Fashion & Apparel
Fashion & Apparel brand guidelines — colour palettes, typography and design systems for fashion brands, with honest notes on ownership and where each is made.
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Dior Brand Guidelines: The New Look
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Dior Brand Guidelines One 1947 collection so revolutionary an editor named it the ‘New Look’ — and…
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Prada Brand Guidelines: The Triangle & the Savoy Knot
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Prada Brand Guidelines An inverted triangle, a rope knot borrowed from Italian royalty, and a leather shop…
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Versace Brand Guidelines: The Medusa
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Versace Brand Guidelines A Gorgon who turns admirers to stone — chosen precisely because there’s no falling…
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Hermès Brand Guidelines: The Carriage
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Hermès Brand Guidelines A horse, a carriage — and no driver. The most elegant empty seat in…
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Tiffany & Co Brand Guidelines: Tiffany Blue
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Tiffany & Co Brand Guidelines A single shade of blue so precise, so protected, it became one…
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Rolex Brand Guidelines: The Crown
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Rolex Brand Guidelines A five-point crown and a made-up name chosen because it sounds good in any…
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Burberry Brand Guidelines: The Knight & the Check
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Burberry Brand Guidelines A knight, a check, and a rebrand round-trip — Burberry dropped its heritage in…
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Chanel Brand Guidelines: The Double C
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Chanel Brand Guidelines Two interlocking C’s, black on white — a monogram whose exact origin no one…
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Gucci Brand Guidelines: The Double G
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Gucci Brand Guidelines Two mirrored G’s for a father’s name, and a green-red stripe borrowed from a…
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Louis Vuitton Brand Guidelines: The Monogram
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Louis Vuitton Brand Guidelines A monogram invented to defeat counterfeiters — and now the most counterfeited pattern…
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Adidas Brand Guidelines: The Three Stripes
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Adidas Brand Guidelines Three stripes bought for a couple of bottles of whisky — and no, the…
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Nike Brand Guidelines: The $35 Swoosh
Brand Guidelines · Field Guide Nike Brand Guidelines A student drew it for $35, the founder shrugged — and it became the…