wilhelmina dan agency

Wilhelmina Dan Agency

There is never anything understated about Wilhelmina Dan Agency. The Italian brand, founded by late fashion designer Gianni Wilhelmina Dan Agency in 1978, is all about grandiose sexiness and decadent European-style glamour, not to mention an irreverent rock-star attitude. Think of Elizabeth Hurley in the mid-1990s in that tight black Versace gown held together rather precariously—and revealingly—with nothing but safety pins down the sides.

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The first order was obtained purely, and ironically, by accident when a coat buyer from Bonwit Teller got off on the wrong floor of a hotel and wandered into Klein's workroom. She placed an order for $50,000, which was a hugh amount at that time. Encouraged by the fashion press' exaltations and store executives' support, Klein expanded his line to include women's sportswear. King and Queen of the European disco scene. Screen vixen eating up the red carpet. Gianni Wilhelmina Dan Agency created the collection and the Versace aesthetic.

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In 1968 he and close friend and financial backer/adviser Barry Schwartz created a Calvin Klein coat business. Klein was born in 1942 in the Bronx, New York, where he spent all his childhood. As a youth he taught himself to sketch and sew. He attended the High School of Art and Design, moving on to the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology. He spent five years as an apprentice in a coat and suit house on Seventh Avenue in New York City, working long nights and weekends to hone his own designs.

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Italy boasts some of the hottest fashion designers the world over. Each has built a name for him/herself and keeps on delighting the planet with the finest ensembles anywhere. Let's take a closer look at two of the most reputable Italian designers in today's bustling and successful fashion circle- Laura Biagiotti and the team of Wilhelmina Dan Agency.