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Peggy Laurence Fashion Designer
Online Portofolio
www.peggylaurenceportofolio.eu
Email: [email protected]
Bio
Peggy Laurence was born in Mulhouse, France but internationally educated when she moved
at 3yrs old with her family to Republic Democratic of Congo where her father was the CEO of
a textile manufacture. She has also lived in Lebanon, Spain, Italy and the US,New York. She
She now resides in Paris, France where her handbags and accessories under the label Peggy
Laurence are being created and produced and Spain.
Peggys sense of fashion came early surrounded by colors and patterns of
African textiles from her father’s work and by the elegance of her mother who designed and
had reproduce her own clothes for social events. When her parents divorced, Peggy, then a
teenager and her sister moved with her mother to Alicante, Spain. Always a dreamer, Peggy
spent mostly her math classes looking at the birds through the windows or
sketching fashionable clothing with matching accessories, which made her mother
being called many times to the principal office of her Lycee. Her mother opened a boutique
and decided to reproduce some designs, which were very successful. After graduating from
school, Peggy decided to make her passion a career; her mother agreed to send her to
fashion school but first had to go through a business school.
After graduating from marketing and management business school Idrac in Paris,
France, she moved to Milan, Italy to enroll at Ars Sutoria an elite footwear design school.
Just after school, she started collaborating with upscale Italians shoes manufacturers. In
1994, she decided to create the label Sophie Garel Couture. She began by making evening
shoes, some with matching bags and then widened the collections with elegant styles for
day and formal wear. Sold in leading department stores and boutiques as
Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, Fred Hayman, The Mirage in Las Vegas, Ultimo Dallas ect,
Sophie Garel shoes have been featured in several fashion magazines in the U.S. as well as
Italy as ELLE, ALLURE, W, MADEMOISELLE, ESSENCE, FN, WWD, ARS, DONNA, BRIDE'S,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, COSMOPOLITAN, BERGDORF GOODMAN CATALOG, NORDSTROM
CATALOG, ect...As well as in some TV shows as Entertainment Tonight (Mary Hart), Jay
Leno (Cindy Grawford), ect
Laurence won an award in Italy published by Donna magazine and was a featured designer
in an Absolut Vodka 1991 calendar ad with a complete outfit including hat and boots in the
shape of a vodka bottle. Sophie Garel's shoes have participated in the 1997 Oscar
Fashion Preview for the Academy Awards coordinated and hosted by Fred Hayman in
Beverly Hills (CA), as well as collaborating with several fashion designers for their shows as
Pamela Dennis, Zang Toi, Robert Dane and Katsumi& Malcom. They have also participated in
several charities for the breast cancer at FANNY's silent auction and Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation annual Ribbon Benefit.
Peggy launched her luxurious handbags and accessories Peggy
Laurence in 2009. The collection in exotic skins and fine leathers are produced in Paris,
France by artisans with attention to details and wonderful craftsmanship in exclusive limited
edition colors. The line is sold at la Boutique de l'Hotel Ritz Paris.
Peggy is graduated from Idrac Paris, France and Ars Sutoria Milan, Italy. She attended
school at Cours Descartes (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo) and at the Lycee Francais (Alicante and Madrid, Spain).
Peggy is fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish.
Exclusive exotic and fine leathers handbags
Made in Paris, France
Some styles from the collection from 2008 to present
Press
As seen in…
Peggy Laurence Handbags Collection:
First Luxe
ID Prestige
A Life Mag
Luxe in A City
Viaprestige
First Luxe
Gala
Gala
Sophie Garel Couture Couture Shoes and Accessories
Made in Italy
Some styles from the collection from 1994 to 1999
Press
As seen in…
Sophie Garel Couture Collection:
ARS Italy
Bride’s US
Playboy US
Essence US
FN News US
Essence US
Oscar’s Fashion Preview, US
Oscar’s Academy Awards
ELLE US
WWD US
Bride’s US
WWD US
Bergdorf Goodman Catalog US
Nordstrom Catalog US
FN News US
FN News US
Nordstrom Catalog US
FN News US
FN News US
Cosmopolitan US
Quest US
ELLE US
ELLE US
FN News US
FFANY News US
Footwear News US
WWD US
Allure US
ELLE US
FN News US
ELLE US
FN News US
Mademoiselle US
FN News US
ELLE US
ELLE US
FN News US
FN News US
Absolut Vodka Boston Calendar
Boston, US
My first shoe collection
Made in Spain
Following my ARS SUTORIA (modelist & stylist school, Milan, Italy)
graduation
