Akris, the Glossary
Akris (stylized A-K-R-I-S) is a Swiss luxury fashion house specializing in haute couture and ready-to-wear for women.[1]
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62 relations: Albert Kriemler, Alicia Keys, Amal Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Apron, Assouline Publishing, Bergdorf Goodman, Carmen Herrera, Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Chief executive officer, Condoleezza Rice, Creative director, David Wightman (painter), Diane Sawyer, Dries van Noten, Fashion, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Germany, Ginza, Givenchy, Haute couture, Holt Renfrew, Houston Chronicle, Issey Miyake, Italy, Japan, Light-emitting diode, List of British painters, Luxury goods, Munich, Neiman Marcus, Neuer Wall, Nicole Kidman, Paris, Paris Fashion Week, PDF, Privately held company, Ready-to-wear, River Oaks District, Robin Givhan, Rodney Graham, Saks Fifth Avenue, Shakira, St. Gallen, Stella Tennant, Steven Klein (artist), Susan Sarandon, Switzerland, Ted Lapidus, ... Expand index (12 more) »
- Clothing companies established in 1922
- Clothing companies of Switzerland
- Swiss companies established in 1922
Albert Kriemler
Albert Kriemler (born 1960) is a Swiss fashion designer, and creative director at Swiss fashion company Akris.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter.
Amal Clooney
Amal Clooney (أمل كلوني; born) is a British international human rights lawyer.
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian.
Apron
An apron is a garment that is worn over other clothing to cover the front of the body.
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Assouline Publishing
Assouline Publishing is a book publisher and luxury lifestyle company founded in 1994 by Prosper and Martine Assouline.
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Bergdorf Goodman
Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is an American luxury department store based in New York City, founded in 1899 by Herman Bergdorf.
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Carmen Herrera
Carmen Herrera (May 31, 1915 – February 12, 2022) was a Cuban-born American abstract, minimalist visual artist and painter.
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Charlene (Charlène;Since her marriage, her name has been Gallicised by adding a grave accent to her name in French documents. born Charlene Lynette Wittstock, 25 January 1978) is Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Albert II.
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Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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Creative director
A creative director is a person who makes high-level creative decisions; oversees the creation of creative assets such as advertisements, products, events, or logos; and directs & translates the creative people who produce the end results.
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David Wightman (painter)
David Wightman (born in Stockport, Greater Manchester 1980) is an English painter known for his abstract and landscape acrylic paintings using collaged wallpaper.
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Diane Sawyer
Lila Diane Sawyer (born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News.
Dries van Noten
Dries Van Noten (born 12 May 1958 in Antwerp), titled as Baron Van Noten since 2017, is a Belgian fashion designer and an eponymous fashion brand, which he co-founded with CEO and business partner Christine Mathys. Akris and Dries van Noten are high fashion brands.
Fashion
Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging.
Fashion Institute of Technology
The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college in New York City.
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Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode
The ('Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion') is the governing body for the French fashion industry.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Ginza
Ginza (銀座) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.
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Givenchy
Givenchy is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. Akris and Givenchy are high fashion brands.
Haute couture
Haute couture (French for 'high sewing', 'high dressmaking') is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design. Akris and Haute couture are high fashion brands.
Holt Renfrew
Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited (doing business as Holt Renfrew and colloquially Holt's) is a Canadian luxury department store chain founded in 1837 by William S. Henderson.
Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Issey Miyake
was a Japanese fashion designer. Akris and Issey Miyake are high fashion brands.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it.
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List of British painters
The following is a list of notable English and British painters (in chronological order).
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Luxury goods
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a more significant proportion of overall spending.
Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
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Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus is an American department store chain founded in 1907 in Dallas, Texas by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband Abraham Lincoln Neiman.
Neuer Wall
Neuer Wall is an upmarket shopping street in Hamburg, Germany.
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress, model and producer.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
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Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week (Semaine de la mode de Paris) is a series of designer presentations held semi-annually in Paris, France, with spring/summer and autumn/winter events held each year.
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Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Privately held company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.
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Ready-to-wear
Ready-to-wear (RTW)also called prêt-à-porter, or off-the-rack or off-the-peg in casual useis the term for garments sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame.
River Oaks District
River Oaks District is an outdoor shopping complex in Houston, Texas, which opened October 1, 2015.
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Robin Givhan
Robin Givhan (born September 11, 1964) is an American fashion editor and Pulitzer Prize winning writer.
Rodney Graham
William Rodney Graham (January 16, 1949 – October 22, 2022) was a Canadian visual artist and musician.
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company; colloquially Saks) is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks.
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Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born 2 February 1977), known mononymously as Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter.
St. Gallen
St.
Stella Tennant
Stella Tennant (17 December 1970 – 22 December 2020) was a British model and fashion designer, who rose to fame in the early 1990s and had a career that spanned almost 30 years.
Steven Klein (artist)
Steven Klein (born April 30, 1965 in Cranston, Rhode Island) is an American photographer and videographer based in New York City.
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Susan Sarandon
Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor.
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
Ted Lapidus
Edmond "Ted" Lapidus (23 June 1929 – 29 December 2008) was a French fashion designer.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is an American daily newspaper based in metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff (born 10 February 1958) is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ticino
Ticino, sometimes Tessin, officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American writer, comedian, actress, and producer.
Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
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Trunk show
A trunk show is an event in which vendors present merchandise directly to store personnel or customers at a retail location or another venue such as a hotel room.
Valentino (fashion house)
Valentino S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1960 by Valentino Garavani and part of the Valentino Fashion Group. Akris and Valentino (fashion house) are high fashion brands.
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Valerie Steele
Valerie Fahnestock Steele (born 1955) is an American fashion historian, curator, and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
W (magazine)
W is an American fashion magazine that features stories about style through the lens of culture, fashion, art, celebrity, and film.
Wearable technology
Wearable technology is any technology that is designed to be used while worn.
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Women's Wear Daily
Women's Wear Daily (also known as WWD) is a fashion-industry trade journal often referred to as the "Bible of fashion".
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See also
Clothing companies established in 1922
Clothing companies of Switzerland
Swiss companies established in 1922
- Akris
- Orfina
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akris
, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post, Thomas Ruff, Ticino, Tina Fey, Tokyo, Trunk show, Valentino (fashion house), Valerie Steele, W (magazine), Wearable technology, Women's Wear Daily.