Rebecca Moses (born July 14, 1958) is an American fashion designer, illustrator, author based in New York City.

Early life and education

Rebecca Moses was born and raised in

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. Moses attended the

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in New York City. Moses moved to Italy in 1990 where she met her husband Giacomo Festa Bianchet. In 2010, Moses relocated with her two children to New York City.

Career

Fashion design

Moses developed her first collection at age 21; As one of the first American designers to enter the European market when she moved to Italy on 1992, closed her New York-based design company in 1992 and replaced

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as designer for Donnatella Girombelli's clothing label

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Collection and Genny Platinum in 1993. Moses continued as a consultant for Genny and Genny Platinum for some years until she developed her new label in 1996; A week later after developing her new label in 1996, Moses opened up more than 100 accounts, including Joyce in Hong Kong;

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;

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;

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in Japan; Harvey Nichols and Browns in London; Janet Brown and Maxfield's in the United States; Pupi Solari and Marisa in Milan; Eichoff's and Theresa in Germany; and Victoire in Paris;.

Illustration

In 2010, Moses began working on illustration projects for

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and other global publications, such as

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, and

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. Moses began shifting her fashion career to painting and illustration for fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands such as

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, Fratelli Rossetti, La Furla, among others, are some of her creative, consulting and product collaborations. In 2020 during the

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, Moses created a social media campaign with illustrations and letters of nurses and women around the world that was showcased as an exhibit at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Books

* Rebecca Moses, ''A Life Of Style: Fashion, Home, Entertainment''
The Monacelli Press
October 2010 ().

References

"Elegance Made Easy," in Simply the Best, April 2001.

External links

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CFDA Member
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moses, Rebecca American fashion designers American women fashion designers 1958 births Living people Fashion Institute of Technology alumni 21st-century American women