Marian Fountain "Minnie" Mortimer (born 1980) is an American fashion designer and socialite.

Early life

Born on Manhattan's Upper East side, Mortimer is the daughter of Senga Clark Mucci Davis and financier

John Jay Mortimer John Jay Mortimer (1935 – 2013) was an American financier and member of the prominent Mortimer family of New York. Early life He was one of six children born to Stanley Grafton Mortimer, Sr. (1890–1947) and Kathleen Hunt Tilford (1890–1970 ...

, and the granddaughter of U.S. army colonel

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. She was raised between Manhattan, Palm Beach and Southampton. She attended

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, Indian Mountain School, the Convent of the Sacred Heart, and St. Marks School, a boarding school in

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. Mortimer studied photography in New York and worked with photographer Oberto Gili. A member of the prominent Standard Oil family, Mortimer is the great-granddaughter of its president Henry Morgan Tilford. She is the daughter of Senga Mortimer, an editor at ''

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'' magazine, and

, a direct descendant of

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, the first Chief Justice of the United States.

Career

In 2009, Mortimer launched an eponymous woman's sportswear line with a feature in ''

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''. Her designs have been featured in ''Marie Clair'', ''InStyle'', ''Elle'', ''Vogue Nippon'', ''Teen Vogue'', ''Paper Magazine'', ''The New York Times'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', as well as others. She designed an exclusive collection for the W Hotels Global Glam line in the Fall of 2010. In the Spring of 2013, Mortimer designed a capsule collection for Three Dots U.S. and Three Dots Japan under the joint label "Minnie Mortimer for Three Dots." Mortimer frequently collaborates with and consults for the American heritage brand Boast USA producing several pieces under the label "Minnie Mortimer X Boast USA". In addition to working as a designer and stylist Mortimer has appeared in the print and video advertising campaigns for Hogan and

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. She also appeared as herself in the WB show ''

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''.

Personal life

On May 19, 2007, she married the American Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker

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. They have two children. In 2014, they listed their Brentwood home for sale for $4.995 million. In 2016, they were living in Pacific Palisades.

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1980 births Mortimer family of New York Living people Artists from New York City American fashion designers American women fashion designers Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni Convent of the Sacred Heart (NYC) alumni Brearley School alumni St. Mark's School (Massachusetts) alumni People from the Upper East Side {{fashion-bio-stub