Fashion career profile
Gabriela Hearst
Gabriela Hearst is a Uruguayan-American fashion designer who founded her namesake label in 2015 after a decade working in design. Raised in Uruguay, she studied communications at Universidad ORT and developed an approach that combines tailoring, craft and material-conscious production. In December 2020, Richemont appointed her Creative Director of Chloé, a role she held through September 2023; her final collection for the house was Spring/Summer 2024. She returned her primary creative focus to her independent label after that tenure. The two positions represent different organizations and periods: Hearst’s namesake house is ongoing, while the Chloé appointment is former. This profile distinguishes those roles and dates rather than treating her external appointment as an ownership or permanent succession of the French house.
- Role
- Founder and Creative Director, Gabriela Hearst; former Creative Director, Chloé
- Nationality
- Uruguayan
- Age
- 49
- Career appointments
- 2
- Fashion houses
- 2
- Verified awards
- 1
- Gabriela Hearst shows Afghan designs in Paris fashion showFashionNetwork · 2026-10-05
- Gabriela HearstThe Impression · 2026-10-02
- Gabriela HearstThe Impression · 2026-10-02
- Education: Communications, Universidad ORT UruguayHer official biography describes her Uruguayan background and communications studies. · Gabriela Hearst
- Chloé: Creative Director, December 2020–September 2023Richemont announced her appointment; contemporary coverage records her departure and final collection. · Richemont; British Vogue
- 2015 — Launches her namesake labelThe first Gabriela Hearst collection follows a decade of design work.
- 2020 — Appointed Creative Director of ChloéRichemont announces her appointment in December.
- 2015–Present — Founder and Creative Director — Gabriela HearstCurrent appointment · Gabriela Hearst
- 2020–2023 — Creative Director — ChloéHistorical appointment · Richemont; British Vogue
- 2020 — Gabriela Hearst — American Womenswear Designer of the YearVerified fashion award