From “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich” Photo courtesy of Skirball Cultural Center For pop culture aficionados and those who remember the 1960s, Rudi Gernreich will forever be associated with the ...

Today marks what would have been Rudi Gernreich’s 100th birthday. A dancer-turned-designer, Gernreich’s designs were intensely body-focused and freeing, and noticeably lacking in prudery. “As if I ...

In the 1960s, few fashion designers were pushing the envelope like Rudi Gernreich. He’s best known as the inventor of the monokini -- a topless bathing suit -- and pioneered the thong, unisex clothing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the heels of the Met Gala's anything-goes "camp" carpet, which highlighted gender fluidity and freedom of expression to the nth ...

Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich at the Skirball Cultural Center (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LOS ANGELES — Rudi Gernreich had a vision that society still hasn’t fully caught up to. A ...

LONDON — Kerry Taylor Auctions is landing in the U.S. with a splash, selling the late Peggy Moffitt’s risqué monokini, and scores of other body-con designs by Rudi Gernreich, during online and live ...

Wander the new exhibition “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich” at Skirball Cultural Center in Brentwood and you’ll quickly see how Rudi Gernreich, a gay, Jewish dancer-turned-designer and an activist, ...

It can’t be said that the Nazis launched many fashion careers, but when, after the Anschluss, Hitler banned nudity in buff-loving Austria, a young Rudi Gernreich may have taken note. Gernreich, who ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misidentified Steele Gallery. Fashion icon Rudolph Gernreich, also known as Rudi, was a steadfast believer in the idea that gender didn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a designer and an individual, Rudi Gernreich was directional to the nth degree and now with that same spirit his signature ...

The Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich exhibition, opening May 9 at Skirball Cultural Center, examines the life cycle of the gifted, complex Los Angeles designer. By Bronwyn Cosgrave The late Rudi ...