Misha Nonoo is an American-based fashion designer, best known for her eponymous line of women's ready-to-wear. She was educated in London and Paris.^[1] She is reportedly the person who arranged for a first meeting and blind date between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in London.^[2]

Nonoo is Jewish and was born in Bahrain to an Iraqi father of Jewish descent & an English mother.^[3] Her family moved to London when she was 11, and attended ACS Cobham school and Guildford High School in Surrey.^[4] During high school, Misha Nonoo worked as a fashion model represented by Nevs agency. She moved to New York City in 2009, and worked in menswear for a tailoring company.^[1]

In 2011 Misha Nonoo launched her own fashion label. While working for a tailoring company in Manhattan, she designed and made women's jackets in her time after work. Nonoo was spotted at Prune restaurant by a senior buyer from Intermix, a chain of designer-fashion boutiques, wearing one of her own designs and received a purchase order of $150,000 for her first collection.^[1]

She was a finalist in the 2013 Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund.^[5][6] She was named to the Forbes' 30 Under 30 In Art & Style list^[7] as well as Crain's New York Business’ 40 under 40 in 2015.^[8]

In 2015, Nonoo known for embracing technology received media attention for producing a "insta-show" via Instagram.^[9] She was the first designer to produce a fashion show exclusively on Instagram for her spring collection during New York Fashion Week. The concept of her show came about after a dinner at Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's home in Palo Alto, and a following tour of Instagram's offices.^[10]

In September 2017, Nonoo was seen as an innovator in ready-to-wear fashion by dropping seasonal collections and manufacturing all products on-demand, thereby reducing wastage and lowering costs for her customers.^[11][12]

In 2019 Misha Nonoo collaborated with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on a clothing collection for the women's charity group Smart Works, along with retailers John Lewis, Jigsaw and Marks and Spenser.^[13][14]

A-List celebrities who have worn Misha Nonoo's clothing line include Bella Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Emma Watson, Cate Blanchett,^[15] Amal Clooney,^[16] Gwyneth Paltrow, and Irina Shayk.^[17]

Nonoo married Alexander Gilkes in Venice, Italy in July 2012 with Lana Del Ray performing at the wedding.^[18] In 2016 reports stated the couple had broken up.^[19] The divorce was finalized in the summer of 2017.^[20]

Her cousin Houda Nonoo was The Kingdom of Bahrain's ambassador to the USA.^[18]

On August 7th 2019, Nonoo and her fiancé Mikey Hess were reported to be vacationing together on music producer David Geffen's superyacht Rising Sun, along with Oprah and Jeff Bezos.^[21]

Misha Nonoo married Mikey Hess, heir to the oil and gas Hess Corporation, in a ceremony at Villa Aurelia, Rome on September 20th 2019, followed by a reception at Cinecittà film studios.^[22] It was billed in the media as the "wedding of the year",^[23][24] and high profile guests included Paul McCartney,^[25] Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Karlie Kloss, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, James Corden, Gayle King, Princess Beatrice and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.^[26]