Liz Claiborne

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Liz Claiborne (born Elisabeth Claiborne in March 31, 1929, Brussels) is a Belgian-born fashion designer. She married Art Ortenberg after divorcing Ben Schultz.

She was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended St. Timothy's, a boarding school then in Catonsville, Maryland (currently in Stevenson, Maryland.) Rather than finishing high school, she went to Europe to study art. She worked in New York City as a designer for 25 years before starting her own design company, Liz Claiborne Inc., in 1976. The firm grew from its origins designing active sportswear for women and is now a multi billion-dollar enterprise.

Liz Claiborne Inc. designs and markets an extensive range of branded women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products. The diverse portfolio of quality brands - available domestically and internationally via wholesale and retail channels - consistently meets the widest range of consumers’ fashion needs, from classic to contemporary, active to relaxed and denim to streetwear. The more than 40 brands in the Liz Claiborne Inc. portfolio are available at over 30,000 points of sale worldwide. For more information visit www.lizclaiborneinc.com.

The company's brands are available at more than 30,000 different retail locations throughout the world, including the company's own specialty retail and outlet stores, and on its e-commerce sites. Brands include Axcess, Bora Bora, C & C California, City Unltd., Claiborne, Crazy Horse, Curve, Dana Buchman, Elisabeth, Ellen Tracy, Emma James, Enyce, First Issue, Intuitions, J.H. Collectibles, Juicy Couture, Kenzie, Kenziegirl, Laundry by Shelli Segal, LIZ, Liz Claiborne, Lucky Brand Jeans, Mac & Jac, Mambo, Marvella, Mexx, Monet, Monet 2, Prana, Realities, Sigrid Olsen, Soul, Spark, Stamp 10, Tapemeasure, Tint, Trifari, Villager, and Yzza.

Liz Claiborne retired from active management in 1989.

On October 16, 2006, Liz Claiborne Inc. named Johnson and Johnson's William McComb as Chief Executive Officer. [1]