{{short description|Mexican fashion designer|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Christian Cota''' is a Mexican fashion designer.
== Background == Cota was born in Mexico City in 1983. He studied painting in Paris before moving to New York City.<ref name="AskMen" /> While there, he attended Parsons School of Design and graduated in 2005 with a BA in Fine Arts, specializing in hand embroideries.<ref name="AskMen" /> When he finished school, he started work as an assistant to the fashion designer Angel Sanchez.<ref name="AskMen">{{cite web | url=http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/men/business_politics/christian-cota/ | title=Christian Cota Sports Biography, Photos & Rise To Success | publisher=AskMenUK | year=2009 | accessdate=July 6, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212181008/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/men/business_politics/christian-cota/ | archive-date=December 12, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Christian Cota launched his first collection in September 2007. ''Style.com'' named Cota one of their “Ten Newcomers to Watch” in 2007.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} The success of his next two shows, FW 2008 and SS 2009, garnered him the Fashion Group International's Women's Ready to Wear Rising Star Award in January 2009.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Cota was a finalist with seven others in the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue fashion fund in July 2010.<ref name="CFDA">{{cite news | title=CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Names Its Finalists | work=Fashionista | date=16 July 2010 | author=Bihl, Emily}}</ref>
== External links == * [http://www.christiancota.com Official Website] * [http://www.fashionwelike.com/my-style-christian-cota Christian Cota interview on personal style]
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