Born in Panama, Teresita Orillac is a Dubai based designer specializing in luxury womenswear. She showed her inclination towards retail & design with a sensibility for colors & proportions at an early age when she started working after school and weekends in her mother’s party supplies and decorating busi-ness.
By the age of 16 she opened and co-owned a fashion boutique targeted to pre-teen girls called MiniDivas, where she was the buyer and visual merchandiser of the boutique. This experience ignited her curiosity and passion for design and so she began designing and creating for herself and family. She contin-ued her formal education in Miami studying Fashion Merchandising while doing an internship with Chanel. After graduation she had the privilege of working with Silvia Tcherassi at her Coral Gables Atelier & Bou-tique. After her time in Miami, Teresita moved to New York to continue her studies in Fashion Styling and Image Consulting while also working for Carolina Herrera assisting her with the preparation for fashion week.
Teresita then moved back to Panama and opened her own fashion atelier offering the services of personal shopping and image consulting for TV shows, magazines and personal clients. She also began designing her own collections and participating in Panama Fashion Week under the brand Teresita Orillac. During this time she started her blog for fashion and beauty advice and became a writer for several publi-cations including Ocean Drive magazine.
Since the opening for her own business and fashion brand in Panama, Teresita has been an Ambas-sador to La Mer and held many Image consulting workshops and seminars sponsored by Smashbox Cos-metics, Batiste Dry Shampoo, Bourjouis Paris among others.  It was during these seminars and workshops that the idea for workwear and uniforms was developed, leading to the creation of the brand T.O by Teresita Orillac.
After the success of T.O by Teresita Orillac, Teresita has taken her brand international with her collection now available at prestigious boutiques in Dubai, UAE. This fall 2015, Teresita will be launch-ing her latest luxury women’s ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2016 Cruise Collection “Into the Jungle” at London Fashion Week. The highly anticipated SS16 collection will be the first UK showcase for Teresita Orillac. Inspired by the Panamanian jungle, guests can expect to be transported to paradise with an array of vivacious hues, complex designs and customised, digital prints constructed from original imagery of the striking wildlife that inhabits the Panamanian rainforest.