Meet The Designer
Mediterranean born, from South Albania and raised in Athens, Greece to growing up in Las
Vegas, Ermelinda Manos is a fashion & costume designer and a history & fashion author with
her work fully focused in a human rights activism. Her deep European roots inspire her love for
handmade couture since the launch of her women’s evening wear line “Ermelinda Manos”.
Ermelinda launched her brand at the age of twenty-two and soon became an LA staple
designer, featuring and producing her runway shows each season at LA Fashion Week and
various other runway shows in the West Coast. Then in 2017 came the expansion of uniform
designing for the hospitality industry in Las Vegas, becoming an in house manufacturer and
designer. Her designs are seen throughout the city of Las Vegas in restaurants,
lounges and nightclubs.
Taking her storytelling through her designs from her runway shows and presenting them in film and television, has been another successful avenue in Manos career, by making a mark in the film industry as a costume designer.
Throughout her runway career, Ermelinda has brought awareness to non profit organizations she wholeheartedly believes in, such as the AmericanLung Association in which she joined forces to help raise over 300k each show for two years that she participated in by auctioning off her designs and hosting runway shows dedicated to
her mentor and uncles who passed away from lung cancer, all proceeds from her show went to
the association for lung cancer research.
Las Vegas Major Goodman declared Ermelinda’s book release day on December 7, as the
‘Ermelinda Manos Day’ in appreciation for her notable work and charitable contributions in the
community.