Parisian Joseph Altuzarra attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvia where he earned a BA in Art and Art History. After completing his studies at Swarthmore Joseph moved to New York where he was hired as a design intern at Marc Jacobs studio. Altuzarra also did freelance design work for Proenza Schouler and in 2006 became a design assistant for Givenchy working with Riccardo Tisci. During his time in Paris Joseph decided to launch his own collection which he did in 2009 after moving back to NY.
