The Haute Couture Renaissance | Vanity Fair
The houses are, today, one-word icons: Dior. Balenciaga. Givenchy. But during the 1950s, such fashion labels were helmed by the very men and women who lent them their names and were still being built into the titans they are now. Together, the top group of designers in the 1950s gave new life to haute couture during the years that followed Europe’s darkest, war-torn hours. In honor of Vanity Fair’s centennial—toasting 100 years of the culture and people the magazine celebrates—we showcase the decade’s most influential designers of Parisian haute couture.