Isabel & Ruben Toledo: A Marriage of Art & Fashion

Isabel and Ruben Toledo combine an avant-garde approach to fashion with a commitment to making clothes for everyone, as evidenced by their designs for Target, Payless, and Lane Bryant, the first plus-size designer collaboration. The Cuban-American husband-and-wife team do everything together, including coming up with the distinctive yellow-and-green ensemble Michelle Obama wore at her husband’s first inauguration. Join the Toledos for a romp through some of their designs and thoughts about fashion.

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