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Hat design: Philip Treacy, Jeanette Sendler, 1920s Cloche hat

Lamp design: Anglepoise, Tiffany, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Droog

Fashion design:
1990s - Calvin Klein; Graham Evans; Murray and Vern
1980s - Moschino
1970s - Jean Muir
1960s - Pierre Cardin; Givenchy; Emmanuel Ungaro; Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm Maclaren; Yves Saint Laurent
1930s - Elsa Schiaparalli
1920s - Itylus; Voisin
1910s - Paul Poiret

Jewellery design:
1980s - Peter Chang; David Watkins; Ann Marie Shillito; Linda Lewin; Jack Cunningham; Andrew Logan
1970s - Kathleen Thomson; Wendy Ramshaw; Roger Millar; Dorothy Hogg
1960s - Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins;
1950s - Henning Koppel
1940s - Line Vautrin
1930s - Georges Fouquet
1900s - Phoebe Ann Traquair; Jessie M. King; Frédéric Boucheron

Jewellery examples - headpieces


Bag design:
1990s - Philip Treacy; Issey Miyake; Moschino; Kitty Percy; Emily Jo Gibbs - conker bag, conker purse, tassels
1980s - Judith Leiber
1970s - Mulberry; Chris Clyne
1960s -
1950s - Evans; Elgee
1940s -
1930s - Hellstern
1920s - Madame Belville

Chair/Seating Designers:
2000s - Horgen Glarus
1990s - Ron Arad, Soft Little Heavy; Tom Dixon, Fat Chair
1980s - Ron Arad, Little Heavy; Tom Dixon, S Chair; Robert Venturi; Danny Lane
1970s - Rodney Kinsman
1960s - Joe Colombo; Robin Day; Peter Murdoch
1950s - Arne Jacobsen
1940s -
1930s - Denham Maclaren
1920s - Le Corbusier
1910s - Gerrit Rietveld
1900s - Charles Rennie Mackintosh