LIZ CLAIBORNE CAREER LADIES BLACK HOOK & LOOP CLOSURE CORPORATE BLAZER (16T)

LIZ CLAIBORNE CAREER LADIES BLACK HOOK & LOOP CLOSURE CORPORATE BLAZER (16T) HOOK & LOOP CLOSURE AMAZING CREATION SLEEK LOOKING * MACHINE WASHABLE * MADE IN GUATEMALA When Claiborne was twenty-one years old, her sketch for a woman’s coat won a design competition sponsored by Harper’s Bazaar magazine. She began working in New York City as a design assistant and model. During the 1950s, she designed sportswear, dresses, and tailored clothing. From 1960 to 1975, she was the main designer for the junior dress division of Jonathan Logan, a major women’s apparel manufacturer Claiborne saw a need for more comfortable professional clothes for working women. Unable to convince her employer to try to meet that need, Claiborne started her own company. Liz Claiborne, Inc. was founded in 1976 with approximately $250,000, including $50,000 of Claiborne and her husband’s savings. Claiborne’s clothes were instantly popular. Total sales for the first year were over two million dollars. Priced in a moderate range and sold in department stores, Liz Claiborne's clothes became known among working women for their good quality materials, comfortable fit, good construction, and color selection. Sales increased to $117 million in 1981. The company was considered one of the best managed in the highly competitive women’s fashion business. Within a few years after the first shares of stock in Liz Claiborne, Inc. went on sale in 1981, Claiborne and Ortenberg were millionaires. Liz died on June 26, 2007