Liz

Clai

born

e

Kayla

Dris

coll

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d 4

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raph

y

E

lisa

beth

Cla

ibor

ne

was

bor

n o

n M

arch

31,

19

29, i

n B

russ

els,

Bel

giu

m.

In

19

39 t

he

fam

ily

left

Bel

giu

m f

or t

hei

r h

ome

in N

ew O

rlea

ns,

Lou

isia

na.

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stea

d o

f gr

adu

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g fr

om h

igh

sch

ool,

her

fa

ther

sen

t h

er t

o st

ud

y ar

t in

Bel

giu

m a

nd

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ran

ce.

A

lth

ough

her

par

ents

exp

ecte

d h

er t

o be

com

e an

art

ist,

Cla

ibor

ne

wan

ted

to

pu

rsu

e a

care

er

as a

clo

thin

g d

esig

ner

.

Liz

Clai

born

e In

c.

Li

z wa

nted

to c

reat

e a

mor

e co

mfo

rtabl

e an

d af

ford

able

line

of c

loth

ing

for w

omen

in

bus

ines

s.

She

was

unab

le to

con

vince

her

cur

rent

em

ploy

er to

em

brac

e he

r ide

a, s

o sh

e st

arte

d he

r own

com

pany

, Liz

Clai

born

e In

c. in

197

6.

Th

e co

mpa

ny w

as fo

unde

d w

ith $

250,

000,

be

twee

n lo

ans

and

$50,

000

of h

er o

wn

fund

s.

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rtenb

erg

was

the

com

pany

's s

ecre

tary

and

tre

asur

er; i

ndus

try e

xecu

tive

and

frien

d Le

onar

d Bo

xer h

andl

ed p

rodu

ctio

n; a

nd J

erom

e C

haze

n jo

ined

the

com

pany

in 1

977

to ru

n th

e co

mpa

ny's

m

arke

ting

oper

atio

ns.

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e co

mpa

ny b

ecam

e po

pula

r bec

ause

of i

t’s:

G

ood

qual

ity m

ater

ials

M

oder

ate

price

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lor s

elec

tion

Co

mfo

rtabl

e fit

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les

incr

ease

d f

rom

$2

mil

lion

to

$11

7 m

illi

on b

y 19

81.

Th

e co

mp

any

was

co

nsi

der

ed o

ne

of t

he

best

man

aged

in

the

hig

hly

com

pet

itiv

e w

omen

's f

ash

ion

bu

sin

ess.

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laib

orn

e ad

ded

sh

oes,

men

's c

loth

ing,

an

d

per

fum

e to

th

e p

rod

uct

lin

e.

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he

com

pan

y co

nti

nu

ed t

o su

ccee

d a

lso

beca

use

of

an e

xplo

din

g m

arke

t of

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st le

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k).

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an M

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nce

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sin

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, Val

erie

. Wom

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f F

ash

ion

, Tw

enti

eth

Cen

tury

Des

ign

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New

Y

ork:

Riz

zoli

In

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nal

, 19

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