The real names of the top names
Written By Laila Lu on Nov 19th, 2007Check out the less glamourous monikers of the fashion industry’s most famous names…
Ralph Lauren
real name: Ralph Lifschitz
Ralph’s parents are Ashkenazi-Jewish immigrants. At 16, his brother Jerry changed their last name from Lifshitz to Lauren.
Michael Kors
real name: Karl Anderson Jr.
Hmmm… Carl’s Jr anyone?
John Galliano
real name: Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano
John has Gibraltarian roots, which explains why the name sounds like spanish.
Karl Lagerfeld
real name: Karl Lagerfeldt
He dropped the ‘t’ for commercial reasons.
Donna Karan
real name: Donna Ivy Faske
She married Mark Karan, and then adopted his surname.
Valentino
real name: Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani
What if he didn’t take Valentino but Garavani as the brand name?
Kate Moss
real name: Katherine Ann Moss
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Agyness Deyn
real name: Laura Hollins
You can’t call that tomboy, Laura. She probably changed her name to suit the industry.
sources: wikipedia ,fashionologie
