Rudi Gernreich
Rudi Gernreich · Economics & Business
Avant-garde fashion designer, creator of the monokini and unisex fashion
1922, Vienna, Austria — 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
United States / Austria
Rudi Gernreich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Avant-garde fashion designer, creator of the monokini and unisex fashion
Rudi Gernreich was born in 1922 in Vienna into a Jewish family, fled Nazi Austria in 1938, and died in 1985 in Los Angeles. An avant-garde designer, he created the topless monokini in 1964 and pioneered unisex fashion. His Jewish origins and flight from Nazism are documented.
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Avant-garde fashion designer, creator of the monokini and unisex fashion
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Gernreich
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