Carolina Herrera New York

founded by

Carolina Adriana Herrera

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Carolina Herrera

about

Carolina Herrera founded her company nineteen years ago with a clear vision for how an elegant and stylish woman should dress. Today Carolina Herrera, Ltd. designs and manufactures a luxury ready to wear collection that addresses the needs of today's woman from daytime suits and dresses to elegant evening wear and luxury bridal gowns. Carolina Herrera has also made a great effort to address the fashion requirements of a younger woman, the new designer customer, and in doing so, Carolina Herrera has expanded her customer base. Modern fashion is moving away from stark minimalism to more luxurious, feminine embellishment. This is precisely what defines the Carolina Herrera design signature.

The Carolina Herrera name is also well known for fragrance. In 1991 a men's fragrance, Carolina Herrera for Men, bowed to great success. In a business marked by short product life spans, Carolina Herrera's fragrance brands continue to rank in the top ten fragrances worldwide.

Carolina Herrera has also expanded into the accessory business. A luxury handbag business was established in-house and today, Carolina Herrera designs, manufactures and distributes handbags, leather accessories, scarves, travel pieces and men's ties and belts. These products are showcased in exclusive U.S. stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, the Carolina Herrera Boutique at Harrods in London, and the first flagship retail store is scheduled to open in Spring 2000 in New York.

Worldwide wholesale volume for Carolina Herrera, Ltd. is now over $100 million. International respected retailers including Harrods, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman produce Fifty percent of the Carolina Herrera business; the balance is sold by prestigious specialty stores worldwide.

There are three Carolina Herrera flagship boutiques in the world. The New York flagship is located on Madison Avenue, Los Angeles, California flagship on Melrose Place, and Dallas, Texas flagship in Highland Park Village.

In 2003, Carolina Herrera launched a lifestyle brand called CH Carolina Herrera. In that year, the company opened four stores at The Galleria in Houston, Texas, Americana Manhasset, in Manhasset, New York, The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas, Nevada, and The Village of Merrick Park in Coral Gables, Florida. In 2006, the retailer opened a boutique in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California,and in NorthPark Center in Dallas, Texas.

The company is aggressively expanding this lifestyle brand, and it anticipates opening more stores in 2007 in Austin and San Antonio in Texas; Orlando, Tampa and Palm Beach in Florida; San Diego; Phoenix, and eventually, Los Angeles.