Where is esteban cortazar

Esteban Cortazar is a noted fashion designer. He was born in Bogota, Colombia in to jazz singer Dominique Vaughan and visual artist Valentino Cortazar, and from the start, an early introduction to the creative process marked his first memories.

Still in elememtary school, the young desingner began spontaneously creating garments for and inspired by famously sensuous Miami lifestyle. Luck would have it that designer Todd Oldham opened his Miami boutique close to where Cortazar lived at the time; at age thirteen an intrepid young Cortazar showed Oldham a book of sketches and managed to secure an invitation to an upcoming show of during New York Fashion Week.

Only a few months later would Cortazar hold his runway show during New York Fashion Week — an occasion that saw top models Naomi Camplbell, Carmen Kass and Alek Wen all walk in the show, and also marked the 18 —year old Cortazar as the youngest designer ever to show at the tents.

In , iconic supermodel Cindy Crafword came out of retirement to open and close his spring runway show, and in Cortazar was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America, joining the prestigious ranks of talent including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Tom Ford.

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