Joseph Altuzarra (born 1983), is a French-American luxury women's ready-to-wear clothing designer. He launched his brand, Altuzarra, in New York in 2008. His brand is influenced by his multicultural upbringing and his international education in fashion. His design of a women's evening gown was featured on the runway of the 2019
Met Gala evening. Altuzarra was one of the judges in season 1 of
Amazon's ''
Making the Cut''.
Biography
Altuzarra was born in 1983 in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, to a
Chinese-American mother and a French father. His parents are both investment bankers.
As a boy he studied ballet for eight years.
[ Altuzarra graduated from ]Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...
with a B.A. in Art and Art History. Upon heading to New York, he interned at Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
before his post at Proenza Schouler. Seeking to further enhance his technical construction skills, Altuzarra then apprenticed with patternmaker Nicolas Caïto, the former head of the Rochas
Rochas is a fashion, beauty, and perfume house founded in 1925 by French designer Marcel Rochas, the first designer of 2/3-length coats and skirts with pockets and one of the two designers, along with Elsa Schiaparelli, who launched the fashion fo ...
atelier. Altuzarra later returned to Paris, working as first assistant to Givenchy
Givenchy (, ) is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics of Parfums Givenchy. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de ...
's Riccardo Tisci.[Forbes magazine. 6 May 2019. "The Best-Dressed Celebrities on the Met Gala 2019 Red Carpet". By Celia Shatzman]
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Awards
References
External links
Altuzarra Homepage
Altuzarra Collections: Style.com
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1983 births
French fashion designers
French people of American descent
French people of Chinese descent
Living people
Swarthmore College alumni
French emigrants to the United States