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Carolina Herrera
Herrera, in September 2007
Born	(1939-01-08) January 8, 1939 (age 86) Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuelan, American
Label(s)	Carolina Herrera New York CH Carolina Herrera
Spouse(s)	Guillermo Behrens Tello (1957-64; divorced); Reinaldo Herrera Guevara (1968-present)
Children	Four

Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño, January 8, 1939) is a Venezuelan-born, American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Known for dressing First Ladies from Jacqueline Onassis to Michelle Obama, the New York Times cited her designs as "elegant and worldly without ever being fussy."

Early and personal life

Carolina Herrera was born as María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño on January 8, 1939, in Caracas, Venezuela, to Guillermo Pacanins Acevedo, an air force officer, and María Cristina Niño Passios.

In 1957, Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner, with whom she had two daughters, Mercedes and Ana Luisa. They divorced in 1964.

In 1968, in Caracas, she married Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, who inherited the Spanish title 5th Marquess of Torre Casa. Reinaldo was the host of "Buenos Días", a Venezuelan morning-television news program and the elder son of Reinaldo Herrera Usla, a prominent Venezuelan landowner. Her husband is now a special-projects editor of Vanity Fair magazine. They have two daughters, Carolina Adriana and Patricia Cristina. In 2009, Herrera became a naturalized American citizen.

Brand and company

Based in New York City since 1980, throughout the 1970s and 1980s she was named one of the best dressed women in the world. Her clients have included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Renée Zellweger. There are six Carolina Herrera flagship boutiques in the world, in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Bal Harbor, Las Vegas and Caracas (as of October 12, 2011).

Carolina Herrera reached an agreement with Puig in the 1980s in New York to create and market all her fragances. Years later, in 1995, Carolina Herrara fashion business area also joined Puig. In 2008, she launched a lifestyle brand called CH Carolina Herrera.

Awards and achievements

Herrera is a recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence as well as Spain's Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, which was presented to her in 2002 by King Don Juan Carlos I. She also was awarded the Gold Medal of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in 1997.

Herrera won the "Womenswear Designer of the Year" in 2004 and the "Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2008—both from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which directs her signature Carolina Herrera fashion and bridal collections, her slightly lower priced lifestyle collection CH Carolina Herrera with the CHCH logo, and ten fragrances. Member of jewelry designer Mimi So's Board of Directors since 2004.

Herrera received the distinguished "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for the season spring/summer 2011 collection. The award recognizes designers for their dedication to the use of quality materials, unique style and innovative design for the past seven years. The milestone comes not only as the designer's runway show debuts at the first ever Fashion Week held at Lincoln Center in New York City, but the opening of her highly anticipated CH Carolina Herrera store at 802 Madison Avenue with special guest illustrator Robert Risko, and the 10th anniversary of her Madison Avenue flagship store at 954 Madison Avenue.

References

1. ^ Leader, Romney (25 September 2009). "Carolina Herrera Makes It Official". Style.com. Retrieved 6 February 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. ^ "New York Times, January 4, 1994 - For Carolina Herrera, Tranquillity Amid Success by Bernadine Morris".
3. "Forbes Magazine, November 13 2008 - Inagural Gowns Fit for Michelle Obama".
4. ^ "Reinaldo Herrera Weds in Caracas". The New York Times. 21 September 1968. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
5. Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopaedia, Volume 1, pages 325-326
6. "Ana Behrens-Pacanins Is Married To Luis Paraud-Carpena, Developer". The New York Times. 14 October 1989. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
7. Shapiro, Harriet (May 3, 1982). "From Venezuela to Seventh Avenue, Carolina Herrera's Fashions Cast a Long Shadow". People. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
8. "The Independent, Mar. 6, 2010 - My Secret Life: Carolina Herrera, fashion designer, 71, by Charlotte Philby".
9. "Weddings/Celebrations: Patricia Herrera, Gerrit Lansing". The New York Times. 24 November 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
10. "USA Today, Oct. 26, 2012 - Renee Zellweger radiantly returns to red carpet, by Olivia Barker".
11. "Puig, a Spanish fashion empire that started with a lipstick". Modaes. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
12. "Madrid with Carolina Herrera". Travel+Leisure. October 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
14. http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/corporate-news/mercedes-benz-presents-title-given-to-fashion-designer-carolina-herrera/
15. "Fashion Week Daily - Carolina Herrera joining Mimi So board".
16. "Carolina Herrera Wins Fashion Week Award". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.

External links

• Carolina Herrera
• Carolina Herrera at FMD

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• 1939 births
• Living people
• People from Caracas
• High fashion brands
• American fashion designers
• American women in business
• Naturalized citizens of the United States
• Businesspeople in fashion
• Venezuelan businesspeople
• Venezuelan emigrants to the United States
• Venezuelan fashion designers