To Long-Nam took up the sewing needle just seconds after mastering control of his motor-skills, which is to say he was very young when he began.

Steffie Christiaens completed fashion design studies at the IFM in Paris and The Arnhem Academy in the Netherlands.

Risto has spent a life dedicated to worldly pursuits, much like his fellow Macedonian Alexander the Great.

Rad Hourani opted out of formal design education, preferring instead to earn his fashion pedigree from the school of hard knocks.

Kristofer Kongshaug started his fashion career at age 16 as an assistant buyer for the Oslo luxury department store Voga.

Edward Finney enrolled in a fashion course at age 18 because he reasoned that he would be the only male in a room full of females.