Nationality American Role Fashion designer Name Claire Pettibone | Children Lorelei (b. 2007) Occupation Fashion designer | |
Born May 23, 1967 (age 57) ( 1967-05-23 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Spouse(s) Guy Toley (m. 1994–present) Awards CILA's best luxury lingerie, 2006; best bridal lingerie, 2007 Labels Claire Pettibone Couture Bridal, Claire Pettibone Luxury Lingerie, Bleu Clair, Butterflies by Claire Pettibone, Claire Pettibone Heirloom Education Otis College of Art and Design Parents Shirley Pettibone, Richard Pettibone Profiles | ||
Claire pettibone spring summer 2013 couture bridal runway fashion show new york
Claire Pettibone (born May 23, 1967) is an American fashion designer based in Los Angeles. She is prominently known for her couture wedding gowns and intimate apparel, lifestyle collection.
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- Claire pettibone spring summer 2013 couture bridal runway fashion show new york
- Claire pettibone ss14 ny bridal market runway show
- Personal life
- Career
- Retail
- Awards and chievements
- Books
- References
The Washington Post cited her collection as “proof positive that bridal fashion is keeping up with the runway.”. The Los Angeles Times calls her a “Style maven.” Say Yes to the Dress’ Randy Fenoli confirms, “Claire has a cult following.”
Claire pettibone ss14 ny bridal market runway show
Personal life
Claire Pettibone is the only child of artist parents. Her father, Richard Pettibone, was a pioneer in the Appropriation Movement. Her mother, Shirley Pettibone, was a photo-realist painter. She spent her early childhood living in Upstate New York in a nineteenth-century home filled with antiques and surrounded by nature, which remains a source of inspiration for the designer's signature creations.
Later moving to Los Angeles, and graduating from Otis College of Art and Design, she met and married Guy Patrick Toley in 1994 and together they launched her collection.
They currently reside in Los Angeles with their daughter Lorelei (born 2007).
Career
Claire Pettibone, the self-described “true romantic” has emerged as the designer for which romance takes on a vintage yet modern je ne sais quoi. Claire formed a partnership with her husband, Guy Toley in 1993 when they started the brand "body & soul". Their debut lingerie collection was carried in Nordstrom stores nationwide. In subsequent years, the designer's collections have been carried by Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and fine specialty stores around the world.
In 2005, the designer launched her couture Bridal Gown collection. Appearing on the cover of WWD, and spawning a world of devotees, the bridal collection has received great acclaim. In 2012, the designer's "Sky Between the Branches" gown was worn by Priscilla Chan in her wedding to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The dress was bought at Little White Dress bridal boutique in Denver, Colorado. The worldwide media attention to the wedding, and in particular to the bride's dress, has solidified Claire Pettibone as a distinguished designer in her field. Shortly after the Chan-Zuckerberg wedding, UK pop sensation, Una Healy, from the girl group The Saturdays, donned the designer's, "Luna," gown from the Continuing Collection.
Her talent for conjuring up such uncommonly beautiful and ethereal sensations is her trademark, and underlies a fashion house that has grown to include couture bridal, fashion lingerie, and bridal accessories.
Retail
The Claire Pettibone Flagship Salon opened in 2001 in Beverly Hills. Pettibone began designing wedding and red carpet gowns for clients including Cameron Diaz, Courteney Cox Arquette, Leona Lewis, Elisabeth Moss, Katie Melua, Jennie Garth, Nikki Reed and Missi Pyle.
Her collections are continuously stocked in wedding boutiques across the nation and internationally in Canada, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
After 12 years at the Beverly Hills location on Robertson, the "Claire Pettibone Flagship Salon" has moved to a Los Angeles historic landmark called "The Castle," or historically called the Heinsbergen Building on Beverly Boulevard and is officially open as of July 10, 2013.
Awards and chievements
First American lingerie designer to be selected and awarded full sponsorship to exhibit in the Igedo Lingerie trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany (1997)
CILA Awards (Contours International Lingerie Awards, annual, industry wide juried competition). Named Best Luxury Lingerie (2006), Best Bridal Lingerie (2007), Best Nightwear Lingerie (2008)
Books
Contemporary Lingerie Design by Kate Dominy. Published by Laurence King.