Famous Female Fashion Entrepreneurs

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Allegra Versace

(Italian Heiress, Director of ‘Gianni Versace S.p.A.’ and Daughter of Fashion Designer Donatella Versace )

Birthdate: June 30, 1986

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Italian-American socialite Allegra Versace is the heiress of the international fashion line Versace. Daughter of designer Donatella Versace and model Paul Beck, Allegra has previously worked as a theatrical dresser and is the director of Gianni Versace S.p.A. She has had a long battle with anorexia.

Liliane Bettencourt

(Principal Shareholder of ‘L'Oréal’ and the Richest Woman of the World at the Time of Her Death)

Birthdate: October 21, 1922

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: September 20, 2017

Former L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman at the time of her death. She had apparently gifted celebrity photographer François-Marie Banier cash and gifts worth a billion euros, leading her daughter to file a case against Banier later. Bettencourt was also involved in medical and cultural philanthropy.

Tina Knowles

(Businesswoman & Founder of the Fashion Brand ''House of Deréon')

Birthdate: January 4, 1954

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Galveston, Texas, United States

Tina Knowles is an American fashion designer and businesswoman. In 2004, she launched House of Deréon, a now-defunct ready-to-wear fashion line. While her fashion brands, such as Miss Tina and House of Deréon, have been generally regarded as one of her most important contributions, her biggest contribution to the society is letting her daughters, Beyoncé and Solange ,follow their passion.

Sara Blakely

(Businesswoman)

Birthdate: February 21, 1971

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Clearwater, Florida, United States

Rosalía Mera

(Spanish Entrepreneur and Businesswoman)

Birthdate: January 28, 1944

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Died: August 15, 2013

Vivy Yusof

(Entrepreneur)

Birthdate: December 11, 1987

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jennifer Hyman

(CEO of Rent the Runway)

Birthdate: August 24, 1980

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: United States

Lana Marks

(Business executive, Ambassador)

Birthdate: November 18, 1953

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: East London, South Africa

Alison Campbell

(Irish Beauty Pageant Winner and Businesswomen)

Birthplace: Ireland

Apart from being the wife of Irish golfer Darren Clarke, Alison Campbell, née Smyth, has also been a successful model and a former Miss Northern Ireland. Now a successful entrepreneur in her own right, she owns a modeling agency, with clients such as Zoe Salmon from Blue Peter.

Sharen Jester Turney

(CEO of Victoria's Secret)

Birthdate: 1957 AD

Birthplace: Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States

Katia Beauchamp

(American Entrepreneur and Co-founder of 'Birchbox')

Birthplace: Texas, United States

Alyona Subbotina

(Model)

Birthdate: February 13, 1990

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Adeline Andre

(Fashion designer)

Birthdate: 1949 AD

Birthplace: Bangui, French Equatorial Africa

Hayley Barna

(Entrepreneur)

Birthdate: 1983 AD

Birthplace: New York, United States

Lola Maja

(Make-up Artist, Businesspeople)

Birthdate: January 26, 1978

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Lagos, Nigeria

Mariuccia Mandelli

(Italian Fashion Designer and Entrepreneur)

Birthdate: January 31, 1925

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Bergamo, Italy

Died: December 6, 2015

Often credited as the inventor of hot pants, Mariuccia Mandelli, a self-taught fashion designer, began her career in her friend's apartment with a secondhand sewing machine, lugging suitcases of samples round small shops. Hailed as the Godmother of Italian Fashion, she later founded Krizia, one of Italy’s first ready-to-wear houses, which over the time grew into a $500 million business.

Becca Tilley

(Reality Star)