Every Fashion Designer, Explained

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. Get dozens of extra videos: https://patreon.com/blissfoster 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 Schiaparell