[2] Field was born in New York City to an Armenian father and a Greek mother, who emigrated from Plomari, Lesbos.

[4] With her then-partner Jo-Ann Salvucci, Field opened her first boutique, Pants Pub, in 1966 on Washington Place in Greenwich Village.

[4] In 2018 she opened the ARTFashion Gallery on the Lower East Side, which sells art and hand-painted original clothing and accessories by a selected group of artists.

After she met Sarah Jessica Parker during the filming of 1995's Miami Rhapsody, they became friends and Field was engaged to design the costumes for the TV series Sex and the City.

[4] Her other television credits include Hope & Faith, Kath & Kim,[15][16] Ugly Betty,[9][17][16] Younger on TV Land,[18] season 11 of Murphy Brown,[19] and Emily in Paris.

[citation needed] In film, her credits include The Devil Wears Prada,[9] for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and Second Act (2018).