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  • WHEN Claudia Ochoa first came to wholesale halloween costumes New York from Colombia in 1999, her only plan was to learn to speak English fluently. Little did she know that just five years later, shed be one of the most popular lingerie designers selling distinctive, brilliantly colored intimate wear in stores from Mexico to Japan.

    I bought myself a small sewing machine when I first swimwear manufacturer China got here and the plan was I was going to go out and try to sell a few pieces, she recalls. I couldnt speak English. I would go to McDonalds and I wouldnt know what they meant when they said To stay or to go?'

    The 34-year-old wholesale swimwear petite beauty from Medellín was born into the apparel industry. She grew up in a family of sportswear manufacturers, learning the nuances of the business at a very young age.

    When she arrived in the Big Apple, she promoted her designs around the city, making samples and handing out flyers, until she finally found a willing collaborator, a woman by the name of Timea Cillick, who was starting her own lingerie company. The two clicked, and before she knew it, some of Claudias designs for Cillick were picked up by Victorias Secret.

    Cillick ended up abandoning her lingerie dreams, but Claudia kept going. In 2003, with the backing of her new husband, Richard Paone, an investment banker, she started her Clo line of intimates, and things have been rolling ever since.

    Clos intimates are primarily mesh and lace, with lace trim. Panties run from $20 to $45, bras and bralets, $50 to $75, camisoles, $70 to $120 and chemises, $100 to $160. Theyre hand-stitched and often incorporate semiprecious stones inter-interspersed in the fabrics.

    Claudia says shes inspired by the spirit of Latinas.

    Latina women are very flirtatious, and that comes out in the pieces I design, she says. Were flirty, we want attention. Thats why I design very sexy pieces that can be worn in private but can also be mixed with your everyday clothes.

    You can find Clo lingerie in many New York stores, including Lali, La Petite Coquette and Brief Encounters. http://www.clostudio.com