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Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

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Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
A portrait of Shoshanna Lonstein-Gruss at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Lonstein Gruss at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
Shoshanna Lonstein

(1975-05-29) May 29, 1975 (age 51)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
EducationNightingale-Bamford School
Alma mater
OccupationFashion designer
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2003; div. 2014)​
Children3
Websiteshoshanna.com
Notes

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (born May 29, 1975) is an American writer and fashion designer and the founder and creative director of the fashion label Shoshanna, which launched in 1998.

Career

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In 1998, with a loan from her father, Zach Lonstein, chief executive officer of Infocrossing, she started the eponymous clothing line Shoshanna, focusing on "women’s fashions for different body types."[3][4][5] In 2013, Elizabeth Arden, Inc. named Gruss the brand's first-ever Style Director. In this role, Gruss served as a spokeswoman and adviser for the design label.[6]

Television

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Gruss has appeared in numerous television programs, webcasts, and interviews, including a 2008 episode of America's Next Top Model.[7]

Personal life

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In 1993, as a 17-year-old high school student, Lonstein met then 39-year-old Jerry Seinfeld in Central Park. Seinfeld was at the time starring in his eponymous sitcom.[8][9] They dated for about four years, from 1993 to 1997. During their relationship, she transferred from George Washington University to UCLA, in part to be with Seinfeld. She cited constant press coverage and missing New York City as reasons the relationship ended.[10]

Lonstein married Josh Gruss on May 10, 2003.[11][12] The couple had three children[3] and divorced in 2014.[13][14]

As of 2016, she was living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with their children.[14]

Philanthropy

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Gruss is a member of the Board of Trustees of Reform synagogue Temple Emanu-El of New York[15] and the Nightingale-Bamford School, where she is also a member of the Alumnae Board Committee.[16] Gruss was Vice Chairman of the associate committee of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and its Children's Committee from 2012 to 2014.[17]

References

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  1. ↑ "Shoshanna Lonstein | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ "What Happened in May 1975". OnThisDay.com. May 21, 1975. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Shoshanna Gruss | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 4, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
  4. ↑ Moore, Kristina (June 2, 2016). "Designer Spotlight: Shoshanna Designs Fit EveryBody". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ Mueffling, Dini von (January 18, 1999). "Bloomingdale's or Bust! The Rise of Shoshanna Lonstein (Jerry's Ex)". Observer. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Elizabeth Arden Appoints Shoshanna Gruss as Brand's First-Ever Style Director". Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ "America's Next Top Model: If You Can't Make It Here, You Can't Make It Anywhere". Design Scene. April 8, 2008. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Nigro, Nicholas (June 2015). Seinfeld FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Show About Nothing. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781495035357. he met Shoshanna Lonstein in New York City's Central Park in May 1993, Jerry Seinfeld was thirty-eight and she was only seventeen
  9. ↑ Schneider, Karen (March 28, 1994). "The Game of Love". Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2019. Seinfeld, comedian, TV star and life observer, was strolling through Central Park one day in May 1993 when he spotted a stranger he now calls 'the most wonderful girl in the world.' Seinfeld, then 38, sallied over, made small talk and went away with the telephone number of Shoshanna Lonstein—then 17
  10. ↑ "Shoshanna Lonstein." Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2003. February 10, 2011.[full citation needed]
  11. ↑ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Shoshanna Lonstein, Joshua Gruss". The New York Times. May 11, 2003. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  12. ↑ Pace, Eric (July 5, 1993). "Joseph Gruss, 91, Philanthropist Who Supported Jewish Schools". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  13. ↑ Siegler, Mara (November 17, 2014). "Power couple Joshua and Shoshanna Gruss to divorce". Page Six. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  14. 1 2 Mongelli, Lorena (July 20, 2016). "Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend says bandits made her feel 'beyond violated'". New York Post. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  15. ↑ "About us". Temple Emanu-El of New York. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Filling a Gap in the Market". Leaders Magazine Online. July 3, 2011. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Associated Committee". The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014.
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