Mental_floss Blog & The Quick 10: The Real People Behind 10 Fashion Houses - StumbleUpon. With all of the hype behind fantastically expensive one-named designers, I think we sometimes forget that somewhere down the line, one individual person actually opened up a store and probably never dreamed their clothes would sell for thousands of dollars (with a couple of exceptions, as you'll see). Here are the stories behind some of those one-named designers. 1. Gucci Getty Images Guccio Gucci opened a small saddlery shop in 1906 and started selling practical leather bags to his horsemen customers sometime in the '20s. The quality of his work was so outstanding he quickly gained a reputation and started to expand his line.
The brand was hot for a while, thanks to famous customers like Jackie O., Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn. But when Rodolfo Gucci, one of Guccio's sons, died and left his share to his son Maurizio, Maurizio turned things around and made Gucci a sought-after brand again. 2. 3. Getty Images Versace is the newest brand on the list and was founded just 31 years ago. 4.
Selected Objects from the Exhibition | Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty |... - StumbleUpon. Customizable Clothing: Unique 120-Zipper Dress Design | Designs &Ideas ... - StumbleUpon. This convertible dress design by Sebastian Errazuriz is nothing short of stunning in any of its possible stylistic configurations. The wearer can simply zip and unzip along any of the horizontal zipper lines to convert their clothing in a matter of seconds. What might be most remarkable about this design is how quickly it can shift from elegant to sexy, a full-length, single-piece dress one could potentially wear to work into a skimpy, short-cut, two-piece number that could put some bikinis to shame. In between there are any number of other options for shortening the top or bottom or even leaving some zippers partly on and partly off. Despite the obvious benefits in terms of variable style, temperature and so on there are some clear drawbacks to this design as well.
How much cold metal can you, after all, take on your skin? And do you really want to give any passerby 120 ways to undress you in the blink of an eye? Fashion Served :: Gallery - StumbleUpon. 25 Most Controversial Trendsetters | eHow.com - StumbleUpon.