Lauren Santo Domingo (née Davis; born February 28, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of online fashion retailer

Moda Operandi Founded in 2010 by Lauren Santo Domingo and Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, Moda Operandi is an online luxury fashion retailer that allows customers to preorder looks directly from designers, immediately after their runway show. The concept, which was con ...

Early life

Santo Domingo, the daughter of Ronald V. Davis, the former CEO of the

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Group of America, and Judy Davis, an artist, grew up in

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. As a model in her teens, she appeared in ''Sassy'' frequently, as well as in several commercials, including a Japanese TV spot with

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. She attended the

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and graduated from the

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with a degree in history in 1998. While at USC, she was a member of

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. After graduation, she moved to

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Professional career

Lauren began her career in the fashion closet at ''Vogue'' as a fashion assistant. She worked her way up to associate fashion editor and later sittings editor, focusing on the American designer market. She then worked as the PR director for Paris-based label J. Mendel, helping to launch the brand's

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collection. She later led the PR department of

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for the Puig Group. Santo Domingo returned to ''Vogue'' in 2005 as a contributing editor, where she remains as of 2018. As a former American ''

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'' editor, Lauren set out to create a platform that would allow women to shop from complete designer collections – a benefit only offered to editors or stylists at the time. In February 2011, Lauren launched

with Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, changing the way the fashion industry and people shop. The company now has more than 300 employees across eight offices globally, and has raised nearly $300m in funding from top-tier investors.

Personal life

Considered one of the "100 most influential New Yorkers of the past 25 years" by ''

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'', Santo Domingo was inducted into ''Vanity Fair'''s International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 2017. Lauren is a fundraiser for Democratic political candidates, such as

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, Joe Kennedy, and

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. She is married to Colombian businessman

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, who is the youngest son of Colombian business magnate

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, and the co-owner of independent record label

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. The couple met in 1998 in Paris. Santo Domingo lives in

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with her husband and their two children.

Wedding

Her wedding to Andrés Santo Domingo in

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, on January 8, 2008, was deemed “the wedding of the year” by ''Vogue'' on the cover of that year's March issue, and a ten-page spread of the nuptials was shot by Arthur Elgort and featured in the magazine. Her nine bridesmaids each wore a dress created by a different designer, and Santo Domingo wore two custom dresses by

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for Nina Ricci. A portrait of Santo Domingo in her wedding dress was the cover image of ''Vogue Weddings: Brides, Dresses, Designers'', a coffee table book edited by

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and

Vera Wang Vera Ellen Wang (; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer. Early life Vera Ellen Wang was born June 27, 1949 in New York City to Chinese parents who emigrated to the United States in the mid-1940s. Her mother, Florence Wu (Wu ...

References

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Lauren Lauren may be a given name or surname.The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius. ...