Biography
Fashion designer Carolina Errera made a brilliant career in the United States, becoming the legislature of world fashion and the richest woman of America. Her biography is not at all a fairy tale of Cinderella, who achieved success from scratch, and the history of a person who was passionate about her beloved thing more than secular parties and a luxurious life.Childhood and youth
Maria Carolina Josephine Pakanins Niño was born on January 8, 1939 in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. The second of four daughters in the family of the governor grew along with his sisters among the multi-lies of a tropical garden, surrounded by luxury and concern. The father of Carolina instilled a rigorous discipline to daughters: Before making an official's career, Guillermo Pakanins Assewedo served as an officer of Venezuela's air troops.
Mother of girls, Maria Christina Niño Passios, and grandmother served an example of style and femininity in the dresses. One of the hobby grandmother was cooking. The kitchen, full of magical aromas, seemed like a little Carolina a fabulous country. Fragrances of colors and spices, paints of tropical nature, dresses and accessories from Balenciaga and Lanvin formed the sophisticated taste of future fashion laws.
The dolls collection dressed up in the personally stitched by a small mistress of outfits, copied with moms and grandmothers, but Carolina itself more often wore white blouses without changing her beloved along and in adulthood. Running blouses with a postponed gate were the basis of school clothes and a riding costume of a young aristocrat.
A thirteen-year-old Girl grandmother organized a tour of a fashionable show to Paris, but the show of Cristobal Balenciagi was not too impressed by a teenager. Carolina then more interested horses and books. The Argentine horse's daughter presented his father, and the love of his mother put his love. After school, the young aristocracy entered the Technological Institute at the Faculty of Biochemistry and married.
Personal life
Marriage of the eighteen-year-old governor's daughter was a tribute to tradition. The groom, rich landowner Guillermo Berens Telo, approved the older generation of the Pacanins family and Niño, and the young bride did not have the right to vote. To declare the personal desires of Carolina decided only at 25, when she filed a divorce and returned to the custody of the parents. During this time, the spouses were born two daughters: Mercedes and Anna-Louise.
The second husband has chosen an aristocrat independently. Karolina familiar from Youth Don Real Raldo Herrera Guevara became her spouse in 1968. So the name of Carolina Herrera appeared, which later became a widely famous brand, and the first wedding dress that designed a future celebrity. Light as sea breeze, and golden, like the rays of the tropical sun, the dress of the bride emphasized the beauty and elegance of a woman and hit the pages of magazines.
In a happy marriage, two more daughters were born: Carolina Adrian and Patricia Christina. Carolina Adriana, or Carolina Herrera Jr., became the first mother's assistant in business. Later, all daughters together with her husbands joined the family case. The mother of four children and grandmother of six grandchildren still retains an elegant figure, skillfully emphasizing her. Since 1972, Carolina Errera is rightfully included in the list of the most stylish celebrities.
Fashion
Realizing in the roles of a secular lioness, wives and mothers, Carolina decides to do business. In 1980, the Errera family moves to the United States. Old Friends - Count Rudy Crescents and Diana Vrienda, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, convinced the stylish lady try to become a designer. The first collection, shown in New York, consisted of 24 dresses. Contrary to the dominant in the seventies, the image of a woman Carolina woman brought femininity to the podium.
The mini collection was impressed by potential customers, and the matter went. Ten people - the entire state of the enterprise - worked not to twist the hands on the creation of a full-sized collection, which was demonstrated in the Metropolitan club in April 1981. A boutique, tinted strictly and concise, opened on the seventh Avenue in Manhattan, with a mannequin in a shop window, dressed in a classic black skirt and a white blouse.
Classic eternal. Elegance embodied by the fashion designers of the Carolina Herrera brand, choose the first Lady of the USA and the stars of Hollywood. Wedding collections are created by Carolina with special care, because the bride must be irresistible in the most solemn day of life.
In the dresses from Errera go under the crown of the daughter of presidents and aristocrats, actresses and even Bella Swan from the fantastic film "Twilight. Saga: Dawn. "
At the same time, Carolina itself did not receive vocational education and, according to his own statement, can not sew. But she knows how the dress should look like, and he informs this knowledge to subordinates. In 1987, the designer took up the implementation of the new directions for himself. Carolina created perfume with the smell of a beloved flower - jasmine. Thirty three more aromatic composition followed. Perfumes from Errera Paired - with female harmonizes the monotored men.
Little fashionistas and fashionists are also not forgotten by Carolina: In 2009, the first collection of children's clothing Carolina Herrera saw the light, and in 2011 the store opened in Paris, in which parents of babies and teenagers will find children outfit for solemn exits in the world. Each of the hundreds of brand stores offers visitors also handbags, gloves and other accessories, emphasizing the beauty of the outfit.
Carolina Errera now
On February 12, 2018, Carolina Errera presented a new collection of outfits for spring and summer. In the spring, the bright coloring of the models creates a joyful lightweight atmosphere. The combination of red, lilac, indigo and emerald colors could seem shouting if it were not for an amazing feeling of clothing designer taste.
Inspired by the pictures of Flemish artists, Carolina Errera generously decorated outfits with images of plants. Tulips and dahlias are scattered over the field of multilayer skirts and embroidered on the coat. Strict silhouettes of trousers and soft flowing lines of evening dresses from transparent chiffon and organza are already taken for sample fashion suites and tailors.
Photo collection posted on the official website of Carolina Herrera and in "Instagram". Despite the old age, the owner of the chain of stores does not neglect the possibilities of advertising in social networks, but there is little personal life, paying more attention to the coverage of creative finds.
Shortly before the fashion show, Carolina stated that he was leaving the head of the brand leader. After 37 years of work, the creator of the label passed the post of creative director Wesu Gordon - a talented young American designer, the founder of the Wes Gordon brand. Now, in 79 years, in the opinion of the most stylish grandmother, it comes the right time to live in a measured life.
State assessment
For approximate estimates of experts, the state of Carolina Errera exceeds $ 100 million. Main part of the money brought businesswoman labels Carolina Herrera New York and CH Carolina Herrera.