Norma Kamali is one of the most respected fashion designers in the world. She catapulated to fame when Christie Brinkley was on the cover of Cosmopolitan wearing a Kamali swimsuit-which coincided with the launch of her successful swimwear line. She has established collections of women’s wear, swimwear, eyewear, fragrance, a home collection of furniture, fabrics, and home fragrance, as well as a cosmetic line, »Norma Kamali Beauty«. She has designed costumes for Twyla Tharp’s »In The Upper Room« and for the Emerald City in Sydney Lumet’s Film »The Wiz«. Her »parachute« designs are included in the permanent fashion collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among her prizes are three Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards, the American Success Award for technical education (Fashion Institute of Technology) presented by President George Bush at the White House, and the Distinguished Architecture Award from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (for the OMO Kamali headquarters in New York City). In 1996 she presented her Collection as an exhibition for the internet and launched the OMO Norma Kamali Web Page. (Status: 2024)