Minnie Mortimer
Minnie Mortimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marian Fountain Mortimer April 30, 1980 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | The Brearley School Convent of the Sacred Heart St. Marks School |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion designer, socialite |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Senga Mortimer John Jay Mortimer |
Marian Fountain "Minnie" Mortimer (born 1980) is an American fashion designer and socialite.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born on Manhattan's Upper East side, Mortimer is the daughter of Senga Clark Mucci Davis and financier John Jay Mortimer, and the granddaughter of U.S. army colonel Henry Mucci. She was raised between Manhattan, Palm Beach and Southampton. She attended The Brearley School, Indian Mountain School, the Convent of the Sacred Heart,[2] and St. Marks School, a boarding school in Southborough, Massachusetts. Mortimer studied photography in New York and worked with photographer Oberto Gili. A member of the prominent Standard Oil family, Mortimer is the great-granddaughter of its president Henry Morgan Tilford. She is the daughter of Senga Mortimer, an editor at House Beautiful magazine, and John Jay Mortimer, a direct descendant of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States.[1][3]
Career
[edit]In 2009, Mortimer launched an eponymous woman's sportswear line with a feature in Vogue. Her designs have been featured in Marie Clair, InStyle, Elle, Vogue Nippon, Teen Vogue, Paper Magazine, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, The Wall Street Journal, as well as others. She designed an exclusive collection for the W Hotels Global Glam line in the Fall of 2010. In the Spring of 2013, Mortimer designed a capsule collection for Three Dots U.S. and Three Dots Japan under the joint label "Minnie Mortimer for Three Dots." Mortimer frequently collaborates with and consults for the American heritage brand Boast USA producing several pieces under the label "Minnie Mortimer X Boast USA".[4]
In addition to working as a designer and stylist Mortimer has appeared in the print and video advertising campaigns for Hogan and Ferragamo. She also appeared as herself in the WB show Gossip Girl.[5]
Personal life
[edit]On May 19, 2007, she married the American Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker Stephen Gaghan.[1] They have two children.[6]
In 2014, they listed their Brentwood home for sale for $4.995 million.[7] In 2016, they were living in Pacific Palisades.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c L. Hamilton, William (May 27, 2007). "Stephen Gaghan and Minnie Mortimer". The New York Times.
- ^ Gaffney, Adrienne (March 6, 2014). "Minnie Mortimer's Upper East Side". Gotham Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Konigsberg, Eric (21 October 2007). "Why Is the Blond Smiling?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Egan, Breanna (January 17, 2012). "Inside Designer Minnie Mortimer's Brentwood Palace". Refinery29.com. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Frank, Lauren Santo Domingo, Claiborne Swanson (July 22, 2011). "APT with LSD: Minnie Mortimer". Vogue.com. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Zeitchik, Steven (3 December 2016). "Stephen Gaghan, one-time Hollywood wunderkind, returns after a long absence with 'Gold'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Beale, Lauren (24 April 2014). "Stephen Gaghan, Minnie Mortimer list Brentwood home for sale". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
External links
[edit]
 | This biographical article related to fashion is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1980 births
- Mortimer family of New York
- Living people
- Artists from New York City
- American fashion designers
- American women fashion designers
- Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni
- Convent of the Sacred Heart (NYC) alumni
- Brearley School alumni
- St. Mark's School (Massachusetts) alumni
- People from the Upper East Side
- Fashion biography stubs