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Donna Ricco is an
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fashion designer who heads a company of the same name. Ricco was born and raised in Milwaukee, and studied Fine Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee for three years before transferring to the fashion department of neighboring
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Ricco designs under two labels: Donna Ricco New York, a line of dresses; and Donna Ricco Collection, a higher-end line of dresses and separates. Ricco's dresses acquired a reputation for affordable fashion.


Michelle Obama

In June 2008 Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama wore an
off the rack Ready-to-wear (or ''prêt-à-porter''; abbreviated RTW; "off-the-rack" or "off-the-peg" in casual use) is the term for ready-made garments, sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothin ...
Donna Ricco dress while co-hosting the TV program '' The View''. This selection attracted attention from the non-fashion news media, garnering the designer a degree of fame (and a sudden surge in sales).Celizic, Mike. "Michelle Obama makes $148 frock a fashion smash: Print dress she wore on ''The View'' sells out; designer is "very surprised". ''TodayShow.com'' June 20 2008
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Personal life

Ricco splits her time between her home in Long Island, NY and her alma mater Mount Mary University, where she is now an executive fellow. Her three adult sons, Marshall, Cooper, and Dexter H. currently reside in Texas, New York, and Vermont, respectively.


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* http://www.donnaricco.com/ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Artists from Milwaukee University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni American fashion designers American women fashion designers 21st-century American women {{fashion-stub