biography
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Claiborne, Liz
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originally Elisabeth Claiborne Ortenberg
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pronunciation:
[klaybaw(r)n]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Fashion designer and business executive, born in Brussels, Belgium. She was raised in New Orleans, returning to Europe to study art instead of finishing high school. After 25 years as a New York designer she founded her own firm (1976), which she built into a billion-dollar-a-year business, first designing stylish, moderately priced sportswear that freed working women from plain, dark suits, then expanding into menswear, accessories, and perfume. She retired from active management in 1989. |
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