Sofia Àchaval de Montaigu is an Argentine

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, editor and designer.

Early life

Sofia Àchaval was born and raised in

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. Her family owned farms in Plamas where she would spend summers as a child. She went to school for film in Buenos Aires.

Career

Àchaval de Montaigu moved to Paris in 2003 at the age of 22 to study fashion at Studio Berçot. Her first modelling job was in a campaign for ''Mulberry''. She also walked the runway for

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and

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. She was also featured in campaigns for

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. After finishing school, she started working at Azzaro as an intern and later as an assistant to

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. Àchaval de Montaigu retired from modelling and was hired by the American fashion magazine '' V'' as a stylist, eventually becoming the editor-at-large. In 2018, Àchaval de Montaigu partnered with Lucila Sperber and Delfina Blaquier to create the fashion label Àcheval Pampa. On 4 March 2019, their 2019-2020 Fall/Winter collection made its debut at

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. In 2019, she worked as a fashion correspondent for '' Daily Front Row''.

Personal life

Àchaval de Montaigu is married to French journalist and writer

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. They have two children and have residences in Paris and Buenos Aires.

References

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