Visionaries: Interviews with Fashion Designers

by Susannah Frankel

A collection of in-depth interviews with twenty-three top couturiers, including Azzedine Alana, Zandra Rhodes, Ghost, and Jean-Paul Gaultier, deconstructs the designs of each within the cultural climate of their most pivotal career moments.

Genres: Fashion

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jade · Rating 4 out of 5]

I knew of these designers yet visually seeing their designs as well as their intention really spoke more than images and biases of them - how they could be solely made because of one known piece of their work🥫 all these designs r quite simple and striking as dark though

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is over 10 years old and it's interesting to see how things have changed in that time, both in terms of who's featured (Alexander McQueen, Galliano) and also what support is available to designers in the UK. The most common complaint in these interviews is that there's no infrastructure in the UK to support emerging designers. I think that's definitely changed. The interview with Clements Rebeiro is utterly charming. But my favourite excerpt is Junya Watanabe's response to the question, "What is your ambition?" "I most want to be able to create what I like and the way I like, and will be satisfied with that." Glad I finally pulled this book off the shelf.