The Most Famous
FASHION DESIGNERS from Algeria
This page contains a list of the greatest Algerian Fashion Designers. The pantheon dataset contains 51 Fashion Designers, 1 of which were born in Algeria. This makes Algeria the birth place of the 7th most number of Fashion Designers behind Japan, and Germany.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Algerian Fashion Designers of all time. This list of famous Algerian Fashion Designers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008)
With an HPI of 73.20, Yves Saint Laurent is the most famous Algerian Fashion Designer. His biography has been translated into 59 different languages on wikipedia.
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), referred to as Yves Saint Laurent (, also UK: , US: , French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ) or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers of the twentieth century. In 1985, Caroline Milbank wrote, "The most consistently celebrated and influential designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring the couture's rise from its 1960s ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable."He developed his style to accommodate the changes in fashion during that period. He approached his aesthetic from a different perspective by helping women find confidence by looking both comfortable and elegant at the same time. He is also credited with having introduced the "Le Smoking" tuxedo suit for women and was known for his use of non-European cultural references and of diverse models.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Algerian fashion designers born between 1936 and 1936. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Algerian fashion designers include Yves Saint Laurent.
