15 Facts About Carolina Herrera

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Carolina Herrera was born on Maria Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Nino; 8 January 1939 and is a Venezuelan fashion designer known for her personal style, and for dressing various First Ladies, including Jacqueline Onassis, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump.

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Maria Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Nino was born on 8 January 1939, in Caracas, Venezuela, to Guillermo Pacanins Acevedo, an air force officer and former governor of Caracas, and Maria Cristina Nino Passios.

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In 1965, Carolina Herrera began her career working as a publicist for Emilio Pucci, a Florentine Marquis himself and a close family friend.

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Carolina Herrera began working at Pucci's Caracas boutique, and moved to New York in 1980.

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Carolina Herrera first appeared on the International Best Dressed List in 1972, then was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1980.

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Carolina Herrera did so, having samples made in Caracas, and debuted her collection at Manhattan's Metropolitan Club to critical acclaim.

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Carolina Herrera has been based in New York City since 1980, and in 1981 the brand received recognition from several key publications, including Women's Wear Daily and Tatler, with particular early attention to her well designed sleeves.

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In July 2016, Carolina Herrera announced the release of her new women's fragrance to be available for purchase in September, her biggest fragrance launch in 14 years.

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In 2018, Carolina Herrera showed her last line for her eponymous brand and handed creative directorship of the brand over to Wes Gordon.

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In 2008, Carolina Herrera was awarded the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and "Womenswear Designer of the Year" in 2004.

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Carolina Herrera received the Fashion Group International Superstar Award, the Style Awards Designer of the Year in 2012 and the "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for her 2011 collection.

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Carolina Herrera has been on the cover of Vogue seven times.

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In 1957, at the age of 18, Carolina Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner.

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Therefore, by marriage, Carolina Herrera held the title The Marquise consort of Torre Casa, until it was retracted in 1992, as Reinaldo had issued no son.

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Carolina Herrera's husband is a special-projects editor of Vanity Fair magazine.