Cynthia Rowley

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Cynthia Rowley is an American fashion designer. A native of Illinois, Rowley graduated from Barrington High School in Barrington, Illinois, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Over the years, the Cynthia Rowley Collection has grown to include women's wear, shoes, handbags, eyewear, belts, dishes, baby gear, legwear, hats, color cosmetics, and fragrance. It is sold in Cynthia Rowley shops in New York, Chicago, East Hampton, Japan, and Taiwan, and in the Cynthia Rowley online boutique. Shops in Hong Kong and mainland China are opening soon. The Collection is also represented in better department and specialty stores both domestically and internationally.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America honored Rowley with the New Fashion Talent Award and a nomination for the Perry Ellis Award for New Menswear Design Talent.

Rowley has appeared as a judge on the reality television programs Project Runway and Design Star and has been a guest on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Late Show with David Letterman, among other programs. Her latest book, Slim: A Fantasy Memoir, was released in May 2007.

She was married to writer Bill Powers in 2005. She has two daughters.

External links

• Official website
• British Vogue "Vespa Lady"
• Bio and photo of Cynthia Rowley — Crain's New York Business 40 under 40 — 1997
• HGTV Design Star official website
• Fall 2008 Review