Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week
Sue Stemp
Sue Stemp
• Sue Stemp was brought up in Burnham-on-Crouch, in Essex. She left to study fashion in London - a first class honours in fashion design followed• Stemp took up a job for dress label Ghost in 1995 - which took her to New York, where she worked for Daryl K
• In 1998 she became co-head designer of dress label Tocca
• In 2005 she added fashion research to her skills - working with Alexander McQueen on his The Man who Knew Too Much collection
• In 2006, she launched her own label in New York and hit headlines with it by dressing Kate Moss
Sue Stemp presented her second own-label show three months after her baby was born and had an after party hosted by Erin O'Connor. She is known for her print collaborations and glorious use of colour Read more...
Tom Ford Biography
Tom Ford
• Tom Ford was born in Texas in 1962
• He studied interior architecture at Parsons School of Design until 1986
• By 1999 he had made Gucci worth $4.3 billion (£2.2). "We didn't even have a photocopier at one stage," he admits. "We didn't have any paper"
• In 2000, Ford was named Best International Designer at the first VH1/Vogue Awards in New York
• After Gucci bought a controlling stake in Yves Saint Laurent, Ford was appointed creative director and communications director of YSL's ready-to-wear business, while continuing to design for Gucci
• In April 2004, Ford parted company with the Gucci group after he and ceo Domenico de Sole, who is credited as Ford's partner in the success story that is Gucci, failed to agree with PPR bosses over creative control of the Group
• He subsequently launched his fashion empire, Tom Ford - first with menswear, beauty, eyewear, and then both men's and women's accessories Read more...
Tommy Hilfiger at his autumn/winter 2008-9 show
Tommy Hilfiger at his autumn/winter 2008-9 show
• He launched his own label in 1985. His first ad campaign cost him $3 million (£1.8m), and proclaimed him as one of the "Four Great American Designers for Men", along with Perry Ellis, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren
• By 1990, sales of Tommy Hilfiger clothes had topped $25 million (£15m)
• Hilfiger was named Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1995
The growing Tommy Hilfiger fashion empire, supplemented by fragrances and other merchandising spin-offs, is worth more than $400 million (£240m) a year. In 2006, Tommy Hilfiger sold his company for $1.6 billion, or $16.80 a share, to Apax Partners. Meanwhile, Hilfiger is known to spend much of his spare time - and money - on the Caribbean island of Mustique.
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