Rebecca Minkoff is an American fashion brand that was founded by brother and sister Rebecca Minkoff and Uri Minkoff in 2005 in New York City. The brand has

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stores in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Korea, and is distributed in over 900 stores worldwide. The Rebecca Minkoff brand carries a range of apparel including

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and

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History

In 2001, Rebecca Minkoff began working on her own fashion designs. Her first national recognition came when actress

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wore an "I Love New York" T-shirt Minkoff designed on the Jay Leno show. In 2005, Rebecca Minkoff incorporated the company and co-founded the brand with her brother Uri Minkoff, who had founded a small handful of health-care and technology startups, joined her, and they officially launched Rebecca Minkoff LLC. Since the launch, the Rebecca Minkoff brand has seen been distributed in over 900 stores worldwide and has received several awards, including the Breakthrough Designer Award at the

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, announced as a member of the first-ever New York State Council on Women and Girls, and has been an active member of the

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. Today, the brand has brought their retail store concept to Chicago, and has a store targeting the next-gen shopper on Melrose Avenue in

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. In 2018, Rebecca Minkoff announced they would no longer be presenting at New York Fashion Week, but instead chose to focus efforts on a new project that launched in tandem with the

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, RM Superwomen. RM Superwomen is a social space with a single goal: to encourage women around the world to be brave and courageous. The platform will highlight activists like the Women's March leaders, and will be a place for conversation and events that will hopefully inspire women to lead "fearless" lives. To kick off the new social space, Minkoff has partnered with The Women's March, launching a campaign to highlight their voices along with other key activists and influencers like actress

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and journalist

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Personal life

Rebecca Minkoff has been a life-long member of the

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. She was raised both

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and in the

. In 2024, Rebecca Minkoff joined ''

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'' for its fifteenth season as a friend of the housewives. In 2025, Minkoff exited the series after one season.

Awards

*2009 New York Moves Power Women *2010 Member, The

*2011 Breakthrough Designer Award from the Accessories Council *2013 Finalist of

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Entrepreneur of the Year Award *2015 Best Interactive Retail & Top Innovator at the Fashion 2.0 Awards

References

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