Female Fashion Entrepreneurs
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(Fashion Designer, Founder and Co-Owner of the Designer Brand 'Kate Spade New York')
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: June 5, 2018
Kate Spade was an American entrepreneur and fashion designer. Spade is credited with founding Kate Spade New York, a popular luxury fashion design house, which competes with the likes of Michael Kors. Kate Spade is also credited with creating stylish and affordable handbags that caused quite a revolution in the fashion world.
(Best Known as the Cast Member of the MTV Reality TV Series, 'Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County')
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, United States
Known for her "valley girl' accent, Kristin Cavallari gained fame with the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Apart from gracing the cover of Seventeen, she has also been featured in Rolling Stone. She is now a fashion designer with her own brands Uncommon James and Little James.
Allegra Versace
(Italian Heiress, Director of 'Gianni Versace S.p.A.' and Daughter of Fashion Designer Donatella Versace )
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Italian-American socialite Allegra Versace is the heiress of the international fashion line Versace. Daughter of designer Donatella Versace and model Paul Beck, Allegra has previously worked as a theatrical dresser and is the director of Gianni Versace S.p.A. She has had a long battle with anorexia.
Sara Blakely
(Businesswoman)
Birthdate: February 21, 1971
Birthplace: Clearwater, Florida, United States
Tina Knowles
(Businesswoman & Founder of the Fashion Brand ''House of Deréon')
Birthplace: Galveston, Texas, United States
Tina Knowles is an American fashion designer and businesswoman. In 2004, she launched House of Deréon, a now-defunct ready-to-wear fashion line. While her fashion brands, such as Miss Tina and House of Deréon, have been generally regarded as one of her most important contributions, her biggest contribution to the society is letting her daughters, Beyoncé and Solange ,follow their passion.
Liliane Bettencourt
(Principal Shareholder of 'L'Oréal' and the Richest Woman of the World at the Time of Her Death)
Birthdate: October 21, 1922
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 20, 2017
Former L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt was the world's richest woman at the time of her death. She had apparently gifted celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier cash and gifts worth a billion euros, leading her daughter to file a case against Banier later. Bettencourt was also involved in medical and cultural philanthropy.
Wilhelmina Cooper
(Dutch-American Model and Founder of 'Wilhelmina Models')
Birthplace: Culemborg, Netherlands
Died: March 1, 1980
Best remembered for her agency Wilhelmina Models, Dutch model Wilhelmina Cooper was the daughter of a German butcher and took to modeling after moving to the US. Known for her curvy figure and high cheekbones, she graced the cover of Vogue 28 times.
(Italian Billionaire Fashion Designer and Co-CEO and Head Designer of 'Prada')
Miuccia Prada is an Italian businesswoman and fashion designer. The granddaughter of Mario Prada, Miuccia is the head designer of the popular luxury fashion house Prada, which was founded by Mario Prada. Miuccia Prada is credited with founding Prada's subsidiary, Miu Miu. In 2014, Miuccia Prada was ranked 75th in Forbes magazine's most powerful woman in the world list.
Rosalía Mera
Birthdate: January 28, 1944
Birthplace: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died: August 15, 2013
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rzeszów, Poland
Vivy Yusof
(Entrepreneur)
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jennifer Hyman
(CEO of Rent the Runway)
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: United States
Lana Marks
(Business executive, Ambassador)
Birthplace: East London, South Africa
Alison Campbell
(Businessperson)
Birthplace: Unknown
Apart from being the wife of Irish golfer Darren Clarke, Alison Campbell, née Smyth, has also been a successful model and a former Miss Northern Ireland. Now a successful entrepreneur in her own right, she owns a modeling agency, with clients such as Zoe Salmon from Blue Peter.
Sharen Jester Turney
(CEO of Victoria's Secret)
Birthdate: 1957 AD
Birthplace: Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States
Birthplace: Texas, United States
Alyona Subbotina
Birthplace: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Adeline Andre
(Fashion designer)
Birthplace: Bangui, French Equatorial Africa
Hayley Barna
Birthplace: New York, United States
Lola Maja
(Make-up Artist, Businesspeople)
Birthplace: Lagos, Nigeria
Becca Tilley
(Reality Star)
Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Kehinde Smith
(Entrepreneur and Investor)
Birthplace: Nigeria
Mariuccia Mandelli
(Italian Fashion Designer and Entrepreneur)
Birthplace: Bergamo, Italy
Died: December 6, 2015
Often credited as the inventor of hot pants, Mariuccia Mandelli, a self-taught fashion designer, began her career in her friend's apartment with a secondhand sewing machine, lugging suitcases of samples round small shops. Hailed as the Godmother of Italian Fashion, she later founded Krizia, one of Italy's first ready-to-wear houses, which over the time grew into a $500 million business.
Elease Donovan
(Jamaican Reality Star and Entrepreneur)
Birthplace: Jamaica
Keticia Chatman
(Jamaican Fashion Entrepreneur)
Hilary Rowland
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Claire Chambers
(CEO of Journelle)
Leslie A Blodgett
(CEO of Bare Escentuals)
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