Carolina Herrera
Carolina Herrera Photo: Ed Kavishe, fashionwirepress
Born	January 8, 1939 (1939-01-08) (age 70) Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality	US
Labels	Carolina Herrera New York CH Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño on January 8, 1939), Marchioness of Torre Casa, is a Venezuelan fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded her eponymous company in 1980.

Herrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Based in New York City since 1981, throughout the 1970s and 1980s she was named one of the best dressed women in the world. Her empire grew rapidly and steadily and she went on to dress Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the last 12 years of her life.

Herrera is married to Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, Marqués de Torre Casa, an editor at Vanity Fair magazine, with whom she had two daughters. She was previously married to Guillermo Behrens Tello, with whom she had two daughters as well.

Carolina Herrera is a Goodwill Ambassador^[1] and Facilitator for the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition, IIMSAM, and its affirmative action programme, The Right to Food Campaign Initiative Against Malnutrition and Fashion United Against Malnutrition. IIMSAM works to promote the use of micro-algae Spirulina (Spirulina Platensis) to counter malnutrition and its severe negative impacts especially in the Developing and Least Developed Countries (LDC).

Herrera is a recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.

[edit] Company and expansion

Herrera, in September 2007

There are four Carolina Herrera flagship boutiques in the world. They are in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles and Bal Harbor.

In 2008, Carolina Herrera launched a lifestyle brand called CH Carolina Herrera. In that year, the company opened four stores at The Galleria in Houston, Texas, Americana Manhasset, in Manhasset, New York, The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas, Nevada, and The Village of Merrick Park in Coral Gables, Florida. In 2006, the retailer opened a boutique in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, and in NorthPark Center in Dallas, Texas.

The company is expanding this lifestyle brand, and it anticipates opening more stores in 2007 in Austin and San Antonio in Texas; Orlando, Tampa and Palm Beach in Florida; San Diego; Phoenix, and eventually, Los Angeles.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Carolina Herrera
• Carolina Herrera - Biography
• Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM)