Gloria Vanderbilt

Gloria Vanderbilt is an artist, actress, designer, author, socialite and heiress from one of America's most prominent families of the 19th century. Her great-great grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt established tremendous wealth in the shipping and railroad industries. Vanderbilt worked as a fine artist for a number of years, before turning to commercial art and design. She began designing for Hallmark greeting cards in 1968, and for Bloomcraft, a textile manufacturer, as well as designing table wear. Her first foray into fashion was a series of scarves for manufacturer Glentex, which led to an