A visit with the charmed partnership of an illustrator & fashion designer. Check out their eclectic Manhattan loft overlooking the empire state building .

RUBEN & ISABEL TOLEDO

Ruben & Isabel

ABOUT/ ruben

Ruben Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1961 and is a painter, sculptor, illustrator and fashion chronicler in one. He lives in New York with his wife and creative alter ego, fashion designer Isabel Toledo. His work has been exhibited throughout the world, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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ABOUT / isabel

Isabel Toledo was born in Cuba and moved to New Jersey where she attended high school and met her future husband and collaborator, Ruben Toledo, whom she married in 1984. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (NY) and Parsons School of Design (NY) where she studied painting, ceramics, and fashion design. An avid seamstress from a young age, Toledo's work reflects not only a distinct design sense but a keen understanding of garment construction and appreciation for the geometric intricacies of pattern shapes. In 1985, Toledo presented her first collection. In 1998, she stopped presenting biannual collections, instead choosing to create on her own schedule. Toledo was named creative director of Anne Klein in 2006 after more than twenty years of working solely under her own name. Toledo made her debut with Anne Klein at New York Fashion Week in February 2007.[1] Toledo and Anne Klein parted ways later in 2007. Along with her husband, Ruben Toledo, Isabel was the recipient of the 2005 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for their work in fashion . Toledo was also the recipient of an Otis Critics' award named for her at the Los Angeles-based Otis College of Art and Design.