Maria Cornejo

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Maria Cornejo
Born
OccupationFounder Creative Director

Ex-spouse = Mark Borthwick

Divorced 2021
LabelZero + Maria Cornejo
Awards2016 Cooper Hewit Design Award

2018 Fashion Group International Sustainability Award

2023 Lifetime achievement award

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Maria Cornejo is a Chilean-born fashion designer based in New York and known for her Zero + Maria Cornejo collection. [1] [2]

Biography

Cornejo was born in Chile. [1] At the age of 12, she and her family relocated to Manchester, England during Pinochet's dictatorship. [3] She graduated from Ravensbourne College in London in 1984. [4]

In 1996, Cornejo and her family moved to New York City. Two years later, in 1998, she converted a raw space in Nolita into a creative atelier and store, which known as Zero + Maria Cornejo.

Clients

Cornejo's clients include Michelle Obama, Tilda Swinton, Christy Turlington and Cindy Sherman. [4]

Honors

Cornejo was the Fashion Prize winner of the 2006 Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards after being selected as a finalist in 2005. [3] Cornejo has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) since 2003 and an original member of the CFDA Sustainability Committee. In 2010, Cornejo won the first CFDA Lexus Eco Fashion Challenge and in 2017 was awarded one of the top three prizes in the CFDA + Lexus Fashion* Initiative, a 17-month long business development program aimed at accomplishing measurable sustainability changes within the business. In 2018, Cornejo was honored with the Fashion Group International’s Sustainability Award at their Night of the Stars Gala in New York City. In 2019, Cornejo was appointed to the CFDA board of directors by the new chairman, Tom Ford. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Garcia, Laia (11 March 2016). "The Lenny Interview: Maria Cornejo". Lenny Letter . Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. Ginsberg, Merle (19 June 2012). "Designer Maria Cornejo on Her New Show With Artist Alice Waese and Wearing Her Own Designs (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter .
  3. 1 2 Heller, Sabine (2 September 2009). "A Glimpse Of Designer Maria Cornejo: A Michelle Obama Favorite". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 Livingstone, David (28 March 2012). "Fashion: Michelle Obama, Holt Renfrew among designer Maria Cornejo's big fans". Toronto Star.
  5. Jackson, Jame (4 September 2019). "The CFDA Just Appointed Four New Faces To Their Board, And They Are All People Of Color". buzzfeed. Retrieved 15 January 2021.