Francisco Costa (fashion designer)

Francisco Costa and Nicole Trunfio at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival

Francisco Costa (born May 10, 1961 in Minas Gerais , Brazil ) is a Brazilian fashion designer living in the USA .

Life

After finishing school in Guarani , Minas Gerais , Costa went to the United States in New York City in 1981 . There he studied at Hunter College and took evening classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology . Costa then got a job with Herbert Rounick in Manhattan , whose company made women's dresses for Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass . After Rounick's death, Costa worked for the fashion designer Oscar de la Renta for the next five years. He then created women's fashion at Gucci under Tom Ford . In 2001 Costa moved to the US company Calvin Klein , where he was promoted to Creative Director of the Calvin Klein Collection women's catwalk line in 2003 . With the arrival of Raf Simons at Calvin Klein in 2016, Costa left the company. In 2018 Costa launched its own personal care brand, Costa Brazil .

Costa has lived in New York City with horse trainer John DeStefano for over 14 years.

Prizes and awards

• 2006: Council of Fashion Designers of America Award (CFDA) for women's clothing
• 2009: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award

further reading

• Francisco Costa in the Fashion Model Directory
• The New York Times: Designers in a Time of Many Dresses, Some Terrific
• The New York Times: With the Clotheshorses Of the Backstretch
• Harper's Bazaar: Interview with Francisco Costa
• Telegraph: Francisco Costa's latest collection for Calvin Klein

Web links

• Costa Brazil website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World: Calvin's designer can do more than just underpants
2. ↑ Robb Report: Calvin Klein Alum Francisco Costa's Answer to Clean Beauty January 16, 2019
3. ^ The New York Times: With the Clotheshorses Of the Blackstretch, 2004
4. ^ National Design Awards: Francisco Costa