About DeBora Rachelle
At the Height of her Career,...
… DeBora Rachelle was the #1 most recognized name among prom dress designers, the publisher of a national magazine, and the owner of the #1 search engine-rated evening gown shopping website in the world. She had the very first prom dress store on the internet in 1993, which sold dresses to every U.S. state and most countries around the world. Her website was recorded as receiving 45 million hits a month organically (unheard of in 2008). Hosting servers would crash from the stress her website put on their software. She was a wholesaler running five different factories overseas, a retail chain store owner, importing her goods to the United States, and exporting her goods all over the world. She was one of the first fashion designers to use an outsourced fulfillment center. In 2008, she received an out-of-the-blue offer she couldn’t refuse. DeBora sold her company and retired. Too young to retire and too ambitious to relax, in 2022, DeBora relaunched her company and is back designing, launching products, and offering free advice to help other entrepreneurs succeed.
DeBora's Bio
CEO
It all started with her double degree in Business and Communications at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. DeBora is the CEO of a major fashion and product company. NOTE: Only 7.8% of all women are CEOs, according to Bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2021/01/percentage-of-women-ceos-rises-during-challenging.html?page=all, 2022 article.
Fashion Designer / Product Designer
As surveyed by the national teen magazines, DeBora Rachelle was the #1 most recognized name among prom dress designers. She sold her company in 2008 and retired at the ripe age of 42. Too young to retire and too ambitious to relax, DeBora is back into business, this time pursuing unique inventions in product designs and product launches.
Importer / Exporter
The DeBora Rachelle brand ran five factories in China, importing DeBora Rachelle products into the USA, such as dresses, handbags, jewelry, and linens, and exporting them all over the world.
Retail Chain Store Owner
DeBora started out with one store, expanded to five, then went on the Internet to open up the first shopping dress store EVER on the Internet in 1993. Finding her internet store outsold all five of her stores, she closed the stores and focused on the internet.
Innovator - 1st Dress Store Website on the Internet
Finding her internet store outsold all five of her stores, she closed the stores and focused solely on her internet store.
Patent Holder / Inventor
DeBora holds a number of utility patents, of which only 17.3% are granted to women, according to the USTP.gov website: www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/economic-research/publications/reports/progress-potential.
Real Estate Investor
DeBora Rachelle is an avid real estate investor and enjoys the construction process, and she has always been the interior designer with each project. Always doubling and quadrupling her money on her real estate investments, she's built strip malls, several multi-million dollar homes, and many commercial properties. And in 2025, she is slated to open her first boutique hotel and boutique store mall entitled Lake Lofts Duluth.
Licensor
DeBora has licensed many of her inventions.
Publisher of a National Magazine
DeBora was the publisher/owner of the nationally recognized magazine Prom Magazine. It was sold in the likes of Barnes & Noble, Super One Foods, etc.
IMDB - Movie Documentary on DeBora's Career (Won a Telly Award)
Producers made a video on DeBora's life entitled, "Confessions of a Fashion Designer." It won a Telly Award. Paste this link in your browser to watch an excerpt: https://youtu.be/VnOdid7XAoM.
Event Certification - CFM
Certified by the University of Minnesota in Festival and Event Management, DeBora has started many popular events with a purpose, such as The Fur Ball for Animal Allies (now their #1 fundraiser) and Art in Bayfront Park (which helped save Bayfront Park).
Author
DeBora has two new books coming out in 2025. Boss Lady by Design was written to help small business entrepreneurs and Packed with 2000+ Travel Tips, Tricks, and Hacks for a Stress-free Vacation is dedicated to travelers.
Some people would love to retire at such an early age;
however, DeBora felt she had sold her soul and lost her identity. Too young to retire and too ambitious to relax, DeBora waited patiently for her non-compete clause to expire. To help pass the time, she helped revive a failing multimillion-dollar community park, Bayfront Festival Park, while helping other artists make a living by starting the Art in Bayfront Park Art Fair. Knowing the park was profitable and no longer a liability to taxpayers, DeBora sold the art fair to a Minneapolis event company. She’s an animal lover by heart and also started the “Fur Ball,” which is still the number one fundraiser for Animal Allies.
Her dresses have been seen:
- in TV shows (such as Entertainment Tonight and The OC Show),
- in all the national teen magazines (see a few examples below),
- in Broadway productions,
- in movies (such as Prom Night and 27 Dresses),
- in internet TV series (such as Disney),
- on professional dance troupes,
- on the red carpet (such as at the Academy Awards),
- at music awards (such as BMI awards—see JoJo Levesque with Usher in the video at right and left on this page),
- on pageant winners,
- Producers made a movie about DeBora Rachelle’s career (see link directly below). ,
- on many celebrities, and much, much more!
- Keep scrolling for a few examples …
DeBora walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards. Renée Zellweger shown at left, Kate Winslet above.
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