Francesca Miranda

Francesca Miranda is a Salvadoran fashion designer. She is one of five children of American Gloria Gonzales de Miranda, owner of Hacienda de Los Miranda, and of Ruy Cesar Miranda, a Salvadoran socialité, a lawyer and ambassador. Her eldest sister is the celebrity chef Olga Miranda. [ [http://www.elsalvador.com/mujeres/2005/11/entrevista/index.asp Karen Funes, 'Francesca Miranda vino para quedarse', "Mujeres" (2004)] . Retrieved 4 September 2006.]

Before becoming a designer with Oscar de la Renta Miranda was a model and from 1979 she studied marketing in Florida. [ [http://www.elsalvador.com/mujeres/2005/11/entrevista/index.asp Karen Funes, 'Francesca Miranda vino para quedarse', "Mujeres" (2004)] . Retrieved 4 September 2006.] She specialized in Fashion Merchandising and began to design under the Xango brand in 1995. Three years later she put her own name to her leading edge menswear designs. The collection had a Caribbean style, featuring assless riding chaps with soft colors. Having established herself as a menswear designer, in 2000 Miranda created City People, a range of clothes for women. City People has a sexy style, with embroidery, fitted trousers and transparent blouses. [ [http://www.terra.com/especiales/lamoda/moda_en_miami/francesca_miranda/francesca_miranda.html Luciano Lamberto, 'Francesca Miranda', "El Mundo de la Moda" (2001)] . Retrieved 4 September 2006.] Her 2001 collection was inspired by the works of the Colombian novellist Gabriel García Márquez. [ [http://www.elheraldo.com.co/revistas/gente/01-08-25/noti7.htm Loor Naissir, 'Francesca Miranda: Crónica de una moda anunciada', "Gente" (25 August 2001)] . Retrieved 4 September 2006.]

After marriage to Francisco Jassir in 1983 she moved to her husband's hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, where she opened her first boutique. This was successful enough to warrant opening a new store in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first boutique outside Colombia was opened in El Salvador. The couple have three children. [ [http://www.elsalvador.com/mujeres/2005/11/entrevista/index.asp Karen Funes, 'Francesca Miranda vino para quedarse', "Mujeres" (2004)] . Retrieved 4 September 2006.]

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