# Jen Kao

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{{Short description|American fashion designer}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2017}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox fashion designer
| name               = Jen Kao
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Jennifer Kao
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1981|7|15}}
| birth_place        = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = Fashion designer
| education          = [New York University](/source/New_York_University) ([BFA](/source/B._F._A.))<br>[Parsons School of Design](/source/Parsons_School_of_Design) ([MFA](/source/M._F._A.))
| label_name         = Jen Kao
| spouse             = 
| parents            = [Min Kao](/source/Min_Kao)<br>Yu-Fan Kao
| children           = 
}}

'''Jennifer Kao''' ({{zh|t=高嘉旎|first=t|p=Gāo Jiānǐ}}; born July 15, 1981) is an American fashion designer of [Taiwanese](/source/Taiwanese_people) ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.247feature.com/2011/02/22/jen-kao-fallwinter-2011-collection/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-03-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225191807/http://www.247feature.com/2011/02/22/jen-kao-fallwinter-2011-collection/ |archivedate=2011-02-25 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Daughter of [Garmin](/source/Garmin) co-founder [Min Kao](/source/Min_Kao), Jen Kao was born in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and grew up on the [Kansas](/source/Kansas) side of the [Kansas City Metropolitan Area](/source/Kansas_City_Metropolitan_Area), where she graduated from the [Pembroke Hill School](/source/Pembroke_Hill_School) in 1999.<ref name=mb>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbfashionweek.com/designers/jen_kao/ |title=Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week : Jen Kao |accessdate=2011-02-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209093619/http://www.mbfashionweek.com/designers/jen_kao |archivedate=2011-02-09 }}</ref><ref name="elle"/> Thereafter, she received a degree in studio art from [New York University](/source/New_York_University) and then a graduate degree from [Parsons School of Design](/source/Parsons_School_of_Design).<ref name=mb/><ref name="elle"/>

==Career==
Kao's career began in 2007 when she debuted a spring collection at [New York Fashion Week](/source/New_York_Fashion_Week). ''[Elle](/source/Elle_(magazine))'' describes her designs as "art-inspired, intellectually approached, and meticulously executed."<ref name="elle">{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Designer-Profile-Jen-Kao |title=Jen Kao - Fashion Designer Profile - Read More Fashion News on ELLE.com |accessdate=2011-02-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414112331/http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Designer-Profile-Jen-Kao |archivedate=2011-04-14 }}</ref> Her [eponymous](/source/eponymous) line is sold in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [London](/source/London), and [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), in addition to various internet websites.  [M.I.A.](/source/M.I.A._(artist)), [Elettra Wiedemann](/source/Elettra_Wiedemann), [Taylor Momsen](/source/Taylor_Momsen), [Nicki Minaj](/source/Nicki_Minaj), [Fergie](/source/Fergie_(singer)), [Robin Wright](/source/Robin_Wright), [Harley Viera-Newton](/source/Harley_Viera-Newton), and [Rachel McAdams](/source/Rachel_McAdams) have worn her designs.<ref name="elle"/>

Kao was inducted into the [Council of Fashion Designers of America](/source/Council_of_Fashion_Designers_of_America) (CFDA) in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jenkao.com/about |title=Jen Kao |publisher=Jen Kao |date= |accessdate=2017-03-10 |archive-date=2020-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116013639/http://jenkao.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2013, a company spokeswoman announced that Kao would be closing her ready-to-wear line indefinitely due to unspecified health problems.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lisa Lockwood |url=http://www.wwd.com/markets-news/designer-luxury/jen-kao-to-shutter-rtw-company-7202575?src=nl/mornReport/20131001 |title=Jen Kao Shuttering Rtw Line |website=Wwd.com |date=2013-09-30 |accessdate=2017-03-10}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203063014/http://jenkao.com/|title=Official website|date=February 3, 2020}}
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*[http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/JKAO/seasons/ Style.com] reports on Jen Kao shows

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Category:1981 births
Category:American people of Taiwanese descent
Category:Living people
Category:Artists from Los Angeles
Category:People from Johnson County, Kansas
Category:Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
Category:Parsons School of Design alumni
Category:American fashion designers
Category:American fashion designers of Chinese descent
Category:American women fashion designers
Category:Pembroke Hill School alumni
Category:21st-century American women
Category:21st-century American designers

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