List of grands couturiers

A grand couturier is a fashion designer who holds significant influence in the fashion industry. His or her designs and collections influence the fashion industry at all levels through the trickle-down effect.

Grands couturiers usually are household names who have high profile clients. They come out with fashion collections every season in one or more of the six major fashion weeks-Milan, Paris, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles and New York. Their designs are also often featured in popular fashion magazines like "Vogue" or "Madame Figaro".

It is difficult to decide who deserves the title "grand couturier" because numerous designers have had influence in the fashion industry. However the name was originally created for the head designers of the haute couture houses. There are 10 current official French couture fashion houses and 2 honorary Italian houses.

The official grands couturiers (in order of their fashion house):

*Adeline André
*Chanel::*Coco Chanel::*Karl Lagerfeld
*Christian Dior
*Givenchy
*Christian Lacroix
*Scherrer::*Jean Louis Scherrer::*Stéphane Rolland
*Dominique Sirop
*Franck Sorbier
*Emanuel Ungaro
* Torrente::*Rosette Torrente-Mett::*Julien Fournie
*Valentino
*Versace::*Gianni Versace ::*Donatella Versace
*Armani::*Giorgio Armani
* Carlota Alfaro
* Arkadius
* Giorgio Armani
* Balenciaga::*Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972)::*Nicolas Ghesquière
* Rocco Barocco
* Laura Biagiotti
* Bill Blass (1922–2002)
* Mariella Burani
* Pierre Cardin
* Hattie Carnegie
* Roberto Cavalli
* Enrico Coveri
* Oscar de la Renta
* Christian Dior (1905–1957)
* Fendi::*Karl Lagerfeld
* Salvatore Ferragamo
* Gianfranco Ferrè (1944–2007)
* Alberta Ferretti
* Tom Ford
* Julien Fournié
* John Galliano
* Jean-Paul Gaultier
* Carolina Herrera
* Tommy Hilfiger
* Donna Karan
* Calvin Klein
* Karl Lagerfeld
* Lanvin::*Jeanne Lanvin (1867–1946)::*Alber Elbaz
* Ralph Lauren
* Antonio Marras
* Gai Mattiolo
* Elena Mirò
* Issey Miyake
* Ottavio Missoni
* Anna Molinari
* Paul Poiret (1879–1944)
* Prada::*Miuccia Prada
* Emilio Pucci
* Lilly Pulitzer
* John Richmond
* Yves Saint-Laurent / YSL Rive Gauche::*Yves Saint-Laurent::*Alber Elbaz::*Tom Ford::*Stefano Pilati
* Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973)
* Chris Seydou (1949–1994)
* Vionnet::*Madeleine Vionnet (1876–1975) ::*Sophia Kokosalaki
* Vivienne Westwood
* Valentin Yudashkin
* Nigo
* Adrian Vega

See also

* Haute couture"This list was originally taken from the French-language Wikipedia article "

External links

* cite web |publisher= Victoria and Albert Museum
url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1486_couture/explore.php
title= Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies