Rudi Gernreich

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Rudi Gernreich

Country

Austria

Birth - Death

1922 - 1985

Occupation

Fashion

Description

Womens wear fashion designer. Considered to have pioneered many avant-garde features in his designs. The first to use cutouts and vinyl and plastic in clothes; designer of the thong bathing suit; introduced plastic, zippers, hardware as decoration. Furniture designer. Sports Illustrated Designer of the Year (1956), among many others. LGBTQ activist.

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