It's a family affair; fashion's most powerful dynasties

In fashion they say it’s not what you know but who you know. So as we prepare the seating arrangements for Thanksgiving dinner, ensuring that feuding siblings, wealthy patriarchs and money-grabbing stepdaughters are situated at some distance from the carving knife, let’s take a look at the great fashion lineages. Many of these most famous international houses remain family businesses and were often started as humble, working class endeavors. If you’re having a hard time imagining Fendi as a mom and pop store, read on.