Lange Liz - NYC Maternity Shops:
Address: 29 East 61st Street
Phone Number: (212) 308-5777
Website: www.lizlange.com
About LL:
1966: Born in Manhattan.
1970: Is an early fan of Florence Eiseman dresses and Danskin separates, showing an early appreciation for clean, American style.
1980: Loves looking at photos of her mom's sixties-style pregnancies, assumes hers will be equally as chic.
1982: Gets straight A's in school, but is most proud of her Fiorucci jeans collection and her red Ralph Lauren cowboy boots.
1984: Matriculates at Brown University. Quickly becomes aware that Providence is not the style Mecca of the Eastern Seaboard. Is quoted in Brown Daily Herald regarding a new Benetton boutique, "it's great for when you need that essential sweater.
1988: Graduates from Brown with a degree in comparative literature. Returns to New York as quickly as possible.
1988: Joins fashion staff of Vogue magazine, where she learns that fabric and cut are everything.
1993: With two partners, starts a contemporary sportswear line.
1996: Marries Jeffrey Lange and finds that all of her friends are starting to get pregnant. Spends a year listening to them complain that they can't find any good maternity clothes.
1997: Opens Liz Lange Maternity to provide her friends and others with stylish, well-made maternity clothes. Business explodes as celebrities and ordinary women learn that they can actually look great when they're pregnant.
1998: Gets pregnant. Fine-tunes collection on herself. Gus is born in October.
1999: Launches catalog and website so women who don't live in New York can also look great when they're pregnant.
2000: Gets pregnant again because she misses wearing maternity clothes. Opens bigger, better store on Madison Avenue in New York. Opens second store in Beverly Hills. Daughter Alice is born in November.
2001: Finally move into real corporate office space. Spends lots of time working on new and exciting projects. Signs exclusive deal with Nike.
2002: Opens third store on Long Island. Designs maternity line for Target.
2003: She wrote the book! Random House publishes Liz's book, "Liz Lange's Maternity Style: How to look fabulous during the most fashion-challenged Time." Now woman everywhere can have the Liz Lange look.
2004: Collaborates with Nikon on a limited edition Liz Lange Camera.
2005: Check out my new monthly column in Prevention Magazine. In it, I provide lots of tips on how to look and feel like a stylish mom-to-be during all nine months of pregnancy.
2006: The 4th trimester concept is born. Because the old saying, nine months on nine months off is pretty true, these post-partum pieces are here to save the day - they're sexy slimming and perfect for that in between time before you're back to the real you.
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