Maria Cornejo | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Founder Creative Director Ex-spouse = Mark Borthwick Divorced 2021 |
Label | Zero + Maria Cornejo |
Awards | 2016 Cooper Hewit Design Award 2018 Fashion Group International Sustainability Award 2023 Lifetime achievement awardContents |
Maria Cornejo is a Chilean-born fashion designer based in New York and known for her Zero + Maria Cornejo collection. [1] [2]
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.
Cornejo's clients include Michelle Obama, Tilda Swinton, Christy Turlington and Cindy Sherman. [4]
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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