Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago

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This video is an overarching guide on getting familiar with the most historically important, best of all time fashion designers, and most importantly why their work has shaped fashion and all fashion weeks at all major cities since. Luxury fashion would not be the same without the likes of Lee Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, or Raf Simons - along with many, many more of your favorite designers! This is an updated canon as of February 2, 2026.

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00:00:00 Vivienne Westwood
00:02:00 Karl Lagerfeld
00:03:11 Rei Kawakubo
00:04:03 Helmut Lang
00:06:29 Christian Dior
00:08:12 Rick Owens
00:12:47 Yves Saint Laurent
00:13:38 André Courrèges
00:14:44 Jil Sander
00:16:37 Jean Paul Gaultier
00:17:42 Jun Takahashi
00:18:58 Raf Simons
00:20:40 An Incomplete List of Our Faves (we missed so many)
00:21:10 Nigo
00:21:56 Hedi Slimane
00:23:25 Gianni Versace
00:25:18 Madeline Vionnet
00:25:28 Valentino Garavani
00:27:07 Antwerp Six
00:28:03 Walter Van Beirendonck
00:28:32 Marina Yee
00:29:10 Dries Van Noten
00:29:36 Phoebe Philo
00:31:07 Ralph Lauren
00:32:08 Nicolas Ghesquière
00:33:28 John Galliano
00:35:36 Manfred Thierry Mugler
00:36:28 Charles Frederick Worth
00:37:52 Geoffrey B. Small
00:39:02 Dapper Dan
00:40:28 Thom Browne
00:42:32 Azzedine Alaïa
00:43:46 Cristóbal Balenciaga
00:45:31 Calvin Klein
00:46:14 Pierre Cardin
00:47:17 Gabrielle Chanel
00:48:04 Hubert de Givenchy
00:48:49 Charles James
00:49:48 Elsa Schiaparelli
00:50:33 Issey Miyake
00:51:07 Yohji Yamamoto
00:52:32 Giorgio Armani
00:53:05 Marc Jacobs
00:53:51 Lee Alexander McQueen
00:55:29 Miuccia Prada
00:57:02 Maria Grazia Chiuri
00:58:05 Martin Margiela
01:01:12 Hussein Chalayan