Jazmín Chebar

Jazmín Chebar

Jazmín Chebar (born 1973, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine fashion designer.[1] Cited as "One of Argentina's top designers", she owns a fashion line of the same name which retails "relaxed and formal clothes in a French-style boutique".[2]

Biography

From her early years, she was introduced to design, fabrics and catwalks as her parents owned the boutique "La Clocharde", a notable fashion landmark in Buenos Aires.[3] After finishing school, Chebar moved to New York City, where she attended Parsons The New School for Design, obtaining degrees in Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising in 1995. She then worked for Valentino and Donna Karan.[4] Chebar created the costume design for Ashes of Paradise.

In March 1997, she opened her first store in Buenos Aires. Two years later, she opened a second store and began exporting to the United States. In 1999, she was a guest at the Paris Fashion Week.[1] In March 2002, she began an association with the fashion entrepreneur Claudio Drescher;[5] together they prepared a growth plan and a strategy to make the brand a symbol of quality, exclusivity and personality. Considered a "top fashion firm" in Buenos Aires,[6] it has fourteen exclusive stores in other locations, including La Plata, Córdoba, Mendoza, as well as in Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Bolivia.[5]

Reactions

Style Total writes that she "achiev[es] a balance between sophistication and humor which gives her a characteristic unique style",[7] while The Telegraph describes her as "the Stella McCartney of BA".[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Buenos Aires designer: Jazmin Chebar, créatrice". Food and Fashion. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Froggatt, Charles (January 2007). A Hedonist's Guide to Buenos Aires. A Hedonist's guide to... p. 176. ISBN 978-1-905428-08-3.
  3. ↑ "Cuatro años después, reabre La Clocharde" (in Spanish). La Nación. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "La moda de la calle en el Verano 2014 de Jazmín Chebar" (in Spanish). Bloc de Moda. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 Para ti (in Spanish). 2006. p. 97.
  6. ↑ Bye, Elizabeth (15 November 2010). Fashion Design. Berg. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-1-84788-267-7.
  7. ↑ "Jazmín Chebar". Style Total. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Latin lap of luxury". The Telegraph. February 22, 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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