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Liz Claiborne was born in Belgium.
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Her sketch won a contest, which was sponsered by Harper Bazaar's magazine.
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From 1950-1955, Claiborne designed sportswear to let women wear something easy and soft.
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With the Harper Bazaar Award and her sketching ability, she started to work on Seventh Avenue in New York City's garment district as a design assistant and a model.
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Liz Claiborne and her second husband, Art Ortenberg, got married.
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From 1960-1965, Claiborne worked at Jonathon Logan as the principal designer for Youth Guild, the junior dress division.
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She was listed in the Fortune 500, and it was the first company founded by a women to be listed.
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The company introduced its signature scent.
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Claiborne was elected CEO and chairman of the board.
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Liz Claiborne retired and focused on philanthropy with her husband and made the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation.
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Annual sales were more than $1.4 billion after Liz Claiborne and husband retired.
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Liz Claiborne found out that she had a rare form of cancer that affected the lining of her abdomen.
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Claiborne won the humanitarian award for environmental work at the American Fashion Awards helping to fight the ivory trade in Africa.
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Liz Claiborne died because of cancer.
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The Liz Claiborne brand was added to JC Penney.
