
Anne Elizabeth Jane Claiborne was born March 31st, 1929, in Brussels Belgium.
On the first of January in 1950 one of her sketches won a contest, which was sponsored by Harper Bazaar Magazine*, and (not surprisingly) their magazine is still doing excellent today.
Starting, also in 1950, two days after she won the sketching contest, Liz started to design sportswear for women. One and a half years later she started to work on seventh avenue, she was a design assistant and a model. She was still also working, designing sports wear for women.
Her career in sportswear ended in 1955.