG. · Source · Rights
Brand logo sources
- Hermès: Hermès International S.A. / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Chanel: Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Louis Vuitton: Louis Vuitton / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Dior: Dior. Converted to SVG by Morn the Gorn / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Gucci: Gucci / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Prada: Prada S.p.A. / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Saint Laurent: Saint Laurent / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Bottega Veneta: Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Loewe: Loewe / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Celine: Celine / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Fendi: Fendi / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Balenciaga: balenciaga / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Valentino: Valentino S.p.A. / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Givenchy: Original: Givenchy Vector: 麗春 / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Versace: Viceryion / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Burberry: Burberry Group Plc. / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. Converted to PNG and resized. · Public domain · Source
- Giorgio Armani: Giorgio Armani / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren Corporation / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. · Public domain · Source
- Loro Piana: Nefedechev / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. Resized for web display. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source · Rights
- Brunello Cucinelli: Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A. / Wikimedia Commons; brand logo, trademark remains with its owner. Resized for web display. · Public domain · Source
- Miu Miu: Italo Lupi. Vector and upload by Gazilion · Public domain · Source
- Chloé: Chloe SAS · Public domain · Source
- Alaïa: alaia.fr · Public domain · Source
- Schiaparelli: Elsa Schiaparelli S.A.S. · Public domain · Source
- Balmain: Balmain · Public domain · Source
- McQueen: Alexander McQueen Trading Limited/Autumnpaper Limited · Public domain · Source
- Maison Margiela: Margiela Group · Public domain · Source
- Jil Sander: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Source
- Dries Van Noten: Dries Van Noten official website wordmark; trademark belongs to its owner. · Source
- Marni: Marni · Public domain · Source
- Tom Ford: Tom Ford · Public domain · Source
- Dolce & Gabbana: SVG conversion by Lokomotive74 · Public domain · Source
- Max Mara: Max Mara · Public domain · Source
- Ferragamo: Peter Saville [1] · Public domain · Source
- Etro: ETRO S.p.A. · Public domain · Source
- Missoni: Missoni · Public domain · Source
- Pucci: Pucci · Public domain · Source
- Oscar de la Renta: Oscar de la Renta · Source · Rights
- Carolina Herrera: Carolina Herrera · Public domain · Source
- The Row: The Row wordmark / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (text logo); trademark rights reserved · Source
- Zegna: zegna brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Brioni: brioni brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Kiton: Kiton / Ciro Paone S.p.A. · Source · Rights
- Cesare Attolini: Cesare Attolini · Source
- dunhill: dunhill brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source · Rights
- Berluti: berluti brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Tod’s: tods brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Goyard: goyard brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Moynat: moynat official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Delvaux: delvaux brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source · Rights
- Valextra: Valextra · Source
- Serapian: serapian official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Christian Louboutin: Christian Louboutin official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Manolo Blahnik: manolo-blahnik official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Roger Vivier: Roger Vivier official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Jimmy Choo: jimmy-choo brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Moncler: moncler official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Rick Owens: rick-owens official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
- Comme des Garçons: comme-des-garcons brand wordmark / Wikimedia Commons; trademark rights retained · Source
- Issey Miyake: issey-miyake official wordmark; trademark rights retained · Source
