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Hilton in September 2010
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Born |
Nicholai Olivia Hilton October 5, 1983 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Convent of the Sacred Heart |
Occupation | Businesswoman, model, socialite, fashion designer |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse(s) |
Todd Meister (m. 2004; ann. 2004) James Rothschild (m. 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) |
Richard Howard Hilton (father) Kathy Hilton (mother) |
Relatives | see Hilton family |
Website | www |
Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Rothschild (née Hilton; born October 5, 1983) is an American fashion designer, socialite, and model. She is a member of the Hilton family by birth, and a member of the aristocratic Rothschild family through her marriage to James Rothschild (a grandson of Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild) in 2015.
Hilton was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of Richard Hilton, a hotel heir of the Hilton family who works as a businessman in real estate and Kathy Hilton (née Avanzino), a former actress and half sister of Kim and Kyle Richards. Hilton was named after her great-uncle, Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr. She is the second of four children: she has an older sister, Paris Whitney Hilton (born 1981), and two younger brothers, Barron Nicholas Hilton II (born 1989) and Conrad Hughes Hilton III (born 1994).
Hilton was raised Roman Catholic. She has Norwegian, German, Italian, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Hilton graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls Catholic school on the Upper East Side, in 2001. She took courses at Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons The New School for Design but does not have a degree.
In 2004, Hilton launched her own clothing line. She also designed a line of handbags for Japanese company Samantha Thavasa. In 2007, she started her second line, Nicholai, at a higher price point. Nicholai held its fashion show for the spring/summer 2008 season on September 9, 2007, in New York City during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. In 2014, Hilton launched a 10-piece collection with eLuxe. She designed each piece as a reflection of her personal style and named all products after the women in her family, who embody the style of each piece.