Coco & Breezy

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Coco & Breezy
Industry Eyewear
Founded2009
Key people
Corianna ("Coco") and Brianna ("Breezy") Dotson.
Products Apparel
Fashion accessories
Website www.cocoandbreezy.com

Coco & Breezy is a sunglasses company based in the United States. The company was founded in 2009 [1] by Corianna ("Coco") and Brianna ("Breezy") Dotson, African American and Puerto Rican identical twin sisters, when the sisters were 19 years old. [2] Their pieces have been worn by such celebrities, as Prince, Kelly Osbourne, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj [3] and Serena Williams. [4] In April 2012, Adidas announced they will be enlisting the design help of the sisters in their "Originals White Space Project." [3] [5]

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