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"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language."

Miuccia Prada

Women in Fashion Who Changed How Women Dressed

From creating clothes with comfort in mind to employing thousands, these designers liberated women in so many ways.

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    Coco Chanel

    Chanel lLiberated women from corsetry and other restrictive clothing, she borrowed somewhat from men’s wear looks and created a sporty casual chic post World War I.
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    Bonnie Cashin

    Bonnie Cashin created uncomplicated clothing that catered to the modern, independent woman beginning in the post-war era.
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    Vivienne Westwood

    Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for her and Malcolm McLaren's boutique in the King's Road, which became known as SEX.
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    Vivienne Westwood

    Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for her and Malcolm McLaren's boutique in the King's Road, which became known as SEX.
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    Foxes

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    Mary Quant

    Quant’s clothes signalled the shift towards women’s liberation where women proudly flaunted their sexuality.

Wedding Dresses

Haute couture custom-fitted by hand from start-to-finish. high-quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and time-consuming, hand-executed techniques.

Avant-Garde Fashion

Fashion that embodies a way of living. Forward thinking, artistry, unconventional designs, new forms, structures and an extraordinary touch that separates the ideas from the mainstream.

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Guo Pei

Her fantastical gowns and accessories blur the boundaries between fashion, art and sculpture.

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