Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)

Carolina Herrera, born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño ( born January 8, 1939 in Caracas ) is a Venezuelan- American fashion designer and businesswoman who founded the fashion company named after her in 1981 in the United States.

Career

Their headquarters is the same New York City, where Herrera, who comes from a wealthy Venezuelan family has lived since the early 1980s. Herrera is married to his second marriage to television presenter Reinaldo Herrera Guevara since 1968 and has four daughters; two from his first marriage. With him and her daughters, she moved in 1980 to New York, where she, on the advice of friends and with the support of an investor from Caracas in 1980, a first small collection of dresses presented and 1981, Carolina Herrera Ltd.. founded. International Herrera was known as a decorator of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. 1987 Herrera began a collaboration with the Spanish cosmetics company Puig concerning the production of Herrera perfume that is now available in numerous variants. Also In 1987, an extensive bridal wear collection add to Herrera portfolio. In 1995, the Puig Group, which also includes designer brands Paco Rabanne and Nina Ricci include, the company took over Herrera (fashion and perfume division). 2001 was initially the second-line CH Carolina Herrera established in Spain, which also includes men's fashion and was introduced internationally in 2008. 2004 and 2008, Herrera was awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America in the area of ​​women's fashion. She created the wedding dress for the role of Bella (Kristen Stewart) in the Twilight movie Breaking Dawn. In 2009, Herrera in the U.S. citizenship. The end of 2011, there were about 50 shops worldwide under the name of the second-line CH Carolina Herrera (including 10 in the U.S., 20 in Spain and 12 in the Middle East); were added over 150 shops -in-shops in large department stores. 2010, a flagship store was opened in London; 2011 was followed by a branch in Paris. Under the name of the main line of Carolina Herrera New York have their own stores in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Bal Harbour.

Collections

  • Carolina Herrera New York - high-priced designer collection for women with extensive bridal fashion division
  • CH Carolina Herrera - something cheaper second-line with women's and men 's clothing, Accessories
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