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ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX FASHION & DISCO

Antonio Lopez

Antonio Lopez was born in Puerto Rico, but moved to New York at an early age. While studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Lopez illustrated for Women’s Wear Daily...

Antonio Lopez

Antonio Lopez was born in Puerto Rico, but moved to New York at an early age. While studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Lopez illustrated for Women’s Wear Daily...

Hanae Mori in one of her boutiques in Tokyo in 1970. Photograph: Mondadori/Getty Images

Hanae Mori

After graduating from her literature studies in Tokyo, Hanae Mori attended dress-making school. In 1951 she opened Hiyoshiya, her first boutique, above a noodle shop. It consisted of two assistants and three...

Hanae Mori

After graduating from her literature studies in Tokyo, Hanae Mori attended dress-making school. In 1951 she opened Hiyoshiya, her first boutique, above a noodle shop. It consisted of two assistants and three...

Stephen Burrows’s collection for Henri Bendel in Central Park in 1970.Credit...Charles Tracy

Stephen Burrows

Stephen Burrows was first taught to sew by his grandmother in Newark, NJ where he grew up. Initially studying to become an art educator at the Philadelphia Museum College of...

Stephen Burrows

Stephen Burrows was first taught to sew by his grandmother in Newark, NJ where he grew up. Initially studying to become an art educator at the Philadelphia Museum College of...

HELMUT NEWTON, 1974 TAN GIUDICELLI & TYEN PARIS

Tan Giudicelli

Tan Giudicelli was born in French Indochina to a Vietnamese mother and a Corsican father. He first arrived in Paris in 1956, where he made his fashion debut designing for...

Tan Giudicelli

Tan Giudicelli was born in French Indochina to a Vietnamese mother and a Corsican father. He first arrived in Paris in 1956, where he made his fashion debut designing for...

Anne-Marie Beretta

Anne-Marie Beretta

Anne-Marie Beretta is a French born designer who began her career collaborating with Antonio Castillo, creating theatre costumes in the 1950s. She worked for Jacques Esterel until 1965, after which...

Anne-Marie Beretta

Anne-Marie Beretta is a French born designer who began her career collaborating with Antonio Castillo, creating theatre costumes in the 1950s. She worked for Jacques Esterel until 1965, after which...

Claude Montana

Claude Montana

Claude Montana was born in Paris to a German mother and a Catalan father. After a job at the Paris Opera, he moved to London, 17 and penniless, where he...

Claude Montana

Claude Montana was born in Paris to a German mother and a Catalan father. After a job at the Paris Opera, he moved to London, 17 and penniless, where he...