How Fashion-Savvy Are You?

The Ladylike Look

Audrey Hepburn was the queen of prim and proper.

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ANSWER: C. Designer Hubert de Givenchy created this look for classic flick Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Channel your inner Audrey but lose the pearls! Give the prim-and-proper look a modern edge with these pieces.

Ruven Afanador

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Who was known as "fashion's architect" for the voluminous, sculptural shapes he favored, like this shape-shifting jacket and skirt?

A. Franco Moschino
B. Gianfranco Ferré
C. Giorgio Armani

Neil Kirk

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ANSWER: B. Dubbed "fashion's architect" for the voluminous, sculptural shapes he favored, whether for his own line or when he was at the helm of Dior from 1989 to 1996, Gianfranco Ferré never failed to help mold each season with his signature simple grandeur.

From the next big thing to the instant classic to the latest cult label (hello, Marni!), nothing hits the spot like Italian fashion's feisty, feminine shapes and fantastico accessories. See the best of Italian fashion.

F. Harrison

Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

MY THING
"Though I'm freaked all the time" -- Wang has grown her brand from bridal to include three womenswear collections (Vera Wang, Vera Wang Lavender Label, Simply Vera Vera Wang), as well as fragrance, china, and jewelry -- "I live for the shock-and-awe part of selling style: the frenzied 11-minute shows, the red-carpet riot."

S. Grier

Designer Dossier: Vera Wang

MY GOOD TIMES
"My passion before fashion was figure skating, and I'm still in my signature leggings -- they elongate the leg. I just skip them on the golf course, where I spend what little downtime I have!"

madonna on the blonde ambition tour with spikey bra

Jim Smeal

Designer Dossier: Jean Paul Gaultier

A CLASSIC ICONOCLAST
As out-there as Gaultier can get — the iconic cone bra for Madonna; the scaly mermaid dress Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard wore to this year's Oscars; the skirts (and a new cosmetics line) for men — no one crafts classic riding coats and boots like he does for the venerable 171-year-old house of Hermès. (OK, so the boots are hot-pink crocodile.) Now navigating three lines (his own label's haute couture and ready-to-wear, plus Hermès), fashion's buoyant bad boy, ever-clad in sailor stripes, still rules fashion's tumultuous waves.

Ron Galella, Ltd

Designer Dossier: Jean Paul Gaultier

VIVE LA FRANCE!
"What is Nirvana?" asks the 56-year-old Frenchman. "It's Hermès! I like to twist their centuries-old codes a little and put in some Gaultier. For my first collection, I designed a leather corset with clasps reminiscent of the Kelly bag."

Ben Goldstein/Studio D

Test Your Fashion Smarts

Which Wonder Woman of fashion created a Wonder Woman-inspired comic book to benefit Vital Voices, a nonprofit group that has trained 5000 emerging women leaders and entrepreneurs in 150 countries?

A. Betsey Johnson
B. Diane von Furstenberg
C. Rachel Roy

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ANSWER: B. Diane von Furstenberg also throws a benefit that brings together women from far-flung places for International Women's Day.

Read more about von Furstenberg's charity work here.

Kevin Sinclair

Test Your Fashion Smarts

The iconic designer who inspired this look said this: "It was my wish to accompany women in that great movement of liberation that occurred during the last century." Who was it?

A. Yves Saint Laurent
B. Jean-Paul Gaultier
C. Roberto Cavalli

Ron Galella

Designer Dossier: Michael Kors

THE NAMES:
"I never apprenticed with a designer, but even as a teenager, my world was rocked by Yves Saint Laurent, who gave women building blocks — like peacoats — and Halston, who proved simplicity was luxury. My greatest luxury is simple, too: the sun. The beach is my battery-charger — much to the chagrin of my skin doctor."

Dan Lecca

Spring 08 Runway

MICHAEL KORS

P. Kramer

Derek Lam: Designer Dossier

I IDOLIZE
"Michael Kors taught me American classics 101; Diego della Valle [who appointed Lam Tod's creative director in 2006] is the genius who re-fashioned the traditional men's driving moc as something sexy and iconic for women. With luck, the Tod's artisans will make me an honorary Italian cobbler someday!"

Jeff Harris

Test Your Fashion Smarts

Which American designer was appointed Tod's creative director to create pieces like this?

A. Tom Ford
B. Michael Kors
C. Derek Lam

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Derek Lam: Designer Dossier

I FANTASIZE
"The Tod's girl's idea of luxury is a perfect plate of pasta and, yes, an exquisitely made bag — but she'd never join a waiting list for one. So not a fashion victim. I think of her working, sailing, chilling in some amazing seaside resort like Capri; her look is simply an extension of la dolce vita."