The 23-year-old fashion designer dressing Colombia’s first black female vice-president
by Joe Parkin Daniels in MedellĂn from World news | The Guardian on (#627NG)
When Francia Marquez became the South American country's VP elect, she chose the unknown Esteban Sinisterra Paz to create her outfits
Esteban Sinisterra Paz, a 23-year-old fashion designer from Colombia's conflict-ridden and impoverished Pacific region, had not long started his career when he received a call from a history-making client.
Francia Marquez - the renowned environmental activist and Colombia's first black female vice-president-elect - was on the line, and she wanted two outfits made.
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