Esteban Cortazar: Young, Cute, and More Successful Than You Were at 24

Is being a 12-year-old who has fashion lines and hires professional MAC makeup artists annoying? Well, it’s less annoying when you’re this cute! Esteban Cortazar, born 1984, not only used to hire MAC cosmetics to work his fashion shows when he was just a tweener, he also recently collaborated with them on a limited-edition makeup line. Cortazar now works for the fashion house Emanuel Ungaro, for whom he co-designed the MAC line. The collection is inspired by Monet’s “Water Lilies” and has the title “MAC Emanuel Ungaro.”

In addition to professionally designing clothes and makeup colors, Cortazar also happens to be the youngest fashion designer ever to show at New York Fashion Week (at age 18). He was also featured as one of Hispanic Business magazine’s “100 Influentials” in 2006. We happen to have a print copy of that particular magazine (and we will not explain why). The cutie gave the following quote about his influences:

“My Latin roots are always alive when I’m designing. There’s always the flavor of celebrating the woman, which Latins certainly do.”

We’re sure, in some cultures, “Latins” and “Latinos” are interchangeable terms. Luckily for him, we refuse to judge a good-looking person by their word choices.

Good job, fetus-person!

MAC-Emanuel Ungaro Collection More Details [Temptalia]