Designer Uniforms: The Outfits These 13 Fashion Visionaries Wear Every Single Day
When you make fashion, you don't dress ~*fashun.*~
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Is there a direct relationship between how flamboyantly fashion designers dress and how beautiful the clothes they make are? Judge for yourself straight ahead, where we present the full range of uniforms these créateurs de luxe wear.
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![Tom Ford](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fsa6zCLbDzPKNQffiVXNRB-415-80.jpg)
Tom Ford
The look: A trim suit, white shirt, and not a laser-precision-trimmed hair out of place. Not even at the airport.
![Tom Ford in front of a wall](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/siP6FJuL3aCmgc8sNifmX3-415-80.jpg)
Tom Ford in front of a wall
![Tom Ford in front of another wall](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yX6pEojPSU3Yftgb4GDm99-415-80.jpg)
Tom Ford in front of another wall
![Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GhNbL28ZReStRxU8ZvGLPJ-415-80.jpg)
Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel
The look: Rococo Gothic undertaker but chic and accessorized.
![Karl Lagerfeld staring into your soul](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3RuNYY8cef9hHdF7L4RzUP-415-80.jpg)
Karl Lagerfeld staring into your soul
![Karl Lagerfeld inside a children's pop-up book](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mHdzcpNk3E8vJbrBRoDrQU-415-80.jpg)
Karl Lagerfeld inside a children's pop-up book
![Alexander Wang](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jkMmQZDpi4UqHQyQcypgJc-415-80.jpg)
Alexander Wang
The look: Outwardly the standard-issue T-shirt and dark denim, but, like, how does he get it to drape like that? Because that's his job?
![Alexander Wang on a sidewalk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A4x57nw4rRzcgauqa2YdFj-415-80.jpg)
Alexander Wang on a sidewalk
![Alexander Wang at a movie premiere](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x97QJ8KaxVvAQFJbS5qhc-415-80.jpg)
Alexander Wang at a movie premiere
![Phoebe Philo of Céline](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KhLbtrBG5ZuCJmJaQeqvA7-415-80.jpg)
Phoebe Philo of Céline
The look: Infuriatingly, effortlessly chic in A SWEATER AND TROUSERS.
![Phoebe Philo sitting](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aQSFGCZteF6Cnt4JQbskEC-415-80.jpg)
Phoebe Philo sitting
![Phoebe Philo from far away](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wAenANGcSN4Wevjb42pByG-415-80.jpg)
Phoebe Philo from far away
![Marc Jacobs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z7v5uBLi89T2ze9nhggCEM-415-80.jpg)
Marc Jacobs
The look: It used to be a white shirt and a skirt-y bottom of some sort. Now that he's mellowed out a bit, it's a white shirt and a regular dark suit.
![Marc Jacobs on a step-and-repeat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TJy8CMz7ygJzHMRkUKxbQS-415-80.jpg)
Marc Jacobs on a step-and-repeat
![Marc Jacobs about to lose a sword fight](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WqKXgaUKv7Uu89CEmYUm7X-415-80.jpg)
Marc Jacobs about to lose a sword fight
![Thom Browne](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3QgHhVgbHBhvGvwKTNUh5c-415-80.jpg)
Thom Browne
The look: Like the 37th von Trapp kid if he had access to a tailor who wasn't prone to getting scissor-happy with the curtains. (In case you're worried he'll catch a cold, he switches out the shorts for capris in colder weather.)
![Thom Browne with some molding](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Lxvw2tM5HLYHFjchkPLuqh-415-80.jpg)
Thom Browne with some molding
![Thom Browne on the runway](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N4RaSuj4h4LXjqqKPNLRkn-415-80.jpg)
Thom Browne on the runway
![Michael Kors](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m98UoQpoSPLdKFnyLaUBS5-415-80.jpg)
Michael Kors
The look: Black suit, black T-shirt, sneakers, bright-white smile.
![Michael Kors taking a bow](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A6tjEtD9ba8tAvFRVWwFLA-415-80.jpg)
Michael Kors taking a bow
![Michael Kors walking with joy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RAAnzVzDGsWxL2ow8imRbE-415-80.jpg)
Michael Kors walking with joy
![Prabal Gurung](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZzWe9bEFsJwCJKR8W3HzJ-415-80.jpg)
Prabal Gurung
The look: American teenager with Equinox membership, circa 1950.
![Prabal Gurung with his trademark smirk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yYKxZNNeb4KKzkYVUMaYMQ-415-80.jpg)
Prabal Gurung with his trademark smirk
![Prabal Gurung, relieved](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HidSJejZi8op24jfy3euUV-415-80.jpg)
Prabal Gurung, relieved
![Alber Elbaz, formerly of Lanvin](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QyizQd6Kr7hipbytTYGd6a-415-80.jpg)
Alber Elbaz, formerly of Lanvin
The look: One of the few huggable adult characters in an Eloise book.
![Alber Elbaz contemplating](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dBcnnwgEcFifezptLPqeHf-415-80.jpg)
Alber Elbaz contemplating
![Alber Elbaz with velvet bow tie](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dKjnJtZse4Vd3eq4A3qBej-415-80.jpg)
Alber Elbaz with velvet bow tie
![Jason Wu](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QnVJJQtkm8nL8JXxafbhq-415-80.jpg)
Jason Wu
The look: Pretty much the same T-shirt and jeans as his counterparts but navy. So much less severe.
![Jason Wu in front of some greenery](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eFFNNkk5LFEBFM3mx46h78-415-80.jpg)
Jason Wu in front of some greenery
![Jason Wu with a coordinating wall color](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/goXany5w4omLXSN6G5dp4D-415-80.jpg)
Jason Wu with a coordinating wall color
![Vera Wang](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VfKFrMkGCccSUweERr2AHH-415-80.jpg)
Vera Wang
The look: Drapey, layered, and always, always black.
![Vera Wang with sunglasses](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VFXnZXPhrrfYpxxzAtjuVN-415-80.jpg)
Vera Wang with sunglasses
![Vera Wang on a red carpet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yfSFqLQWAb5yLKm4wp5qqS-415-80.jpg)
Vera Wang on a red carpet
![Riccardo Tisci](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5kXnRJp4ZxMaYoSeL53YGX-415-80.jpg)
Riccardo Tisci
The look: All-black athleisure.
![Riccardo Tisci surprised to have his picture taken](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oAbyUG8JREEdKkc36VgmGc-415-80.jpg)
Riccardo Tisci surprised to have his picture taken
![Riccardo Tisci inside a Richard Serra sculpture](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ChPhPJHrRGpXBwo3ErS4h-415-80.jpg)
Riccardo Tisci inside a Richard Serra sculpture
![Carolina Herrera](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xvsQxf4bJygCMinHBgqzYm-415-80.jpg)
Carolina Herrera
The look: White shirt, dark skirt, sometimes a popped collar—the society lady's version, of course.
![Carolina Herrera surrendering](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fXbhnKDNLTX2rbjhiXNL55-415-80.jpg)
Carolina Herrera surrendering
![Carolina Herrera in a closet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gU2QR3Vj2CDrK6GX5h5NdA-415-80.jpg)
Carolina Herrera in a closet
Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at Marie Claire. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.
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