Isabel Toledo

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Isabel Toledo (b. April 9, 1961) is a Cuban-born American fashion designer based in New York. Toledo was named creative director of Anne Klein in 2006 after more than twenty years of working solely under her own name; she was let go from that position in 2007.

Isabel Toledo was born in Cuba and moved to New Jersey where she attended high school and met her future husband and collaborator, Ruben Toledo. Toledo attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (NY) and Parsons School of Design (NY) where she studied painting, ceramics, and fashion design. An avid sewer from a young age, Toledo's work reflects not only a distinct design sense but a keen understand of garment construction and appreciation for the geometric intricacies of pattern shapes.

In 1984, Toledo married artist Ruben Toledo and in 1985 presented her first collection. In 1998, she stopped presenting biannual collections, instead choosing to create on her own schedule.

Along with her husband, RUBEN TOLEDO, ISABEL was the receipient of the COOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD for their work in fashion in 2005. Toledo made her debut with Anne Klein at New York Fashion Week in February 2007 to critical acclaim. She and Anne Klein parted ways, however, a few months later.

[edit] Exhibitions

Toledo/Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion, Fashion Institute of Technology (traveling to other museums), 1999
Interpretation: 20th Century Clothing and Illustration, Ohio State University/Ohio Arts Council, 2000

[edit] Links

Kent State University Museum Exhibition [1]
Anne Klein Fall 2007 Collection by Isabel Toledo [2]
Isabel Toledo Interview by Mar Yvette - Summer 2007 [3]