Cenia Paredes

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT CENIA PAREDES

Cenia Paredes, a native of the Dominican Republic grew up in family dedicated almost entirely to the fine art of dress making. Cenia graduated Summa cum Laude from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology in 2004. She then worked in New York\'s competitive fashion district for various renowned brands, but always kept her dream of designing her own line as her ultimate goal. In 2009, Cenia launched her first ready to wear collection Cenia New York®, a line of day into evening dresses with an emphasis on the woman who embraces her curves, is sassy, self secure and wants to look tastefully sexy and radiant no matter what size or body shape. Cenia blends inspiration from her Latin roots with her American influence to create a modern look that appeals to today\'s multicultural woman. Her choice of fabrication, bold colors and exclusive prints have set her apart as a raising star in New York\'s fashion scene. In 2011, Cenia was chosen among 900 companies as one of the 22 participants of The Workshop At Macy’s, and she was one of 4 vendors chosen to launch her product in selected stores in the June’12. Since then Cenia has expanded her distribution to specialty stores globally and has expanded her line to include plus sizes while lounching her Cenia® separates Collection succesfully in 2015. Cenia has been featured in major media outlets such as CNN, Telemundo, Univision, The Style Network, Empire Girls/Chicagolicious, The Today Show, El Diario La Prensa, Huffington Post Voces, La Nueva Voz Latina, Latin Trends Mag, Latina, Oh Magazine, People En Espanol, WWD, Bloomberg News Week, among others. In addition Cenia’s dresses are often wore by celebrities such us Nina Terrero, Evette Rios, Maria Marin, Julissa Bermudez, Adrienne Bailon, Jinny Torres, Alejandra Oraa, Patsy Arias among others.