JACQUELINE FOGARTY

Jacqueline Fogarty is a fashion designer and currently Technical Design Manager at Lela Rose. At age 16 she launched her design career, showcasing an original collection in Charlotte International Fashion Week as the youngest designer in the fashion week’s history.  As a graduate of Cornell University's Fiber Science & Apparel Design program, she continued to push the boundaries of academics and design, as a Dean's List Graduate with Distinction, Outstanding Student in the Fiber Science & Apparel Design Department for three years, a two-time YMA FSF winner, and a Barbara L. Kuhlman Fiber Arts Scholar.  She also worked as a research assistant in the Cornell Costume & Textile Collection during her time in the program.  She has worked in many industry roles including the Ready-to-Wear Production Manager at Rachel Comey, Production Manager for Runway and Bridal at Naeem Khan, in Design Development for PVH Menswear and Jonathan Cohen, as well as internships at Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, Kenneth Cole, and Tommy Hilfiger.