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Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan American fashion designer. Known for her personal style, she founded her namesake brand in 1980. Herrera has designed for various First Ladies of the United States, including Jacqueline Onassis, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump.
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business · Venezuelan fashion designer (born 1939) · fashion designer · businessperson · also Carolina Herrera, María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño, María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño, CH, Herrera
Born 8 January 1939 · Q264589
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 3 entries
Harper's Bazaar: Carolina Herrera’s New Frame Collab Brings Fresh Optimism to Your Jeans
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Women's Wear Daily: An Exclusive Look at Shakira’s Carolina Herrera Met Gala Dress
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Women's Wear Daily: EXCLUSIVE: Carolina Herrera Launches a 17-Piece Summer Cabana Collection with Net-a-Porter
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2023· 1 entry
Vogue: Why Carolina Herrera took on the destination show
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2018· 1 entry
Herrera showed her last line for her eponymous brand and handed creative directorship of the brand over to Wes Gordon
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2016· 2 entries
Yahoo: Yahoo Style Exclusive: Carolina Herrera on Her 35-Year Career and the Secret to Success in Fashion
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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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2014· 1 entry
Earned the 2014 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion
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2012· 1 entry
And the "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for her 2011 collection
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2009· 1 entry
Herrera became a naturalized United States citizen
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (2008).
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The company launched a ready-to-wear brand called CH Carolina Herrera, a lifestyle line that offers a range of products for women, men and children, with a strong emphasis on accessories and leather goods handcrafted in
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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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2005· 2 entries
Won Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2005).
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Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement during the International Achievement Summit in New York City
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1995· 1 entry
The firm acquired the Carolina Herrera fashion business, retaining her as Creative Director
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1993· 1 entry
Before being replaced in 1994 by the Studio line, which in turn was discontinued in 1996
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1992· 1 entry
As an official statement from the Spanish court stated that another claimant had been located
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1981· 1 entry
Her 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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1972· 1 entry
Then was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1980
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1968· 1 entry
In Caracas, she married Reinaldo Herrera Guevara (1933-2025), who had inherited the Spanish title The 5th Marquis of Torre Casa in 1962 upon his father's death
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1965· 1 entry
Herrera began her career working as a publicist for Emilio Pucci, a Florentine Marquis and a close family friend
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1964· 1 entry
Became the parents of two daughters:
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1957· 1 entry
At the age of 18, Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner and fifth cousin of Gustavo J
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-01-08.
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