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|name=Carolina Herrera |
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| industry = [[Clothing|Luxury Clothing]] |
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| homepage = http://www.carolinaherrera.com |
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'''Carolina Herrera''' is a [[Venezuelan]] [[fashion designer]] and [[entrepreneur]] based in [[New York City]]. Known for dressing famous people such as [[Jacqueline Onassis]]<ref name=NYT94>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/04/style/for-carolina-herrera-tranquillity-amid-success.html|title=New York Times, January 4, 1994 - For Carolina Herrera, Tranquillity Amid Success by Bernadine Morris}}</ref> and [[Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval|Duchess Diane de Cadaval]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expresso.sapo.pt/diana-de-cadaval-gosto-que-me-chamem-princesa=f599797|title=Expresso, August 19, 2010 - Diana de Cadaval: "Gosto que me chamem princesa"}}</ref>, the [[New York Times]] cited her designs as "elegant and worldly without ever being fussy."<ref name=NYT94/> |
'''Carolina Herrera''' (born '''María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño''', January 8, 1939) is a [[Venezuelan]] [[fashion designer]] and [[entrepreneur]] based in [[New York City]]. Known for dressing famous people such as [[Jacqueline Onassis]]<ref name=NYT94>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/04/style/for-carolina-herrera-tranquillity-amid-success.html|title=New York Times, January 4, 1994 - For Carolina Herrera, Tranquillity Amid Success by Bernadine Morris}}</ref> and [[Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval|Duchess Diane de Cadaval]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expresso.sapo.pt/diana-de-cadaval-gosto-que-me-chamem-princesa=f599797|title=Expresso, August 19, 2010 - Diana de Cadaval: "Gosto que me chamem princesa"}}</ref>, the ''[[New York Times]]'' cited her designs as "elegant and worldly without ever being fussy."<ref name=NYT94/> |
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Herrera manages her company, Carolina Herrera Ltd., which is responsible of the brands Carolina Herrera and CH, among others. Herrera has been rewarded with multiple accolades, including the Award of Excellence, given by the International Center in New York as well as Spain's Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts. |
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Born '''María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño'''; when she married, in 1968, with [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, 5th [[Marquess]] of Torre Casa, she became [[Your Excellency]] the '''[[Marquise]] [[consort]] of Torre Casa''', as '''[[Don (honorific)|Doña]] María Carolina Josefina Herrera Pacanins'''. Her husband is now a special-projects editor of [[Vanity Fair]] magazine. |
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==Early life== |
==Early and personal life== |
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Carolina Herrera born as María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño on January 8, 1939, in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], to Guillermo Pacanins Acevedo, an air force officer, and María Cristina Niño Passios.<ref name="wedding1968">{{cite web |title=Reinaldo Herrera Weds in Caracas |publisher=The New York Times |date=21 September 1968}}</ref> |
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In 1957, Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner, with whom she had two daughters, Mercedes and Ana Luisa.<ref>''Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopaedia, Volume 1'', pages 325-326</ref><ref name="wedding1989">{{cite web |title=Ana Behrens-Pacanins Is Married To Luis Paraud-Carpena, Developer |publisher=The New York Times |date=14 October 1989 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/14/style/ana-l-behrens-pacanins-is-married-to-luis-paraud-carpena-developer.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQHHiJPQ |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082058,00.html |title=From Venezuela to Seventh Avenue, Carolina Herrera's Fashions Cast a Long Shadow |first=Harriet |last=Shapiro |publisher=People |date=May 3, 1982 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQHYudm9 |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> They divorced in 1964.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} |
In 1957, Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner, with whom she had two daughters, Mercedes and Ana Luisa.<ref>''Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopaedia, Volume 1'', pages 325-326</ref><ref name="wedding1989">{{cite web |title=Ana Behrens-Pacanins Is Married To Luis Paraud-Carpena, Developer |publisher=The New York Times |date=14 October 1989 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/14/style/ana-l-behrens-pacanins-is-married-to-luis-paraud-carpena-developer.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQHHiJPQ |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082058,00.html |title=From Venezuela to Seventh Avenue, Carolina Herrera's Fashions Cast a Long Shadow |first=Harriet |last=Shapiro |publisher=People |date=May 3, 1982 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQHYudm9 |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> They divorced in 1964.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} |
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In 1968, in Caracas, she married [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, who inherited the Spanish title 5th [[Marquess]] of Torre Casa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-carolina-herrera-fashion-designer-71-1915501.html|title=The Independent, Mar. 6, 2010 - My Secret Life: Carolina Herrera, fashion designer, 71, by Charlotte Philby}}</ref> Reinaldo was the host of "Buenos Días", a Venezuelan morning-television news program and the elder son of Don Reinaldo Herrera Uslar, the 4th Marquess of Torre Casa, a prominent Venezuelan landowner and art collector, whose family belong to the [[Spanish nobility]]; Her husband is now a special-projects editor of [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] magazine.<ref name="wedding1968"/> They have two daughters, Doña Carolina Adriana and Doña Patricia Cristina.<ref name="wedding2002">{{cite web |title=Weddings/Celebrations: Patricia Herrera, Gerrit Lansing |publisher=The New York Times |date=24 November 2002 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/24/style/weddings-celebrations-patricia-herrera-gerrit-lansing-jr.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQGmF9kf |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> |
In 1968, in Caracas, she married [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, who inherited the Spanish title 5th [[Marquess]] of Torre Casa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-carolina-herrera-fashion-designer-71-1915501.html|title=The Independent, Mar. 6, 2010 - My Secret Life: Carolina Herrera, fashion designer, 71, by Charlotte Philby}}</ref> Reinaldo was the host of "Buenos Días", a Venezuelan morning-television news program and the elder son of Don Reinaldo Herrera Uslar, the 4th Marquess of Torre Casa, a prominent Venezuelan landowner and art collector, whose family belong to the [[Spanish nobility]]; Her husband is now a special-projects editor of [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] magazine.<ref name="wedding1968"/> They have two daughters, Doña Carolina Adriana and Doña Patricia Cristina.<ref name="wedding2002">{{cite web |title=Weddings/Celebrations: Patricia Herrera, Gerrit Lansing |publisher=The New York Times |date=24 November 2002 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/24/style/weddings-celebrations-patricia-herrera-gerrit-lansing-jr.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQGmF9kf |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> In 2009, Herrera became a naturalized American citizen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.style.com/stylefile/2009/09/carolina-herrera-makes-it-official/|title=Carolina Herrera Makes It Official|date=25 September 2009|publisher=''[[Style.com]]'' |accessdate=6 February 2011 | first=Romney| last=Leader}}</ref> |
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==Awards/Achievements== |
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[[File:Carolina Herrera2.jpg|upright|thumbnail|Herrera in a fashion show]] |
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⚫ | Based in [[New York City]] since 1980, throughout the 1970s and 1980s she was named one of the best dressed women in the world. Her clients have included [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]] and [[Renée Zellweger]]. There are six Carolina Herrera flagship boutiques in the world, in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Bal Harbor, Las Vegas and Caracas (as of October 12, 2011). |
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⚫ | Carolina Herrera reached an agreement with [[Puig (company)|Puig]] in the 1980s in New York to create and market all her fragances. Years later, in 1995, Carolina Herrara fashion business area also joined Puig.<ref name="historia">{{cite web | url = http://www.modaes.es/empresa/130411/puig-un-imperio-espanol-de-moda-que-comenzo-con-un.html | title = Puig, a Spanish fashion empire that started with a lipstick | accessdate = 26 April 2012 | publisher =Modaes}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Herrera won the "Womenswear Designer of the Year" in 2004 and the "Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2008—both from the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]], which directs her signature Carolina Herrera fashion and bridal collections, her slightly lower priced lifestyle collection CH Carolina Herrera with the CHCH logo, and ten fragrances.<ref>http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/corporate-news/mercedes-benz-presents-title-given-to-fashion-designer-carolina-herrera/</ref> |
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⚫ | In 2008, Carolina Herrera launched a lifestyle brand called CH Carolina Herrera. In that year, the company opened four stores at [[Houston Galleria|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]]. Currently, there are also boutiques in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]], [[Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]], [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Guatemala City, Guatemala]], [[Madison Avenue]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]], [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], San Juan, Puerto Rico, [[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]], and [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]. |
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Member of jewelry designer [[Mimi So]]'s Board of Directors since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/the-fix/article/1173|title=Fashion Week Daily - Carolina Herrera joining Mimi So board.}}</ref> |
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==Awards and achievements== |
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In 2009, Herrera became a naturalized American citizen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.style.com/stylefile/2009/09/carolina-herrera-makes-it-official/|title=Carolina Herrera Makes It Official|date=25 September 2009|publisher=''[[Style.com]]'' |accessdate=6 February 2011 | first=Romney| last=Leader}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Herrera is a recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence as well as [[Spain]]'s Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, which was presented to her in 2002 by King Don [[Juan Carlos I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/spanish-steps/1 |title=Madrid with Carolina Herrera |publisher=Travel+Leisure |date=October 2005 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQIhPwCE |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> She also was awarded the Gold Medal of the [[Queen Sofía Spanish Institute]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.spanishinstitute.org/spanish_institute_gala.php]</ref> |
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⚫ | Herrera won the "Womenswear Designer of the Year" in 2004 and the "Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2008—both from the [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]], which directs her signature Carolina Herrera fashion and bridal collections, her slightly lower priced lifestyle collection CH Carolina Herrera with the CHCH logo, and ten fragrances.<ref>http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/corporate-news/mercedes-benz-presents-title-given-to-fashion-designer-carolina-herrera/</ref> Member of jewelry designer [[Mimi So]]'s Board of Directors since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/the-fix/article/1173|title=Fashion Week Daily - Carolina Herrera joining Mimi So board}}</ref> |
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Herrera received the distinguished "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for the season spring/summer 2011 collection. The award recognizes designers for their dedication to the use of quality materials, unique style and innovative design for the past seven years. The milestone comes not only as the designer's runway show debuts at the first ever Fashion Week held at [[Lincoln Center]] in New York City, but the opening of her highly anticipated CH Carolina Herrera store at 802 [[Madison Avenue]] with special guest illustrator [[Robert Risko]], and the 10th anniversary of her Madison Avenue flagship store at 954 Madison Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.terra.com/dating-relationships/news/carolina_herrera_wins_fashion_week_award/hof11273 |title=Carolina Herrera Wins Fashion Week Award |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQHxrijY |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> |
Herrera received the distinguished "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for the season spring/summer 2011 collection. The award recognizes designers for their dedication to the use of quality materials, unique style and innovative design for the past seven years. The milestone comes not only as the designer's runway show debuts at the first ever Fashion Week held at [[Lincoln Center]] in New York City, but the opening of her highly anticipated CH Carolina Herrera store at 802 [[Madison Avenue]] with special guest illustrator [[Robert Risko]], and the 10th anniversary of her Madison Avenue flagship store at 954 Madison Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.terra.com/dating-relationships/news/carolina_herrera_wins_fashion_week_award/hof11273 |title=Carolina Herrera Wins Fashion Week Award |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5zQHxrijY |archivedate=2011-06-13}}</ref> |
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There are six Carolina Herrera flagship boutiques in the world, in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Bal Harbor, Las Vegas and Caracas (as of October 12, 2011). |
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⚫ | Carolina Herrera reached an agreement with [[Puig (company)|Puig]] in the 1980s in New York to create and market all her fragances. Years later, in 1995, Carolina Herrara fashion business area also joined Puig.<ref name="historia">{{cite web | url = http://www.modaes.es/empresa/130411/puig-un-imperio-espanol-de-moda-que-comenzo-con-un.html | title = Puig, a Spanish fashion empire that started with a lipstick | accessdate = 26 April 2012 | publisher =Modaes}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In 2008, Carolina Herrera launched a lifestyle brand called CH Carolina Herrera. In that year, the company opened four stores at [[Houston Galleria|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]]. Currently, there are also boutiques in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]], [[Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]], [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Guatemala City, Guatemala]], [[Madison Avenue]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]], [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], San Juan, Puerto Rico, [[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]], and [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]. |
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Revision as of 01:29, 18 January 2013
Carolina Herrera | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Venezuelan, American |
Label(s) | Carolina Herrera New York CH Carolina Herrera |
Spouse(s) | Guillermo Behrens Tello (1957-64) Don Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, 5th Marquess of Torre Casa (1968-present) |
Children | Four |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Luxury Clothing |
Founded | 1980 |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
Key people | Carolina Herrera |
Products | Clothes, fragrance |
Website | http://www.carolinaherrera.com |
Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño, January 8, 1939) is a Venezuelan fashion designer and entrepreneur based in New York City. Known for dressing famous people such as Jacqueline Onassis[1] and Duchess Diane de Cadaval[2], the New York Times cited her designs as "elegant and worldly without ever being fussy."[1]
Herrera manages her company, Carolina Herrera Ltd., which is responsible of the brands Carolina Herrera and CH, among others. Herrera has been rewarded with multiple accolades, including the Award of Excellence, given by the International Center in New York as well as Spain's Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts.
Early and personal life
Carolina Herrera born as María Carolina Josefina Pacanins Niño on January 8, 1939, in Caracas, Venezuela, to Guillermo Pacanins Acevedo, an air force officer, and María Cristina Niño Passios.[3]
In 1957, Herrera married Guillermo Behrens Tello, a Venezuelan landowner, with whom she had two daughters, Mercedes and Ana Luisa.[4][5][6] They divorced in 1964.[citation needed]
In 1968, in Caracas, she married Don Reinaldo Herrera Guevara, who inherited the Spanish title 5th Marquess of Torre Casa.[7] Reinaldo was the host of "Buenos Días", a Venezuelan morning-television news program and the elder son of Don Reinaldo Herrera Uslar, the 4th Marquess of Torre Casa, a prominent Venezuelan landowner and art collector, whose family belong to the Spanish nobility; Her husband is now a special-projects editor of Vanity Fair magazine.[3] They have two daughters, Doña Carolina Adriana and Doña Patricia Cristina.[8] In 2009, Herrera became a naturalized American citizen.[9]
Brand and company
Based in New York City since 1980, throughout the 1970s and 1980s she was named one of the best dressed women in the world. Her clients have included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Renée Zellweger. There are six Carolina Herrera flagship boutiques in the world, in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Bal Harbor, Las Vegas and Caracas (as of October 12, 2011).
Carolina Herrera reached an agreement with Puig in the 1980s in New York to create and market all her fragances. Years later, in 1995, Carolina Herrara fashion business area also joined Puig.[10]
In 2008, 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. Currently, there are also boutiques in Boca Raton, Costa Mesa, Dallas, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Madison Avenue in New York City, San Diego, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Scottsdale, and Oranjestad.
Awards and achievements
Herrera is a recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence as well as Spain's Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, which was presented to her in 2002 by King Don Juan Carlos I.[11] She also was awarded the Gold Medal of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in 1997.[12]
Herrera won the "Womenswear Designer of the Year" in 2004 and the "Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2008—both from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which directs her signature Carolina Herrera fashion and bridal collections, her slightly lower priced lifestyle collection CH Carolina Herrera with the CHCH logo, and ten fragrances.[13] Member of jewelry designer Mimi So's Board of Directors since 2004.[14]
Herrera received the distinguished "Mercedes-Benz Presents" title for the season spring/summer 2011 collection. The award recognizes designers for their dedication to the use of quality materials, unique style and innovative design for the past seven years. The milestone comes not only as the designer's runway show debuts at the first ever Fashion Week held at Lincoln Center in New York City, but the opening of her highly anticipated CH Carolina Herrera store at 802 Madison Avenue with special guest illustrator Robert Risko, and the 10th anniversary of her Madison Avenue flagship store at 954 Madison Avenue.[15]
References
- ^ a b "New York Times, January 4, 1994 - For Carolina Herrera, Tranquillity Amid Success by Bernadine Morris".
- ^ "Expresso, August 19, 2010 - Diana de Cadaval: "Gosto que me chamem princesa"".
- ^ a b "Reinaldo Herrera Weds in Caracas". The New York Times. 21 September 1968.
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(help) - ^ Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopaedia, Volume 1, pages 325-326
- ^ "Ana Behrens-Pacanins Is Married To Luis Paraud-Carpena, Developer". The New York Times. 14 October 1989. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
- ^ Shapiro, Harriet (May 3, 1982). "From Venezuela to Seventh Avenue, Carolina Herrera's Fashions Cast a Long Shadow". People. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
- ^ "The Independent, Mar. 6, 2010 - My Secret Life: Carolina Herrera, fashion designer, 71, by Charlotte Philby".
- ^ "Weddings/Celebrations: Patricia Herrera, Gerrit Lansing". The New York Times. 24 November 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
- ^ Leader, Romney (25 September 2009). "Carolina Herrera Makes It Official". Style.com. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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(help) - ^ "Puig, a Spanish fashion empire that started with a lipstick". Modaes. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Madrid with Carolina Herrera". Travel+Leisure. October 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
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- ^ http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/corporate-news/mercedes-benz-presents-title-given-to-fashion-designer-carolina-herrera/
- ^ "Fashion Week Daily - Carolina Herrera joining Mimi So board".
- ^ "Carolina Herrera Wins Fashion Week Award". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.