1. Carolina Herrera was born on Maria Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Nino; 8 January 1939 and is a Venezuelan American fashion designer.
19 Facts About Carolina Herrera
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Maria Carolina Herrera Josefina Pacanins y Nino was born on 8 January 1939 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Carolina Herrera's father, Guillermo Pacanins Acevedo, was an Air Force officer and her mother, Maria Cristina Nino Passios, was a former governor of Caracas.
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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 founded her clothing line in 1980, and had samples made in Caracas.
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Carolina Herrera debuted her collection at Manhattan's Metropolitan Club to critical acclaim.
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Carolina Herrera debuted her first full collection at the Metropolitan Club in April 1981.
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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 2016, Carolina Herrera released Good Girl, her new women's fragrance and her biggest fragrance launch in 14 years; Karlie Kloss was named the face of the fragrance.
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From 1994 to 1996, Carolina Herrera had a licensed leather goods and scarf line with Swoboda International.
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Since 2004, Carolina Herrera has been a member of the board of directors of jewelry designer Mimi So, and since 1999 on the board of the CFDA.
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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, Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner and fifth cousin of Gustavo J Vollmer.
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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 no sons.
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Carolina Herrera's husband is a special-projects editor for Vanity Fair magazine.