Tanya Taylor (born in
Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian fashion designer. Based in
New York City, she is known for her colorful hand-painted prints and size-inclusive designs.
After graduating from
McGill University with a degree in finance, Taylor enrolled in a summer fashion course at
Central Saint Martins and continued into the AAS Fashion Studies program at The Parsons New School of Design. In 2012, she launched her namesake label, which is now sold at retailers such as
Saks Fifth Avenue,
Bergdorf Goodman,
Neiman Marcus and
Shopbop Shopbop is a US online fashion apparel and accessories shop opened in 1999. It has been a subsidiary of Amazon.com since 2006.
History
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.
In 2014, Taylor was a top-ten finalist in the
CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund,
was a member of the 2015-2016 Swarovski Collective
and won the Gold Coast Award.
Taylor was also nominated for the Fashion Group International's Rising Star Award
and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List
in the same year. In 2015, Tanya became an official member of the CFDA, and was awarded the USA Woolmark Regional Prize
in recognition of innovation in knitwear, advancing to the International Woolmark Prize finals.
A founding member of Fashion Our Future 2020, Taylor debuted a series of videos titled "Things That Take Longer Than Registering to Vote", rather than presenting a new collection during
Fashion Week. The videos featured women such as
Rosario Dawson
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,
Mindy Kaling,
Hillary Clinton and
Zosia Mamet, among others, doing everyday tasks in two minutes or less, which is equal to the time it takes to register to vote in the United States.
Taylor's collections have been worn by women such as Former First Lady
Michelle Obama
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,
,
Beyoncé
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,
and
Aidy Bryant.
Today, the Tanya Taylor brand offers sizes 0-22 each season.
References
Canadian fashion designers
Canadian women fashion designers
People from Toronto
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people