Atlas of Fashion Designers illustrates the expanding of cultural boundaries that have begun to emerge and shape modern fashion today. It explores the prominent and influential fashion designers emanating from all over the world, and not just the major fashion centers. This one-of-a-kind collection features the most significant fashion designers from around the world and their work over the last five years. Each profile illustrates the impact each designer has had on the industry through biographical information, interviews, photos and sketches from there recent collections.
Current fashion icons, including Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Viktor & Rolf, Alber Elbaz for Lanvin and Josep Font are represented, fighting to keep haute couture the dominant force in fashion among the new wave of multicultural designers.
More than sixty designers from more than thirty countries are depicted in all, each of who present a unique and varied perspective and will play a significant role in the future of fashion. Atlas of Fashion Designers draws a map of current fashion, portraying the different viewpoints, backgrounds, personalities, skills, and beliefs of today's top designers. It travels the globe to deliver a close-up look at those who are changing the face of fashion today and helping us understand what tomorrow may bring.