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Designers

The lives and ideas behind the clothes.

Explore fashion through its designers

Choose a question to follow across the archive. These reading paths connect biographies through garments, techniques and the work of making clothes.

How couture houses took shape

Follow the relationship between a designer, an atelier and the people wearing the clothes.

Cut, cloth and everyday movement

Compare different ways of shaping fabric, adjusting a silhouette and making room for everyday use.

Art, illusion and the runway

Read clothing alongside the images, historical references and performances that frame it.

New forms and the work of making

Examine how surfaces and structures emerge from skilled work, material experiments and collaboration.

Published profiles: 170

Profiles are added as research and editing are completed.

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