As a designer he transformed the fortunes of Chanel, one of the leading names in high fashion. Michel Arnaud/CORBIS/Getty Images Naomi Campbell ... much fur" in Chanel's work to begin with.

Cleveland fashion designer Valerie Mayen has created an international reputation for her clothing designs and she recently released a brand new line named after herself. Fox 8's Kenny Crumpton ...

Iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has ... a design assistant for Pierre Balmain, before working at Fendi and Chloe in the 1960s. Getty Images Lagerfeld photographed at a fitting in 1979 ...