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Better in Denim

Better in Denim is a Fall 2025 advertising campaign by Gap. Starring KATSEYE, the campaign drew over 600 million views and won a Clio Music Gold Award.

Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown, American makeup artist; founded Bobbi Brown Cosmetics (1991, ten brown lipsticks at Bergdorf Goodman), sold to Estée Lauder 1995, left 2016, launched Jones Road 2020.

Brad Goreski

Brad Goreski is a Canadian celebrity stylist and TV personality from Port Perry, Ontario, known for The Rachel Zoe Project, It's a Brad, Brad World, Fashion Police, Kate Spade brand styling, and judging Canada's Drag Race.

Casablanca Paris

Casablanca Paris (also Casablanca Tennis Club) is a luxury fashion house founded in Paris in 2018 by French-Moroccan designer Charaf Tajer, blending sportswear with Neapolitan tailoring; 2020 LVMH Prize recognition, Paris and Los Angeles flagships.

Chanel No. 5

Chanel No. 5 (N°5), Chanel's 1921 perfume by Ernest Beaux for Gabrielle Chanel, the first abstract aldehyde-floral fragrance with over 80 ingredients, sold at one bottle per 30 seconds, with Eau de Parfum, EDT, and L'Eau versions.

Derek Blasberg

Derek Blasberg (born 1982, St. Louis) is an American fashion writer, NYU graduate, first Head of Fashion & Beauty at YouTube (2018–2022), Vanity Fair special correspondent, Gagosian executive editor, and author of Classy and Fast + Louche.

Fashion capital

Fashion capital: a city central to the fashion industry. The Big Four are New York, London, Milan, Paris; Paris leads via haute couture since Worth (1858); emerging capitals include Tokyo, Seoul, Copenhagen, Lagos.

Gucci

Gucci, Italian luxury fashion house founded in Florence in 1921 by Guccio Gucci, a former Savoy hotel porter. Known for the Bamboo 1947 bag, Horsebit 1953 loafer, and GG monogram; owned by Kering since 1999.

Italian fashion

Italian fashion: postwar industry behind the "Made in Italy" label; first Giorgini show in Florence (1951), Milan's rise (1972-1978), CNMI governance, and one of the world's largest fashion exporters.

Japanese street fashion

Japanese street fashion: Tokyo youth dress culture centered on Harajuku, Shibuya, and Ura-Harajuku backstreets; subcultures like Lolita and kawaii produced by teens, now anchored commercially by brands such as BAPE and Human Made.

Jay Sebring

Jay Sebring (Thomas John Kummer, 1933-1969), American men's hairstylist; pioneer of men's salon styling and founder of Sebring International; killed in the Manson Family Tate murders on Cielo Drive.

Jeanne Paquin

Jeanne Paquin (1869–1936), born Jeanne Marie Charlotte Beckers, was a French couture designer who founded and led the House of Paquin in Paris from 1891, becoming the first woman to gain international celebrity in fashion.

Jessica Mulroney

Jessica Mulroney (née Brownstein, born 1980) is a Canadian fashion stylist, bridal consultant, and brand strategist, face of Kleinfeld Canada, close friend and unofficial stylist of Meghan Markle, and Shoebox Project co-founder.

Law Roach

Law Roach, American celebrity stylist and self-described "image architect" from Chicago, known for Zendaya, Céline Dion, method dressing, the 2022 inaugural CFDA Stylist Award, and his 2023 retirement announcement.

Matières Fécales

Matières Fécales (Fecal Matter) is a Paris-based avant-garde fashion house founded by Canadian duo Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, who met at LaSalle College Montreal in 2014, rose via Depop and skin shoes, joined the Dover Street Market Paris incubator in 2024, and debuted at Paris Fashion Week in March 2025.

Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week (Settimana della moda di Milano) is a semiannual fashion event in Milan, Italy, one of the four major fashion weeks, held since 1958.

Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week (Semaine de la mode de Paris) is the ready-to-wear fashion show series held seasonally in Paris, run by the FHCM since 1973.

Pat McGrath (make-up artist)

Pat McGrath (born 1966), British make-up artist from Northampton, founder of Pat McGrath Labs, first make-up artist made a dame (D.B.E. 2021), CFDA Founder's Award 2017, Louis Vuitton cosmetics creative director, brand entered Chapter 11 in 2026.

Rabanne (fashion house)

Rabanne, formerly Paco Rabanne, is a French fashion and fragrance house founded in Paris in 1966 by the Spanish-born designer Paco Rabanne, known for metal and plastic garments.

Seoul Fashion Week (서울패션위크)

Seoul Fashion Week (서울패션위크) is a biannual fashion business event held each March and October at Seoul's Dongdaemun Design Plaza, hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Sophia Sinot

Sophia Sinot is a Dutch (Huizen-born), London-based makeup artist, #218 on FashionDB, known for hyperfeminine, viral maximalist glam for Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun tour, Doja Cat's latex lips, the JT-lip look, SZA's 2026 Met Gala makeup, and clients including Doja Cat, Camila Cabello, and KATSEYE.

Sp5der

Sp5der (SP5DER, formerly Spider Worldwide) is an American streetwear brand founded in 2019 in Atlanta by rapper Young Thug, owned via King Spider LLC, known for spider-web graphics, rhinestone hoodies, limited drops, and its 2021 SP5DER trademark.

Victor Hugo (artist and window dresser)

Victor Hugo (Victor Hugo Rojas), 1942-1993, Venezuelan-born performance artist, erotic artist, Warhol Factory assistant, and window dresser for his partner Halston; distinct from the French writer of the same name.

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2026

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2026: the revived VS runway event's fourth edition, held October 18, 2026 at Sony Studios, Culver City, Los Angeles, streamed on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, with performers Katseye, Megan Thee Stallion, Tate McRae, and Megan Moroney and a $50 million Fantasy Bra.

Voss (collection)

Voss (VOSS) is Alexander McQueen's spring/summer 2001 women's collection, shown in London on 26 September 2000 inside a mirrored glass padded-cell set, with shell garments and a Witkin-inspired finale.