- Esteban Cortazar
Esteban Cortazar (
May 17 ,1984 ) is a notedfashion designer .He was born inBogota, Colombia and grew up inMiami, Florida . Cortazar is the youngest designer to have shown atMiami International Fashion Week .The child of jazz signer
Dominique Vaughan and artistValentino Cortazar [ [http://www.fashionwindows.com/fashion/esteban_cortazar/default.asp Esteban Cortazar, Fashion Designer ] ] , Esteban got his start in the fashion industry at 13 years of age when he showed sketches toTodd Oldham , a mentor he found under his apartment at Miami's News Café. While inNew York for anOldham show, Cortazar introduced himself toBloomingdale's Director of FashionKal Ruttenstein , and soon afterward gave Ruttenstein a private showing. [ [http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/estebancortazar/ Esteban Cortazar - Miami Fashion Designer - Esteban Cortazar ] ]Cortazar appeared in an episode of "
Top Chef " on Bravo for the 2007 season.In December 2007, Cortazar was appointed the position of Head Designer at
Emanuel Ungaro .References
External links
* [http://www.estebancortazar.com/ Esteban Cortazar official site]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3894400 NPR article]
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