Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was arrested in New York City Friday morning, and his estranged wife, Georgina Chapman, was reportedly connected to another arrest in Manhattan this week.
Her driver Cristovoa Proenca, 44, was "charged with criminal mischief for allegedly getting handsy with a lensman trying to photograph" the Marchesa designer and her two children on West 11th Street in the West Village, sources told the New York Post.
Chapman's fashion label is working to regain its prominence in the fashion world. After the brand called off its runway show at New York Fashion Week this past February —"Georgina couldn’t go through with it," a fashion insider told the New York Post. "She was too scared."—actress Scarlett Johansson made news when she wore a Marchesa gown to the Met Gala in early May.
The line held its bridal presentation last year on October 5, the same day the New York Times published its bombshell report of Weinstein's alleged sexual harassment involving multiple women that led to his being fired by his own company and ignited a national dialogue on sexual assault. (Weinstein has denied the allegations.)
Here are eight more things to know about the designer.
Her mother, Caroline Wonfor, is a journalist, and her father, Brian Chapman, founded Percol, an organic coffee company. She attended Marlborough College, where Kate Middleton also went, and began modelling in her 20s. One of her first jobs was reportedly an ad for Head & Shoulders.
Chapman attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design and then the Wimbledon College of Art. She graduated in 2001.
She launched Marchesa with Keren Craig, her friend and a fellow ex-model, in 2004. Chapman has judged Project Runway and Marchesa was a finalist for the 2006 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. The brand won Red Carpet Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2007, and Chapman's older brother Edward is now the CEO and co-owner.
