Featured Designer: Daniel Hernandez

International award winning fashion designer  Daniel Hernández is a Hispanic-American entrepreneur born in Colombia South America,  with awards out of New York, Boston and Amsterdam, established brands such as Banana Republic and Alfred Fiandaca. Recently Hernández was awarded Fashion Designer of the year 2013 by Style It Up TV, and Cutting edge designer of the year 2013 by the New York Fashion Awards.

Danial Hernández heads DH Studios Inc., a small business out of Boston awarded the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2006 “Young Entrepreneur for Massachusetts and New England”  Daniel studied at Boston’s School of Fashion Design on Newbury Street, and in Paris at the abroad program of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology.

In March 2010, Hernández received first prize in the inaugural international contest for fashion designers, in  a web-based competition, presented by JUSTPROUD.com, described as “the first community- driven fashion brand.” Hernández’ s designs were selected from among those entered by 72 designers, representing a dozen countries. He then had the opportunity to create the first fashion collection for that company, whose headquarters is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Daniel has a strong connection to his community and uses his talents to improve his surroundings. A firm believer in continuing education, Daniel supports the Boston Center for Adult Education in which he has been teaching for over ten years. Daniel is fluent in English, Spanish and French. Recently he was invited to teach a beauty class in Harvard University entitled “Cosmetics 101”