"Peter Som" is an American fashion designer, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Peter Som graduated from Connecticut College in 1993 with a degree in Art History. He continued his studies at Parsons School of Design where he apprenticed with American designers, Michael Kors and Calvin Klein. At Parsons, his talent was recognized through competitions; he won and was presented with the Parsons Gold Thimble Award by Isaac Mizrahi.

After graduating, Peter Som pursued his career as a fashion designer by working under Bill Blass as Assistant Designer in 1998. In 2001 Som created his own line and unveiled the collection with a showing at Bryant Park. In 2007, he was appointed Creative Director of women’s wear for Bill Blass. He then left the company in 2008 to concentrate on his namesake label. In 2009, Som became the Creative Consultant for Tommy Hilfiger, where he designed the women’s runway collection through to 2012.

His label is Peter Som. His collections have been featured in fashion publications including Vogue (magazine)/Vogue, W (magazine)/W, Elle (magazine)/Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and InStyle. He has a clientele consisting of actresses such as Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Mara, Allison Williams (actress)/Allison Williams, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Liv Tyler, Amy Poehler, and Rashida Jones.

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It takes a truly cool girl to pull off short-shorts and rain boots.

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Wearing a strapless romper can be risky and risqué, but it works on her. I would have made the short a bit shorter to give her a longer line, but it looks great.

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You need a really great body to pull off orange shorts, because they highlight your booty and your hips. But she has a great body, so it works. It's a fashion risk for us mere mortals, but she pulls it off.

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The one place you don't want to wear shorts is any major awards show. You can wear them to the Teen Choice or Kids' Choice awards, but not the Oscars or the Emmys.

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She can be wearing anything and look amazing because she never looks primped or contrived or self-conscious. It takes a truly cool girl to pull off short-shorts and rain boots. But she makes it look easy, and that's what we all want, to look like we don't have to try hard.

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