Saturday 1 November 2014

Artist Research - Tommy Hilfiger


Born: 24 March 1951 (aged 63)

Awards won:

Parson's School of Designer of the Year (1998)
CDFA Menswear Designer of the Year (1995)
CQ's Magazine International Designer of the Year (2002)


He began by customising jeans and selling them on. His first shop went bankrupt when he was 25, he then enrolled to study commerce. He turned down Calvin Klein even though he was broke and started the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation in 1985.

Hilfiger's Wikipedia, Hilfiger's Website.

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