- Rebecca Taylor
Rebecca Taylor ("c." 1969–) is a
New Zealand -bornfashion designer based inNew York, New York , U.S.. To Americans, she is probably the most famous New Zealand designer, with her label at US andEurope andepartment store s. Her retail outlets includeboutique s inJapan . Her company was reported in 2003 as having a US$12 million turnover.Background
In New Zealand, she attended St Catherine's College in
Wellington . She received her initial fashion training as part of Access, a government scheme. One of her first jobs on the scheme was making clothes forPeter Jackson 's "Meet the Feebles "’ puppet characters. After arriving in New York with $600 to her name, she was eventually hired by fashion designerCynthia Rowley , under whom she worked for six years.She débuted at New York
Fashion Week as part of the Gen Art Styles competition in the late 1990s, before doing her own catwalk show in 1999.The label
The multi-million-dollar Rebecca Taylor label was set up by Taylor with business partner Elizabeth Bugdaycay in
2000 . [M. Bethell: 'Cute with Claws', "Lucire ", vol. 2, no. 9 (21), December 2006, pp. 32–3.]Actress
Sarah Jessica Parker is a fan of Taylor's designs and called the designer personally. Taylor reportedly thought the call from Parker was a joke. Eventually, her work would be seen on Parker's show, "Sex and the City ", and on the "Today" show.Jennifer Lopez ,Cate Blanchett ,Kate Winslet andUma Thurman have been reported as Rebecca Taylor customers.Personal life
She is married to Wayne Pate, who was introduced to her via mutual friends. Her younger sister,
Victoria Taylor , is a nationally knownjewellery designer in Wellington, New Zealand, and débuted her Tory Jewellery Company range at one of Rebecca Taylor's catwalk shows in New York.References
External links
* [http://rebeccataylor.com/ Rebecca Taylor Homepage]
* [http://www.lucire.com/2003a/0619fe0.htm Interview with Taylor]
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