Carolina Herrera is known for her refined and sophisticated fashion designs. She has been creating luxurious collections for her New York-based label for 28 years. The article discusses Herrera's upcoming appearances in Miami to showcase her Spring 2010 collection and benefit the Jackson Memorial Foundation, as well as her signature polished and crisp personal style.

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he always wears a crisp white shirt, collar Herrera: For 20 minutes you marvel at the pol-
turned up, sleeves precisely folded back, ished luxe and clever seaming inherent in any of
when she appears on the runway to take her pieces, and then she emerges from backstage,
a bow following the debut of one of her crisp and confident and flawless. South Florida
utterly refined collections. It’s merely a fans get two chances to see Herrera walk the walk
modicum of proof that Carolina Herrera is herself at the end of the month: She’ll host a cocktail party
a study in the chic sophistication that she has per- September 30 at her recently opened flagship
petually conveyed in the 28 years since she left her boutique at Bal Harbour Shops, then will pre-
native Venezuela to launch her New York-based view her Spring 2010 collection October 1 at an
label. Designers often opt for the insouciance of InterContinental luncheon to benefit the Jackson
jeans and a T-shirt, looking rumpled and relieved Memorial Foundation’s Guardian Angels.
as they dash out for a post-show wave, but not —Laurie Brookins
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