Being Bullied Turned Into A Positive

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Severely bullied at school, Yves Saint Laurent escaped his world by acting out plays at home for his parents, thus his love of fashion was born. Fascinated by the reviews and the clothing featured in French Vogue, he began his formal study of fashion at the Chambre Syndicale.  After beating Karl Lagerfeld in a design contest, he caught the eye of Christian Dior and he began designing for the Dior label.  So impressed, Christian Dior named him as his successor. When Dior died at an early age in 1957, Saint Laurent was in charge of The House of Dior at the age of 21.  Unfortunately in 1960, he had to serve in the French Army during the Algerian War of Independence. It was rumored that fashion powers-that-be were unhappy the Saint Laurent was in charge of Dior and pulled strings with the government so he had to serve. When he returned, he had been fired from Dior and proceeded to sue Dior for breach of contract.  Successful in winning his case, in 1962 he began his own company, YSL.  His company flourshing, he attracted the attention of  Catherine Deneuve and her peers .  YSL was bought by Gucci in 1999. After this under the leadership of Tom Ford, the YSL name was associated with it's expanded line including luxury handbags, jewelry and accessories.

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Born to Aristocracy, Destined for High Fashion

Hubert de Givenchy was born into French aristocracy.   His father was Lucien Taffin de Givenchy, Marquis de Givenchy and his grandfather and great-grandfather were both designers. This encouraged the creative gene to bloom in Givenchy.  In 1937, after attending the World's Fair in Paris, at the age of 10 he decided that his future was in the field of fashion.  By age 18 he was designing for Jacques Fath, a  family friend. He opened his own House of Givenchy in 1952 and was a success even though he was only 25.  He had major connections and great innovative designs that insured his fame.   When he met Audrey Hepburn in 1953, he designed almost all of her movie wardrobes.   Count James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy, in 1995 retired from the fashion world. Thanks to Givenchy's fashion expertise, we have access to more luxury handbags, jewelry and accessories.
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Pilgrim's, But---Not From the Mayflower

PILGRIM is a Danish brand producing fashion jewelery and accessories.  Every single piece of PILGRIM jewelery is handmade, hand painted and assembled by hand.  On all items PILGRIM uses plating with either 925 sterling silver or 16 carat gold.  PILGRIM products reflect broad fashion trends with a difference. PILGRIM's designs always stand out from the crowd.
Annemette Markvad and Thomas Adamsen started PILGRIM in 1983. They spent the first

years traveling around selling jewelery in the streets of Denmark and at festivals.   After first making jewelry in their small apartment, they moved to larger premises – the basement of a large, old house and in 2003 they moved into the present HQ in Skanderborg Denmark. 

Since 2003 PILGRIM has supported Doctors without Borders, by yearly designing and producing special MSF products. All profits from these products are donated to this humanitarian organization – so far more than €1,735,000.

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Christian Dior, What A Dream He Had!!

Although his parents pushed Dior to attend school to study politics, he had a dream to create fashion. He did attend  the Ecole des Sciences Politiques from 1920 to 1925, but stayed true to his dream by selling sketches for 10 cents each on the street.  When his family lost their fortune a couple of years later, he began to truly pursue his dream, clothing.  In 1946, after studying at a couple of houses in France, Dior opened his own line. This line was named Corolle originally, but today his designer handbags, jewelry and accessories are know for by the Dior fashion lines. Christian Dior died in 1957 of a heart attack.
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The Vasari, Your Not Going to Believe What This Is!!

You ever brown bagged it for lunch?  Well, Jil Sander, a German designer, has done the ultimate new green design for the fashion world. A Paper Bag Purse for both men and women to carry.  It has the Jil Sander logo on the bottom of the front, crafted from coated paper, and looks like a paper bag. Now for the kicker of all kickers, the purchase price is $290. 
It hit the fashion scene this year at the Milan Fashion Week Menswear Autumn/Winter 2012 on January 14, 2012 and believe it or not sold out. He pushed this line even further by creating a black leather bag, paper bag shaped, that sells for $630.
Makes me wonder what will next hit the fashion world, what the price will be, and who is crazy enough to pay for the next fashion extravaganza. Guess famous logo's do sell!!!!!