Story by Sandra Guzmán, Illustration by Ruben Toledo
September 13, 2006 - When offered the opportunity to launch the first installment of Tempo's Conversations with Latin Legends, Narciso Rodriguez agreed, but only if he could sit down with young style icon Isabel Toledo and her husband and partner, fashion illustrator Ruben. The Toledos - their extraordinary work and 22-year love story- certainly are the stuff of legend. They met in middle school, in New Jersey...
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