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FASHION WALK OF FAME HONOREES
Geoffrey Beene
Bill Blass
Stephen Burrows
Bonnie Cashin
Liz Claiborne
Lilly Daché
Oscar de la Renta
Giorgio di sant’ Angelo
Perry Ellis
James Galanos
Rudi Gernreich
Halston
Marc Jacobs
Charles James
Betsey Johnson
Norma Kamali
Donna Karan
Anne Klein
Calvin Klein
Ralph Lauren
Mainbocher
Claire McCardell
Norman Norell
Willi Smith
Pauline Trigére
Diane von Furstenberg
Ralph Rucci
Donald Brooks
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Fashion Walk of Fame
There are currently twenty-eight designers on the Fashion Walk of Fame—fourteen were
inducted posthumously. Each designer has an honorary nameplate and inscription in the
sidewalk on Seventh Avenue in the heart of New York’s Fashion District. Ballots are cast by
industry leaders to determine the nal selection of designers to be honored. The criteria for
selection: The designer must be an American designer with a showroom in New York, or clearly
be identi ed as a New York designer; the designer must have been in his/her own business
for a minimum of ten years; the designer must have been a moving force in the industry, have
made a powerful impact on fashion through innovative design or use of materials, or have
signi cantly changed the way America dresses.
Noncelebrity
The pomp and circumstance of celebrity is not for everyone. Independent fashion design
professionals take pride in not having sold out. Often, however, they eventually acquire their
own celebrity cult status. The level of anonymity lasts only as long as a subculture stays out of
the mainstream, and, in the end, being famous for being an underground talent is still fame.
Sometimes the noncelebrity is actually the not-yet celebrity. The industry is always waiting for
the opportunity to discover the unproven ingénue. These success stories keep the fashion
wheels turning and give established professionals a hand in shaping the future.
Real people can achieve a kind of fashion celebrity, too. Photojournalist Bill Cunningham can
be found on the streets of New York City, on the look out for fashion. “On the Street,” his col-
umn in the Sunday New York Times, celebrates extraordinary style on individuals in everyday
situations. It has become a popular model for newspapers, magazines, and websites that
want to document the frontline of fashion.
The celebration of the ordinary person has become a popular new aesthetic in fashion. “Real
people” casting is used to show how accessible a product is to anyone. It is the antithesis of
making something desirable by making it virtually unattainable. The makeover concept is also
designed to democratize fashion: it shows consumers how to use a product and gives them
permission to make it their own.
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