September 9, 2026
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House: Maison Margiela · Designer: Martin Margiela · Season: Spring/Summer 1990
Maison Margiela's Spring/Summer 1990 show featured local school children. Margiela's populist approach was a response to the overt elitism of Parisian high fashion society.
Answer: New York
He was born in New York City in 1939 and grew up in Norwood, a neighborhood in the Bronx. Calvin Klein, born three years later, grew up a few blocks away in the same neighborhood.
Answer: Antwerp
The Antwerp Six are a group of fashion designers who trained at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1980–1981 under Mary Prijot. The press began referring to them as a group beginning in about 1990 after the group in 1986 drove in a van from Belgium to present at a London trade show and unexpectedly made an impression.
Answer: Keira Knightley’s Emerald Green Gown
A Bias Cut is a cut where the grain runs 45 degrees to the selvedge.
Princess Diana's dress has a mermaid (or trumpet) cut; the skirt stays fitted past the hips to the knee and then flares out.
Twiggy's dress has an A-line cut, with no defined waistline.
Michelle Obama's dress has an asymmetrical cut, which features the one-shoulder design.
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