Carin Wester (fashion designer)
Carin Wester (fashion designer)
Carin Ulrika Wester (born in 1974 in Uppsala) is a Swedish fashion designer.[1]
Early Life & Education
Carin Wester graduated in 1998 from Beckmans Design College.
Career
Shortly after graduating from college, Wester began working as a designer for the brand Paul & Friends.
She designed the women's line for 8 seasons.
In 2003, she decided to start her own eponymous brand, Carin Wester.
Awards & Accomplishments
Since launching her fashion brand, Carin Wester has been nominated for the Nöjesguidens fashion award (2004) and achieved the prize of "Newcomer of the Year" by Elle (2004) for her design.
Carin was also nominated as the Designer of the Year by Elle in 2005 and Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008 by Ernst & Young.
In August 2009, she won the prestigious prize Guldknappen from the Swedish magazine Damernas Värld.