Patricia Field
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Patricia Field is a well known fashion designer from the United States. Born in New York, to Greek and Armenian parents, after they immigrated there from the island of Lesbos in Greece and Istanbul respectively.[1]. She is the owner of Patricia Field boutique (now known as Patricia Field-Hotel Venus) in the Bowery section of New York City.
Field met Sarah Jessica Parker during the filming of 1992's Miami Rhapsody, which also starred Antonio Banderas. Parker became so enchanted with Field's collections that they became friends.
Before beginning of the first season of the Sex and the City television series on HBO, Parker asked to have Field design some of the clothes that her character, Carrie Bradshaw, would wear. During Field's tenure as costume designer on Sex and the City, the show became famous for the fashions showcased. For her work on Sex and the City, Field was nominated for 5 Emmy Awards, with one win, and nominated for 6 Costume Designers Guild Awards, with 4 wins.
Field has been in constant demand by some high society clientele ever since, and some of her designs have become well-known. She has become very good friends with Anna Vissi. She has gone on to work for the TV series Hope & Faith and was the costume designer for the feature film The Devil Wears Prada. Patricia and Anna at the Crobar Night Club
Field appeared as guest judge during the first season of the Bravo reality television series Project Runway.
For many years she was romantically committed to costume designer Rebecca Weinberg (Field), with whom she has partnered on Sex & the City and Spin City.
