Linda Lundström

Who is Linda Lundström?

Linda Lundström, O.Ont., is a Canadian fashion designer. She was born in Red Lake, Ontario and raised in the nearby hamlet of Cochenour. When she was a child, her mother bought her a sewing machine, and she learned to make clothes for herself and her friends. She studied fashion at Sheridan College in Toronto before receiving a scholarship to travel to Europe to continue her studies.

Upon her return, she started a fashion design business in Toronto, Canada in 1974, and sold clothes in Canada, the United States, and Europe. She was named to the Order of Ontario in 1995.

A large part of her business was sales of Laparka, a fashionable winter coat, but warmer winters in the 1990s began to hurt her business. The economic downturn of 2007 forced her to file for protection from bankruptcy in January 2008. After her business was acquired by a private investment firm, Elgner Group, she was able to start designing again but resigned after 17 months, and in 2012, Lundström introduced a new fashion line called "L designed by Linda Lundström".