MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY; HERE'S HOW DESIGNERS RESPONDED WHEN ASKED THESE TWO QUESTIONS: 1. WHO ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT DESIGNERS OF THE PAST 90 YEARS? 2. WHO ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT DESIGNERS SINCE 1980? From: WWD | Date: July 16, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Fairchild Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN: 1. Charles Worth: The first Englishman to take Paris on, and the first male designer to impact female clothes, before Poiret. Christian Dior: For creating the New Look, and because he was prolific in the way he saw women. Rei Kawakubo: A visionary. She transcends fashion and the times. 2. Gianni Versace: During my adolescence he intrigued me with the way he used fashion to show the power of women; women could look powerful coming from a working class background. ...