100% | DAPPERDAN | 9 | Harlem-based designer who called his creations adorned with high-fashion logos “knockups” rather than “knockoffs” |
26% | TOMMYHILFIGER | 13 | US fashion designer who started with preppy menswear and a red, white, and blue flag logo: 2 wds. |
22% | ELSA | 4 | Ms Schiaparelli, fashion designer who worked with Dali |
22% | INSIDER | 7 | One with privileged access who, hopefully, isn't trading stocks based on his info |
21% | INLIEU | 6 | Rather than, with "of" |
21% | EDDIE | 5 | With 47-Across, chef who narrates ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat," which is based on his memoir |
21% | FIERI | 5 | Guy who calls his aioli "donkey sauce" |
21% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director who calls his films "joints": 2 wds. |
20% | ROMANROY | 8 | Succession character who calls his father "Kim Jong Pop" |
20% | CALVINKLEIN | 11 | US fashion designer who had early success with designer jeans and fragrances like Obsession: 2 wds. |
20% | REF | 3 | Official who calls high-sticking, informally |
20% | INFRARED | 8 | With rather high frequency |
20% | YVES | 4 | ___ Saint Laurent, French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label |
19% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | Fashion designer with a signature scent |
19% | VALENTINO | 9 | Fashion designer Garavani with RED line |
19% | MARCECKO | 8 | Fashion designer with the book Unlabel |
19% | ATOR | 4 | With 15-Down, no higher than |
19% | WEDGES | 6 | High heels with a stable base |
19% | JASONISBELL | 11 | Drive-By Truckers singer who appeared on "The Big Interview with Dan Rather" with his wife, singer/songwriter Amanda Shires (2 wds.) |
19% | OSCARMODELARENTA | 16 | Fashion designer who loves an old Ford? |
19% | CHANEL | 6 | Fashion designer Coco who inspired a perfume |
19% | ABLOH | 5 | Fashion designer Virgil who founded Off-White |
19% | TAM | 3 | Fashion designer Vivienne who wrote "China Chic" |
19% | ANNE | 4 | With 25-Down, women's fashion designer |
19% | CALVIN | 6 | Fashion designer Klein with the fragrance Obsession |
19% | ARMANI | 6 | Designer Giorgio with a namesake fashion house |
18% | ITSNOTROCKETTESCIENCE | 21 | "Our lab studies regular dance moves rather than high-kicking"? |
18% | PUPPETMAKER | 11 | Designer whose creations might be controlled with strings |
18% | TIMGUNN | 7 | Fashion designer who co-wrote "The Natty Professor" |
18% | TINA | 4 | Fashion designer Knowles who's Beyoncé's mother |