Focus Fashion: Joseph Altuzarra

December 20th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund 2012 Winner

On November 12^th 2011, Joseph Altuzarra, a French and good looking fashion designer, was named the winner of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund which was held at the Skylight Soho in New York. He will receive $300,000 in order to carry on his career plans in the fashion industry.

A fashion designer based in New York and Paris

Born in 1984 and raised by his French-Basque father and Chinese American mother in Paris, Mr. Altuzarra grasped the French fashion culture in his early childhood year. After high school, Mr. Altuzarra moved to the U.S to study at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania albeit not even in fashion designing. Before branching out with his own line, Mr Altuzarra originally began his career interning for Marc Jacobs and designing for Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy. He eventually launched his own brand in 2009 in New York with Coline Choay’s help who, at that time, just left Givenchy as their international public relations manager.

He went on to be nominated for the Swarovski Award for Women’s wear in 2010 and 2011.

Altuzarra for women

Mr. Altuzarra is especially known for providing practical and contemporary clothing for the modern professional woman. As shown in his collections below, his styles involve intimate detail in his draping and tailoring techniques.

The Altuzarra identity lies somewhere between the legacy of French couture and New York’s pulsating energy.

Have a look on the Altuarra’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection: http://josephaltuzarra.com/collections/