Lisa Thon is a

fashion designer Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applied arts, applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has va ...

born in

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...

Biography

After graduating from high school, Thon began her studying fashion at the

Altos de Chavón Altos de Chavón is a tourist attraction, a re-creation of a 16th-century Mediterranean–style village, located atop the Chavón River in the city of La Romana, Dominican Republic. It is the most popular attraction in the city and hosts a cultu ...

in Dominican Republic and completed her bachelor's degree at

Parsons School of Design The Parsons School of Design is a private art and design college under The New School located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhattan art ...

in New York City. In 1996, Thon established her brand recognition, and opened her store and Fashion Design School in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are located at 992 Muñoz Rivera Avenue (one of the most commercial avenues of the island), nearby the University of Puerto Rico. Thon presented her first collection to the American market at the Midtown Exhibition Center in the Parsons New School for Design in September 2005. Lisa, then showed her Spring-Summer 2007 collection to be presented in Olympus Fashion Week in September 2006. She presented her new collection as part of the

New York Fashion Week New York Fashion Week (NYFW), held in February and September of each year, is a semi-annual series of events in Manhattan typically spanning seven to nine days when international Fashion design, fashion collections are shown to buyers, the pres ...

on September 6, 2007, on Bryant Park Grill. In 2020, Thon presented a collection in Latin Fashion Week Colorado's virtual fashion show.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Puerto Rican fashion designers Parsons School of Design alumni People from San Juan, Puerto Rico {{fashion-bio-stub