AIRY PHOTO BY GINA UHLMANN

Gina Uhlmann is an award winning fashion and advertising photographer who specializes in location and studio photography. As a former dancer, she has the unique ability to bring a lyrical and intimate quality to her photographs.

BIZARRE PHOTO BY SOLVE SUNDSBO

Solve Sundsbo is a Norwegian photographer who lives in London. His career began when four months into a course at the London College of Printing he became Nick Knight’s assistant. Now Sundsbo is a regular contributor to magazines including Pop, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Numéro, Visionaire and Vogue Nippon.

MAKEUP MOGUL HELENA RUBINSTEIN

''Beauty is power'' - Helena Rubinstein

Helena Rubinstein was a Polish entrepreneur and philanthropist born in 1872. In 1902, she started her business career in Australia distributing a beauty cream that her mother had used. She soon founded a beauty salon and manufactured cosmetics, working hard to expand her business at every turn. Rubinstein opened salons in London and Paris, and when World War I began she moved to America. Her beauty business grew into a worldwide cosmetics empire and Rubinstein created the Helena Rubinstein Foundation in 1953 to fund organisations for children's health.

THE STORY OF LANVIN

Jeanne Lanvin was born in 1867 in Paris, she was the eldest of eleven children. At the age of 13 years, Jeanne  worked with a milliner as a delivery girl hats. The salary she received each month was 25 francs.

VERA WANG. PROMINENT DESIGNER OF BRIDAL WEAR

Vera Wang is an American fashion designer, born in 1949 New York. She has a unique vision and certainly sense of elegance. Wang's evening wear and bridal dresses have been worn by stars at many red carpet events. Her dresses seem to defy the impossible, offering both modern and classic appeal at the same time.

CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA. TOTALLY ELEGANCE

Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in Getaria, a fishing town in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, in 1895. He is notable as one of the few couturiers in fashion history who could use their own hands to design, cut, and sew the models which symbolized the height of his artistry.

LEGENDS OF PERFUME

1. CHANEL NO. 5

Launched over 90 years ago, Chanel No.5 is the most iconic perfume of all time. The chemical formula for the fragrance was compounded by French chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux. Coco asked to created “a perfume with the scent of a woman”. And one of the proposed bottles number 5 became the timeless fragrance with hints of vanilla, may rose and jasmine. With Art Deco bottle, it was the first perfume to bear a designer's name.

MADAME GRES. THE GRAND DAME OF HAUTE COUTURE

Germaine Emilie Krebs was born in 1903, Paris. She changed her name several times, known as Alix Barton and later as "Madame Grès". In 1937 Krebs chose to sign Grès, the anagram of her Russian husband's first name Serg. And La Maison Grès officially opened in 1941 and was located at 1, rue de La Paix, in Paris. The Grand Dame of haute couture. She produced haute couture designs for clientele that included the Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Jackie Kennedy, and Dolores del Río.(big movie star of the '30s). In her day, in 30's Grès was considered the equal of Coco Chanel and Dior, she is almost completely unknown today.

DIANA VREELAND. WOMAN, WHO WAS FASHION BY HERSELF.

"You don't have to have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive"

- Diana Vreeland

Diana Vreeland was a significant figure in the fashion world connoisseur of haute couture. She had incomparable sense of style, beauty and luxury. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964. Her flair to new trends, understanding future development of fashion, which had a considerable influence at life fashion. Vreeland was a mixture of energy, art and fantasy. Woman, who created fashion, and, as her contemporaries were telling, she was a fashion by herself.

EXOTIC DESIGNER. GORGEOUS GOWNS BY ZUHAIR MURAD

Zuhair Murad is a Lebanese fashion designer. Shortly after high school, Zuhair Murad moved from Beirut to Paris where he obtained his degree in fashion.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD. FEARLESS FEMALE ICON.

Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age; fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true living legend. Both her name and brand are recognized the world over, whilst at home in the United Kingdom she has attained National Treasure status as the nation's favourite fearless female icon.

ARISTOCRATIC LUXURY OF HERMES

The Hermès Company was founded by Thierry Hermes in 1837 in Paris as a supplier of saddles and harnesses to a very upscale clientele. His illustrious clients included royalty and sportsmen and sporting royals. Especially people like Napoleon the Third and his very fashionable wife, the Empress Eugenie.

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA. ITALY'S MOST FAMOUS FAMILY DRIVEN ENTERPRISES

Ermenegildo Zegna  is an Italian fashion house known for producing quality menswear since 1910, in Trivero in the Biellese prealps.  Zegna quickly gained a reputation for producing fine quality wool for suits, and by the end of the 1930s, the Wool Mill employed 1,000 workers.

TOM FORD. LUXURY AND INSPIRATION.

 "The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos" 

- Tom Ford

Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tom Ford is among the most highly respected and successful designers today. The winner of numerous design awards, his rise in fashion began in 1994, when he became creative director of Gucci. Not only did he dramatically change the image of the legendary fashion house, he also led the company to unprecedented success with his visionary insight into what the modern consumer desires. His innovative and provocative designs set the tone for an entirely new direction in the world of luxury goods. In 2000, Ford also took creative control of Yves Saint Laurent, a Gucci Groupbrand, reviving it with his trademark combination of sensuality and mystique.

ELSA SCHIAPARELLI THE QUEEN OF SARTORIAL SURREALISM

Elsa Schiaparelli was known as the Queen of Fashion; a headline attraction in the international glitter-glamour show of the late twenties and thirties, feted in Rome (where she was born), Paris, New York, London, Moscow, Hollywood . . .