Cuban-American designer based in New York.
Age 47
Worked for a short time as creative director of Anne Klein in 2006, but left the company in 2007.
Attended high school in New Jersey. Also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design (where Project Runway's Tim Gunn served as dean before heading to Liz Claiborne) in New York.
Married to Ruben Toledo, with whom she collaborates and received the Cooper-Hewitt Award for their work in fashion in 2005.
Also designed the black tunic and palazzo pants that Michelle Obama wore to a Manhattan fund-raiser last June. The look wasn't designed specifically for Obama, who purchased the pieces at Ikram, a store in Chicago.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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