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Gabriela Hearst (née Perezutti) (born November 3, 1976) is a Uruguayan women's luxury ready-to-wear and accessories designer. In addition to designing her namesake collection, she runs and operates her family's ranch in Uruguay.

Hearst grew up on her family's ranch in central Uruguay. She attended The British School of Montevideo and graduated from the Universidad ORT Uruguay with a B.A. in communications. In her early 20s, after a short period in Paris, she moved to New York to study performing arts at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre.

In 2004, she started Candela in Brooklyn with $700. The collection was made of T-shirts with silk-screened illustrations of a winged woman on top of a horse (based on a photo of her mother). In 2006, the collection expanded to ready-to-wear and shoes.

After eleven years working in design, Hearst became a member of the CFDA in 2012.

In fall 2015, Hearst launched her eponymous label: Gabriela Hearst. The brand has been compared as an American competitor to Hermès for its high-quality and fine use of garments. The collections are characterized by quality craftsmanship, high-end and innovative materials, such as the anti-radiation fabric that shields against the radiation emitted by mobile phones—introduced in the Resort 2017 collection as lining for the jacket pockets—or the ultra-fine 14.5 micron merino wool and the aloe-treated linen introduced in the Resort 2018 collection, a sustainable and utilitarian process that instantly softens the linen and gives the fabric the property to moisturize the skin. Also the production is very attentive to the environment and sustainability, including the use of wool coming from Hearst's sheep farm in Uruguay, an end-to-end production cycle that helps minimizing the environmental impact. Hearst is also the first brand that make use of Tipa compostable bio-plastics for all their packaging—an Israeli startup that is developing a flexible alternative to plastic that can be thrown into compost to decompose in 24 weeks.

Her line's first bag was the Nina Bag (named after Nina Simone), which started as a limited edition of 20 that Hearst gave to women she admired—some of them high-profile like Miroslava Duma and Brie Larson—as well as to women she enjoyed collaborating with, such as the owner of the factory or the shoe developer. The bag now has an extensive waiting list.

In January 2016, Hearst was included in the "Ten of Tomorrow" by Women's Wear Daily (WWD).

On February 14, 2017, Gabriela Hearst presented its first runway show at the Refectory of the High Line Hotel. The Angela Davis–inspired collection, while luxurious, had a non-wasteful approach. The catwalk show was aimed at minimizing the environmental waste through a no-plastic policy, furnished with pews and chairs borrowed from her home and office. Cashmere pillows for guests were knitted by the nonprofit organization Manos del Uruguay from excess yarn from her previous collection and seven sets of clothes were made with existing fabrics and materials.

On September 9, 2017, Gabriela Hearst was added to the Business of Fashion BOF500 2017—the professional index of the people shaping the global fashion industry.

In January 2019, LVMH Luxury Ventures, the fund launched by French luxury giant LVMH to support "already iconic" emerging brands, invested in Gabriela Hearst, allowing the brand to expand their presence around the world. Since the fund creation in 2017, this investment is the first in a creative label.

For the Spring 2020 collection, Gabriela Hearst, in collaboration with Bureau Betak and EcoAct, has been working on reducing the carbon footprint of her show. This has been possible by booking models that didn’t have to fly, using catering services that cook with local and seasonal food, and reducing all the appliances backstage. Also, all the energy costs associated with the production were donated to the Hifadhi-Livelihoods Project in Kenya.

Hearst's collections have been worn by celebrities, including Gillian Anderson,Victoria Beckam,Laura Dern,Miroslava Duma,Lena Dunham,Dakota Fanning,Selena Gomez,Gugu Mbatha-Raw,Anne Hathaway,Rebecca Hall,Naomi Harris,Lauren Hutton,Gwen Jorgesen,Mindy Kaling,Nicole Kidman,Brie Larson,Demi Moore,Emma Stone, Vanessa Traina,Alicia Vikander,Emma Watson,Allison Williams,Renee Zellweger,Meghan Markle,Zoe Kravitz,Oprah,Diane Lane,Carey Mulligan,Julia Roberts,Danai Gurira,Patricia Clarkson,Gemma Chan,Hilary Swank,Lady Gaga,Amal Clooney,Amy Adams,Uma Thurman,Christine Baranski,Carolyn Murphy,Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,Vanessa Kirby,Julianna Margulies,Glenn Close,Gabrielle Union, and more.

For the Fall 2016 collection, she partnered with Manos del Uruguay, a nonprofit organization that pays living wages to craftswoman who handmade the tweeds using wool from her farm.

In April 2016, she collaborated with Peter Miles on the design of signature socks used as a parting gift for guests at the annual gala of The Paris Review.

In 2017, Hearst collaborated with an Italian mill to produce cloth for fine wool suiting from merino wool from her ranch.

In March 2017, the store Le Bon Marché offered Hearst a space to open her first pop-up shop during Paris Fashion Week.

Following the "no waste" approach of her Fall 2017 collection, Hearst collaborated with Swarovski, who donated stock crystals used on limited-edition starry-night-sky velvet slip dresses in runway looks during New York Fashion Week.

For the Met Gala in 2017, Hearst collaborated with Laura Dern on the design of a modern gown with geometric cutouts and a removable polka dot train to honor the Comme des Garçons style.

In June 2016, she started a collaboration with Tod's to update their classic slip-on sneaker with a men's brogue detail in Morse code that reads "love"—20 percent of proceeds went to Save the Children. To promote the project, Gabriela Hearst organized a portrait project featuring Dakota Fanning, Miroslava Duma, Lindsey Adelman, Lauren Hutton, and the Save the Children donor Dorrit Morley and member Zaineb Malick.

In May 2017, Hearst produced a hundred pieces of a limited-edition sweater called Ram Ovaries. The design was a representation of strength symbolized by the use of a woman's reproductive system and ram's horns. The profits from the sales were used to support Planned Parenthood.

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