Francisco Costa
- January 5, 2024
- Fashion Designer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Francisco Costa |
| Occupation | Fashion Designer |
| Date Of Birth | May 10, 1964(1964-05-10) |
| Age | 60 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
Francisco Costa Biography
| Name | Francisco Costa |
| Birthday | May 10 |
| Birth Year | 1964 |
| Birth Country | Brazil |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Francisco Costa is one of the most popular and richest Fashion Designer who was born on May 10, 1964 in Brazil. Creative design director to design Head of creative design for Calvin Klein Collection’s women’s line. Collection’s women’s collection.
He was once thought to be a potential successor of He was once considered a successor to the Tom Ford label before attaining success with Calvin Klein.. He was once considered a successor to the Tom Ford label before attaining success with Calvin Klein. label before achieving the success of Calvin Klein.
Following his mother’s death in 1981, he left with a friend for New York City in 1985. He was twenty-one and spoke no English at the time. He enrolled in a language class at Hunter College and took courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology at night. He obtained employment with Herbert Rounick, whose Seventh Avenue (Manhattan) company made dresses for Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass. Costa went to work for de la Renta after Rounick’s death, designing for the firm’s Japanese licenses. Costa credits de la Renta with teaching him the most about both designing clothes and life. He remained with the company for five years.
Klein’s partner, Barry Schwartz, brought Costa’s name to Klein’s attention in
- Costa became the principal designer for the women’s Calvin Klein Collection at the age of 39, in September 2003. Earlier in the year Klein sold his company to Phillips-Van Heusen for approximately $730 million. Costa joined the Klein design group in 2001 after working for Gucci, where he was an assistant to Tom Ford. Their first collaboration is known as the Cher Collection. Costa was mentioned as a possible replacement when Ford retired from designing for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, in late 2003.
His mother was the owner of an apparel company in the city in Gurani, Brazil.
Francisco Costa Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Fashion Designer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Francisco Costa is one of the richest Fashion Designer from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Francisco Costa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He relocated from New York despite knowing no English and was enrolled at Hunter College and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
He launched a variety of very popular He introduced several very popular Calvin Klein styles in the mid-2000s. styles in the mid-2000s.
Francisco Costa (born 10 May 1964) is a Brazilian designer and the Women’s Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection. Costa won the Council of Fashion Designers America (CFDA) award for Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2006 as well as in 2008. Costa also won the National Design Award in 2009 in the category of Fashion Design. More recently he launched a beauty concept called Costa Brazil inspired by his native Brazil (www.livecostabrazil.com).
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In his collection for Spring 2005 Costa showed a sea-green silk dress “wrapped like a towel”. The silk dress was coveted by many buyers and shipped to stores in the late fall and early winter.
Facts & Trivia
Francisco Ranked on the list of most popular Fashion Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Francisco Costa celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.
Costa’s February, 2006 collection for Calvin Klein was reviewed by The New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn, for conveying “largely a surface beauty”. It featured dresses with many layers of black chiffon and tulle. His collection was reminiscent of the 1930s. Horyn wondered if many women would not find the fashions “untenable and fussy, if not stifling.”