Here's a name that's new to me - now with her big award.
Maria Cornejo on Zero and Designing Things Her Way
Independence fortifies a survivor
Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, was on the line, telling her she was getting the lifetime achievement award from the CFDA. Given that, in the 25 years since she had opened her first store, she had never even been nominated for a CFDA award, not to mention won one — not womenswear designer of the year or accessories designer of the year or emerging designer of the year, nothing — she was a little surprised.
“I never meant to be a rebel,” Cornejo had said in an interview a few days before the award ceremony. “It was more just doing my stuff in a quiet way that I believed was best. I’m quite stubborn."
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