Founder of one of the world's most successful women's apparel manufacturing companies, Liz Claiborne (born 1929) was a pioneer in designing reasonably priced, good quality clothing for modern working women. Liz Claiborne (Elisabeth Claiborne Ortenberg)...

After spending 25 years in the fashion business, Liz Claiborne became an overnight success when she opened her own dress company in 1976. By the time she and husband Arthur Ortenberg retired in 1989, their dress company had grown into a fashion...

Liz Claiborne Inc. is a fashion company founded in 1976 in New York City that designs and markets a wide range of women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products. In 2006, the company generated sales of nearly $5 billion .[2] The company...

Fashion designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles became a cornerstone of career women's wardrobes in the 1970s and 1980s, has died, the company she founded said Wednesday. She was 78.Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of...

The Liz Claiborne spring collection intends to offer instant gratification to all the shoppers who can't wait to shed their winter garb _ even when it's still winter.The first batch of lighter, looser styles will arrive in February, but in fabrics, such as a tropical...

Fashion designer Liz Claiborne revolutionized the way working women put together their wardrobes because she was one of them. She made it easy for them as they pioneered up corporate ladders in the 1970s and 1980s, offering coordinated outfits at once serious and stylish, but...

One of the basic rules of retail is know your target market.For Liz Claiborne, this was easy. For much of her life, she was the target market.Claiborne was a middle-class working mother in the days before there was a working mother in every other cubicle....