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Katie Gallagher

Katie Gallagher
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Katie Gallagher portrait (2012)
Born (1986-08-15) August 15, 1986 (age 31)
Pennsylvania U.S.
Nationality American
Education Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation Fashion designer
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Katie Gallagher (born August 15, 1986) is an American fashion designer and founder of her own brand in New York City.

Gallagher’s designs have captured the attention of Vogue Italia, Elle, Interview magazine, Refinery 29, and New York based magazines. The New York Times Style magazine “T” labeled her in 2009 as one of its “magnificent 7”, and New York magazine included her in their list of the top six New York designers. In Refinery 29, she was awarded the title of “Coolest Freshman/Best New Designer” and also identified as one of six designers to watch. Her designs have also been featured in the Avant Guardian Portfolio of Surface magazine.

In January 2010, Gallagher was named as a semi-finalist in the 2009/2010 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation search for emerging fashion designers.

Katie Gallagher was born in western Pennsylvania and spent her early childhood there. About her youth, Gallagher has said, “I never wore shoes, and I hated wearing clothes (but always wore my cat on my head)!" From seventh grade through high school, she lived in State College, Pennsylvania, and taught herself to sew during high school. She shopped for vintage clothes, and altered them on a little Singer sewing machine.

Gallagher declared apparel design as her major after her Freshman year at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her first apparel design project at RISD was a dress fabricated from springs. Responding to an assignment to create a wearable article of clothing from unconventional materials, Gallagher chose springs as the medium. She, herself, made the springs using Plexiglas rods and an electric drill.


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