Zac Posen

Zachary E. Posen, born on October 24, 1980, is an American fashion designer. He was raised in New York City, in the SoHo neighborhood, as part of a Jewish family. Posen's parents are Susan, a corporate lawyer, and Stephen Arnold Posen, an artist. With family roots in Belarus and Poland, Posen developed an interest in fashion design at a young age. He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and interned with Nicole Miller during his sophomore year. Posen also won a Scholastic Art and Writing Award as a teenager. At age 16, he joined the pre-college program at Parsons The New School for Design, eventually graduating from Saint Ann's in 1999.More