Top fashion, beauty and culture moments

British fashion designer Ossie Clark liked women who understood their bodies and joked, “Whores know everything about their bodies, and that’s why they look so good,” as seen in WWD on April 26, 1971.

Model Penelope Tree was discovered one fateful night at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball and quickly rose to fame. Eighteen months later, the 18-year-old was a regular in Vogue, setting trends with her polarizing personal style and had already designed her first fashion collection, as seen in WWD on April 24, 1968.

Calvin Klein went big on femininity and drama for its fall ’81 collection, with a voluminous floral tunic with a wide belt brought to life on Iman, as seen in WWD on April 22, 1981.

Spring in Saint-Tropez meant people-watching season was in full force, as scene-seeking tourists flooded the streets in skin-tight wide-leg suits and baring shift dresses, topped off with sunglasses balanced on long-haired heads , as seen in WWD on April 19, 1966.

Marc Jacobs was known to break the rules during his years at Perry Ellis. Case in point: a clash of animal prints, polka dots, fringe and top hats all somehow made a compelling combination on the runway, as seen in WWD on April 17, 1992.

Norma Kamali kept a low profile as big names began wearing her clothes, often made from unexpected fabrics, such as antique silk parachutes, ball gowns or Chinese hand-embroidered tablecloth dresses, as seen in WWD on April 15, 1977.

Christopher Bailey thought well beyond the classic Burberry trench when the then-Chief Creative Officer spoke to WWD about modernizing the historic British house with livestream runway shows and ‘see now, buy now’ collections, as seen on April 12, 2010.

Christian Dior ended its arduous search for a new designer when Raf Simon was appointed creative director of womenswear, marking a clear shift towards minimalism and futurism for the house, which had become synonymous with the dramatic flair of John Galliano, as seen in WWD on April 10. 2012.

After the release of high society’s devastating ‘Answered Prayers’, Truman Capote was rejected by his beloved ‘Swans’, the sharp-tongued writer light-heartedly downplayed the betrayal, saying: ‘(The Swans) won’t understand, they’re so stupid “, as seen in WWD on April 8, 1976.

Donna Karan made her name designing for Anne Klein, but she branched out on her own with an eponymous debut collection of “clothing (that) balances the tailoring with the sensual and ignores the ins and outs of fashion,” as seen in WWD. on April 5, 1985.

Sarah Lawrence College student Hope Cooke found herself adjusting to life as queen of Sikkim, a small Buddhist kingdom high in the Indian Himalayas, after a chance meeting in Darjeeling with the then-Crown Prince led to royal romance, as seen in WWD on April 3, 1968.

A trip to the affluent Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach made clear why the idyllic teenage lifestyle in Orange County, California would one day capture the attention of the masses, as featured in WWD on April 1, 1987.