Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss Explained

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
Birth Date:May 29, 1975[1] [2]
Birth Place:Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education:Nightingale-Bamford School
Occupation:Fashion designer
Years Active:1998 - present
Children:3

Shoshanna Lonstein-Gruss (born May 29, 1975) is an American writer and fashion designer and the founder and creative director of the fashion label Shoshanna, which was launched in 1998.

Career

With a loan from her father, Zach Lonstein, chief executive officer of Infocrossing, she started her clothing company in 1998 with the mission to design a clothing line that appealed to different body types.[3]

In 2013, Elizabeth Arden, Inc. named Gruss the brand's first-ever Style Director. In this new role, Gruss served as a spokesperson and adviser for the design label.[4]

Television

Gruss has appeared in numerous television programs, webcasts, and interviews, including a 2008 episode of America's Next Top Model.[5]

Personal life

As a 17-year-old high school student, she met then 38-year-old Jerry Seinfeld in a public park.[6] At that point, Seinfeld got her phone number.[7] Lonstein later came to public attention by dating Seinfeld, who was at the time starring in his eponymous sitcom. Early in their relationship, Spy Magazine referred to her as "a legal voter", since she had turned 18 by then.[8] They dated for approximately four years, from 1993 to 1997. During the relationship, she transferred from George Washington University to UCLA, in part to be with Seinfeld; she cited constant press coverage and missing New York City as reasons for the relationship ending.[9]

Lonstein married Josh Gruss on May 10, 2003,[10] [11] and they had three children.[3] They announced their plan to divorce in November 2014.[12]

She lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with their children.[13]

Philanthropy

Gruss is a trustee of Reform synagogue Temple Emanu-El of New York,[14] and the Nightingale-Bamford School where she is also a member of its Alumnae Board Committee.[15] Gruss was Vice Chairman of the associate committee of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and its Children's Committee from 2012 to 2014.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shoshanna Lonstein | Movies and Filmography. AllMovie.
  2. Web site: What Happened in May 1975. May 21, 1975. OnThisDay.com.
  3. Web site: Shoshanna. Shoshanna Inc.. 2012-08-12. January 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130102005617/http://www.shoshanna.com/world-of/about-shoshanna/. dead.
  4. Web site: Elizabeth Arden Appoints Shoshanna Gruss as Brand's First-Ever Style Director . . 2014-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202037/http://www.elizabetharden.com/null/beauty-news-article-shoshanna,default,pg.html . 2014-04-26.
  5. Web site: America's Next Top Model: If You Can't Make It Here, You Can't Make It Anywhere . Design Scene . 2008-04-08 . 2014-07-19.
  6. Book: Seinfeld FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Show About Nothing. 9781495035357. Nigro. Nicholas. June 2015 . Hal Leonard Corporation. he met Shoshanna Lonstein in New York City's Central Park in May 1993, Jerry Seinfeld was thirty-eight and she was only seventeen.
  7. Web site: The Game of Love . Karen . Schneider . 28 March 1994 . Seinfeld, comedian, TV star and life observer, was strolling through Central Park one day in May 1993 when he spotted a stranger he now calls 'the most wonderful girl in the world.' Seinfeld, then 38, sallied over, made small talk and went away with the telephone number of Shoshanna Lonstein—then 17.
  8. February 1994 . Party Poop . . 8 . 4 . 32.
  9. "Shoshanna Lonstein." Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2003. February 10, 2011.
  10. News: WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Shoshanna Lonstein, Joshua Gruss . . 2003-05-11.
  11. News: Joseph Gruss, 91, Philanthropist Who Supported Jewish Schools . . Eric . Pace . 1993-07-05.
  12. Web site: Siegler . Mara . 17 November 2014 . Power couple Joshua and Shoshanna Gruss to divorce . 21 May 2024 . Page Six .
  13. News: Mongelli . Lorena . Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend says bandits made her feel 'beyond violated' . 28 February 2019 . New York Post . July 20, 2016.
  14. Web site: About us. Temple Emanu-El of New York. 2020-08-17.
  15. Filling a Gap in the Market . Leaders Magazine Online . July 3, 2011 . 2012-08-12.
  16. Web site: Associated Committee . The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141111174904/http://mskcc.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=soc_about_associates . 2014-11-11.