Nono Maldonado
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| Born | José Maldonado Fulladosa 10 August 1945 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Died | 16 July 2025 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Education | Fordham University |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion editor, fashion designer |
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| Website | http://www.nonomaldonado.com |
José Maldonado Fulladosa (Spanish: [xoˈse malðoˈnaðo fuʎaˈðosa]; 10 August 1945 – 16 July 2025), known professionally as Nono Maldonado (Spanish: [ˈnono malðoˈnaðo]), was a Puerto Rican fashion designer and businessman who also did interior design. He was a fashion editor at Esquire magazine in the 1970s before returning to Puerto Rico, where he continued to work in the fashion industry.[1]
Life and career
Fashion editor
Maldonado, born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in San Juan. Learned about good taste as a child at the hand of his parents, Raúl, an agricultural engineer, and Esperanza, a homemaker.[2][3] In 1967 and started his career in the fashion world as a buyer at Bloomingdale's in New York. He left Bloomingdale's to become the Assistant Fashion Director of the Men's Fashion Association, the promotion agency for men's wear designers and manufacturers. He was also buyer, designer, and public relations consultant for several boutiques in New York. He was named Fashion Editor for Esquire magazine from 1972 to 1975. During these years he was twice elected to the International List of the World's Best Dressed Men directed then by the well-known publicist Eleanor Lambert, now published yearly by Vanity Fair Magazine.[2] Maldonado was also on the editorial team of Caras, a high-fashion magazine.[4]
Fashion designer
Maldonado returned to Puerto Rico in 1976 and in June 1977 opened his own boutique and started designing for men under his own label. In 1980 he presented his first women's wear collection.[5]
In September 2014, Maldonado was a judge for the San Juan Moda fashion show.[6] San Juan fashion week takes place twice a year.[7]
Interior design
In early 2017, along with Hirsch Bedner Associates of San Francisco,[8] Maldonado was tasked with redesigning the ballroom of the luxurious St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort in Río Grande, Puerto Rico.[9]
Death
Maldonado died on 16 July 2025, at the age of 79.[10]
References
- ^ Guides, Fodor's Travel (22 November 2016). Fodor's Essential Caribbean. Fodor's Travel. ISBN 9780804143721.
- ^ a b "Una exhibición que cuenta la historia de Nono Maldonado". Magacín (in Spanish). 27 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "El minimalismo complicado de Nono Maldonado". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 10 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Caras March 2009 Page 10". trendmag2.trendoffset.com. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Revista EGO #11". Issuu (in Spanish). pp. 50–51. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Pasarela San Juan Moda". El Nuevo Día. 9 September 2014.
- ^ Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc (2005). Fodor's Puerto Rico. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN 9781400014279. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort Anuncia Nuevo Gerente General". In Puerto Rico Magazine (in Spanish).
- ^ "St. Regis renueva su legendario astor ballroom". In Puerto Rico Magazine (in Spanish).
- ^ Fallece el diseñador Nono Maldonado a sus 79 años (in Spanish)