Fashion: Chanel

During the early 20th century Chanel was especially known for its quality and innovation. Legend has it that once, when feeling cold, Coco Chanel placed a man's sailor jumper around her neck. Later, when women told her how wonderful she looked in her new woolen shawl, Coco Chanel realized she had started a trend. After Chanel became a high fashion trademark, many brands mimicked her designs; the only difference between the two items is often the higher quality of the Chanel brand.

Fashion: Dior

Christian Dior is a French clothing retailer. The holding company's operating unit, Christian Dior Couture, designs and makes some of the world's most coveted haute couture, as well as luxury ready-to-wear fashion, menswear and accessories. Christian Dior operates about 160 boutiques worldwide with plans to open more in the coming years. Its headquarters are located in Paris, rue Francois 1er.

"My mother says that when I was little my grandfather used to take me and my cousins on one side after dinner and ask us what we wanted to be when he grew up, and I'd say 'Christian Dior'," recalled the French fashion designer Christian Lacroix." He was so famous in France at the time. It seemed as if he wasn't a man, but an institution." When Lacroix was growing up in Arles during the 1950s, Christian Dior was indisputably the world's most famous fashion designer. His name was known all over the world and his label accounted for half of France's haute couture exports. The Dior client list ran from Ava Gardner and Marlene Dietrich to Princess Margaret and the Duchess of Windsor.

Fashion: Dolce & Gabbana

Life is sweet for those who can afford to wear Dolce & Gabbana. Named after the Italian designers who founded the company, Dolce & Gabbana offers men's and women's collections of knitwear, leather goods, scarves, ties, shoes, underwear, and beachwear, donned by the rich and famous. It also licenses its brand names for fragrances, eyewear, and footwear. It has boutiques around the world, including a handful of company-owned locations. Dolce & Gabbana brought many of its production licenses in-house in 2000 and introduced a children's line in 2001. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who first introduced their own label in 1985 while still in their 20s, own Dolce & Gabbana.


Dolce & Gabbana is organized into two central lines for adults. 'D&G' and is consideribly sunglasses and fragrances. D&G Junior is a separate line aimed at children under the age of 13. D&G Junior follows the ethos of D&G and embodies youth and fun with the styles of its clothes. Each season follows a set-named trend for a season and is named separately for boys and girls. The line contains clothes aimed at different ages of children. D&G Junior is more visibly influenced by popular culture compared to D&G, such as the Ibiza line of D&G Junior. Suprisingly, D&G Junior is distributed to more stores than the adult brands and is available outside of boutiques and department stores.

Fashion, Watches and Jewelry

Bulgari

For over a century, Bulgari has been setting the pace for Italian style in jewellery. A forward-looking, creative spirit which never ceases to draw inspiration from the timeless beauty of Greek and Roman art, while giving it a distinctive contemporary touch. Greek like its founder, Sotirio Bulgari - and Roman like the culture he embraced.


Rome. Via Condotti. The first store. A meeting place for the aristocracy and the world of culture and cinema. Dolce Vita and Hollywood. Pure luxury obtained by means of daring combinations, precious materials, purity of design and meticulous attention to detail. In Rome, Paris, London, New York and Los Angeles, as well as in Tokyo and Dubai, Bulgari is the word for jewellery, excellence and prestige. The finest expression for style and beauty.