Lela Rose
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 Lela Rose facts

• Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas
• She attended the University of Colorado where she was a painting and sculpture major and graduated in 1991
• She had a business in college making vests from vintage scarves and decided to go into fashion
• She moved to New York City and headed to Parsons School of Design which she graduated from in 1993 with an associate degree
• She worked under Christian Francis Roth, a fashion designer, and Richard Tyler, a designer based in Los Angeles
• She then launched her collection in 1996 out of her own apartment, which featured feminine clothing with lots of embellishments
• nIn 2001 she garnered attention when she designed the outfits worn by Jenna and Barbara Bush at their father's presidential inauguration
• Until that point, she was mainly working with private clients
• After that, she began to expand her business with retail businesses like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus
• nSome of her well-known clientele include Jessica Alba, Molly Sims, Mindy Kaling, Ashley Judd, Mariska Hargitay, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Selma Blair and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge