Justina McCaffrey is a fashion designer for bridal gowns. She is a recipient of two international DECA design awards and six Matinee Fashion Foundation Awards. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Justina graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1985.

She has designed clothes for Kleinfeld and many other wedding dress boutiques. According to the Kleinfeld website:

"Friends and relatives were impressed with the wedding dress that Justina designed and made for herself. Chicken wire served as a crinoline with 250 handmade silk rosettes following the shape of a heart on the back of the voluminous skirt. Soon she had design requests from friends and acquaintances for their wedding dresses and the business took off."

In 1989, she moved to Ottawa, Canada and launched Justina McCaffrey haute couture. Her first collection premiered in the international scene in October 1996.

According to Canada's CTV Television Network, she is "Canada's most celebrated wedding dress designer.

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