AWH Magazine — Designers https://awhmagazine.com/designers/ Reported profiles of designers at every stage, from graduate collections to houses under new direction, built out of studio time rather than press notes. en-US Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:09:50 GMT Designers The Grain of the Cloth: How Madeleine Vionnet Cut the Dress Free of the Corset https://awhmagazine.com/designers/the-grain-of-the-cloth-how-madeleine-vionnet-cut-the-dress-free-of-the-corset/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/the-grain-of-the-cloth-how-madeleine-vionnet-cut-the-dress-free-of-the-corset/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:40:11 GMT Lucia Fontaine Designers Pearls, Tulle and the Long Shadow of the Nursery: Simone Rocha's Dollhouse History https://awhmagazine.com/designers/simone-rocha-the-dollhouse-historian/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/simone-rocha-the-dollhouse-historian/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lucia Fontaine Designers Not for You — For Everyone: Telfar Clemens and the Bag That Repriced Luxury https://awhmagazine.com/designers/telfar-clemens-not-for-you-for-everyone/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/telfar-clemens-not-for-you-for-everyone/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sylvie Marchand Designers Dressing the Diaspora With Sources: Grace Wales Bonner and the Scholarly Wardrobe https://awhmagazine.com/designers/grace-wales-bonner-the-scholar-of-the-atlantic-wardrobe/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/grace-wales-bonner-the-scholar-of-the-atlantic-wardrobe/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sylvie Marchand Designers The Museum Settled It: Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty, and the Runway as Authorship https://awhmagazine.com/designers/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-and-the-argument-it-settled/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-and-the-argument-it-settled/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sylvie Marchand Designers The Pink Shock and the Business of Surprise: Elsa Schiaparelli as Chief Executive of the Impossible https://awhmagazine.com/designers/elsa-schiaparelli-the-surrealist-who-ran-a-house/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/elsa-schiaparelli-the-surrealist-who-ran-a-house/ Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lucia Fontaine Designers The Cut That Holds: Azzedine Alaïa, King of Cling, and the Calendar He Refused to Keep https://awhmagazine.com/designers/azzedine-alaia-the-king-of-cling-and-his-own-calendar/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/azzedine-alaia-the-king-of-cling-and-his-own-calendar/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lucia Fontaine Designers Clothes From the Year 2000: Rudi Gernreich and the Predictions That Mostly Came True https://awhmagazine.com/designers/rudi-gernreich-the-predictions-of-the-topless-swimsuit-designer/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/rudi-gernreich-the-predictions-of-the-topless-swimsuit-designer/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lucia Fontaine Designers King's Road, Hemline Up: Mary Quant and the Invention of the Everyday Modern https://awhmagazine.com/designers/mary-quant-and-the-invention-of-everyday-modern/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/mary-quant-and-the-invention-of-everyday-modern/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sylvie Marchand Designers Engineering the Twirl: Charles James and the Ball Gown Built Like a Building https://awhmagazine.com/designers/charles-james-the-sculptor-of-the-ball-gown/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/charles-james-the-sculptor-of-the-ball-gown/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Lucia Fontaine Designers The Architect of the Shoulder: How Cristóbal Balenciaga Trained Spain, Then Taught Paris to Cut Differently https://awhmagazine.com/designers/cristobal-balenciaga-the-architect-who-trained-spains-couture/ https://awhmagazine.com/designers/cristobal-balenciaga-the-architect-who-trained-spains-couture/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sylvie Marchand Designers