Hijo del artista Stephen Posen y la abogada Susan Posen, Zac Posen creció en el vecindario de SoHo en Manhattan (Nueva York, EUA). Su interés por el diseño de moda comenzó a temprana edad; cuando niño robaba kipás de la sinagoga de sus abuelos para hacer vestidos de baile para muñecas.

Asistió a la escuela privada Saint Ann, en Brooklyn y en su segundo año hizo un internado con la diseñadora Nicole Miller.^[1]​

A los 16 años, se enlistó en el programa pre-universitario en Parsons The New School for Design,^[2]​ y se graduó de Saint Ann en 1999. Durante tres años Posen trabajó bajo la tutela del curador Richard Martin en The Costume Institute del Metropolitan Museum of Art. A los 18 años fue aceptado en el programa de ropa femenina en el Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design de la Universidad de las Artes, de Londres.

Durante su estancia en Londres, Posen se encontró en un ambiente competitivo donde los estudiantes tenían un libertad para el aprendizaje independiente.^[1]​ En 2001, Posen ensambló un camisón usando solamente tiras delgadas de cuero y ganchillos, con el que expresaba su comentario sobre la figura femenina.^[3]​ El camisón fue adquirido por el Victoria and Albert Museum y fue mostrado en su exhibición "Curvaceous".

In 2000, Posen received a big break after a dress he made for Naomi Campbell (who had heard about him from Lola Schnabel, the daughter of American artist Julian Schnabel) changed hands several times among several fashion insiders, including actress Paz de la Huerta.^[3]​ He is famously well-connected and has called Lola's sister, Stella Schnabel, his muse.^[4]​ Through Interview magazine Editor-in-Chief Ingrid Sischy, Posen met his future publicist and event producer Ed Filipowski, of KCD who offered to represent him for free.^[4]​ Upon returning to New York in 2001, Posen set up an atelier in his parent’s living room, while they gave him a USD$15 allowance.^[4]​ In October of the same year he was chosen to present a capsule collection as part of GenArt's Fresh Faces in Fashion New York 2001. He received a grant for USD$20,000.^[2]​ After his first runway show in 2001, Posen was courted by fashion titans Yves Carcelle (President of LVMH Fashion Group), Sidney Toledano (Chief Executive Officer and Director of Christian Dior S.A.), and Domenico De Sole (President and Chief Executive Officer of Gucci Group NV.)^[5]​ Following the success of this presentation, Posen established his design studio in Tribeca. Zac Posen continues to receive awards and accolades, most notably the Council of Fashion Designers of America's 2004 Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear.^[6]​ Posen’s strong, feminine aesthetic has become a favorite of style leaders including Natalie Portman, Rihanna, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Mischa Barton, Beyoncé Knowles, and many more. In 2004, rapper and clothing designer Sean Combs made an investment deal with Posen.^[7]​ Ashley Olsen interned with Posen in 2005 while a student at The Gallatin School of Individualized Study, an undergraduate college within New York University.^[8]​ En abril de 2008, Posen's capsule collection created in collaboration with Target, Zac Posen for Target, was released in 75 stores in Australia.^[9]​ A preview of the collection was shown during March's L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival as one of the fashion week's headline catwalks. Orlando Mtz

•   Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Gussisaurio/Zac Posen.
• Zac Posen at FameGame.com
• Zac Posen's official website
• "For Zac Posen, A Refuge From the Runway", a 2005 article from the The New York Times (requiere registrarse)
• "Zac Posen: for Target and on target", a 2008 interview from Fashionising.com about Posen's range for Target and his opinions of fashion
• Zac Posen bio, at FashionVue.com
• "Zac to the Future", 2002 interview in Lucire magazine
• Ma Vendeuse, a short film produced by Zac Posen and directed by Lola Schnabel * Showbuzz biography

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