Norma Kamali

Norma Kamali is an American fashion designer. In 1968 she opened Kamali Shop with partner Eddie Kamali. She started OMO Norma Kamali shop in 1978. She launched her fragrance collection in 1985. Later she included casual wares and cosmetics in her label. Shop Like a Celebrity is her Internet shopping service. Her sweatshirt-fleece fabric line in 1981 brought her a lot of attention. Norma Kamali started a new store on eBay, Norma Kamali Exclusive [1]. She already has a line for Walmart http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y09/m09/i18/s03She used iphone apps and skype to help her customers.

Norma Kamali was born on June 27 1945. She studied fashion illustration at The Fashion institute of Technology, New York . Kamali created a website to exhibit public school students' artwork, fashion and poetry in 1998. She won the American Success award from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York in 1989, was placed in the Washington Irving High School's Hall of Fame for distinguished alumni in 1997, won the Youth Friends award in 1997, the Pencil award in 1999, the Willow award from Lower East Side Girls' Club in 1999, and the Fashion Outreach Style award in 1999.