Misha Nonoo

Misha Nonoo (born 1985) is a US-based British-Bahraini fashion designer, best known for her eponymous line of women's ready-to-wear.
Early years.
Nonoo was born in Bahrain to an Iraqi father of Jewish descent and an English mother. Her family moved to London when she was 11, and she attended ACS Cobham school and Guildford High School in Surrey. During high school, Misha Nonoo worked as a fashion model represented by Nevs agency. She moved to New York City in 2009, and worked in menswear for a tailoring company.
Career.
In 2011 Misha Nonoo launched her own fashion label. While working for a tailoring company in Manhattan, she designed and made women's jackets in her time after work. Nonoo was spotted at Prune restaurant by a senior buyer from Intermix, a chain of designer-fashion boutiques, wearing one of her own designs, and received a purchase order of $150,000 for her first collection.
She was a finalist in the 2013 Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund. She was named to the Forbes' 30 Under 30 In Art & Style list as well as Crain's New York Business’ 40 under 40 in 2015.
In 2015, Nonoo received media attention for producing a "insta-show" via Instagram. She was the first designer to produce a fashion show exclusively on Instagram for her spring collection during New York Fashion Week.
By September 2017, Nonoo had dropped seasonal collections and had begun manufacturing all products on-demand, claiming this reducing waste and lowered costs for her customers.
In 2019 Misha Nonoo collaborated with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on a clothing collection for the women's charity group Smart Works, along with retailers John Lewis, Jigsaw and Marks and Spencer.
Personal life.
Nonoo married Alexander Gilkes in Venice, Italy in July 2012 with Lana Del Rey performing at the wedding. In 2016 reports stated the couple had broken up. The divorce was finalized in the summer of 2017.
Her cousin Houda Nonoo was the Kingdom of Bahrain's ambassador to the US.
She became engages to Michael Hess, an environmental and energy entrepreneur, and they were married in a ceremony at Villa Aurelia, Rome on September 20, 2019.