This title is Taschen 25 - Special edition! Highlighting fashion at the dawn of the 21st century, this is the indispensable compendium 100 Contemporary Fashion Designers. This two-volume compilation brings together highlights from Taschen's first two volumes of our renowned Fashion Now! books for a comprehensive study of fashion design around the world at the beginning of the 21st century. Up-and-coming fashion designers - tomorrow's superstars - are featured alongside the field's most respected practitioners: Haider Ackermann, Azzedine Alaia, Giorgio Armani, Agnes B, Christopher Bailey (Burberry), Neil Barrett, Luella Bartley, Veronique Branquinho, Thom Browne, Consuelo Castiglioni (Marni), Dean and Dan Caten (DSquared), Roberto Cavalli, Hussein Chalayan, Maria Cornejo (Zero), Francisco Costa (Calvin Klein), Giles Deacon, and Christophe Decarnin (Balmain). Also featured in this title are: Ann Demeulemeester, Dolce & Gabbana, Alber Elbaz (Lanvin), Silvia Venturini Fendi, Alberta Ferretti, Limi Feu, Tom Ford, Dai Fujiwara (Issey Miyake), John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier (JPG, Hermes), Nicolas Ghesquire (Balenciaga), Frida Giannini (Gucci), Katharine Hamnett, Ann Valerie Hash, Desiree Heiss & Ines Kaag (Bless), Lazaro Hernandez & Jack McCollough (Proenza Schouler), Tommy Hilfiger, Emma Hill (Mulberry), Margaret Howell, Marc Jacobs, Rossela Jardini (Moschino), Wolfgang Joop (Wunderkind), Christopher Kane, Donna Karan, Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garcons), Adam Kimmel, Sophia Kokosalaki, Michael Kors, Tao Kurihara, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Christophe Lemaire (Lacoste), Julien MacDonald, Hanna Macgibson (Chloe), Tomas Maier (Bottega Veneta), Martin Margiela (Maison Martin Margiela), and Antonio Marras. This title features: Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Angela Missoni, Roland Mouret, Kate and Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte), Richard Nicoll, Lucas Ossendrijver (Lanvin), Rick Owens, Bruno Pieters (Hugo Boss), Stefano Pilati (YSL), Zac Posen, Miuccia Prada, Gareth Pugh, John Richmond, Narciso Rodriguez, Sonia Rykiel, Jil Sander (Uniqlo), Jonathan Saunders (Pollini), Marios Schwab, Jeremy Scott, Raf Simons (Jil Sander), Martine Sitbon (Rue du Mail), Paul Smith, Anna Sui, Jun Takahashi (Undercover), Olivier Theyskens (Nina Ricci), Justin Thornton & Thea Bregazzi (Preen), Aitor Throup, Riccardo Tisci (Givenchy), Jean Touitou (APC), Giambattista Valli, Kris Van Assche, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, AF Vandevorst, Donatella Versace, Stuart Vevers (Loewe), Viktor & Rolf, Milan Vukmirovic (Trussardi), Alexander Wang, Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, Bernhard Willhelm, Matthew Williamson (Emilio Pucci), Yohji Yamamoto and Italo Zuccheli (Calvin Klein).