About Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera is a world-renowned fashion designer who has dressed some of the most famous women in the world. Born in 1939, in Caracas, Venezuela, to an air force officer and a socialite grandmother, Herrera began her career working as a publicist for Emilio Pucci. She later moved to New York City to start her own clothing line which quickly gained popularity among the city’s social elite. Herrera’s designs have been worn by some of the most influential women including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Diana, Duchess of Cadaval, Renée Zellweger, and Karlie Kloss. In 2008, she was awarded the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and named “Womenswear Designer of the Year” in 2004.