Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfigeris an American fashion designer best known for founding the lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger Corporation in 1985. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of clothing and record stores in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy sportswear for his own eponymous menswear line in the 1980s. The company later expanded into women's clothing and various luxury items such as perfumes, and went public in 1992. In 1997, Hilfiger published his first book,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth24 March 1951
CityElmira, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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I knew exactly what I wanted to do: I wanted to build a brand of clothing around my own attitude and my own lifestyle.
American style is about confidence, independence, diversity and free expression.
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I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside.
My passion for music has always inspired my designs.
I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.
My rule of thumb is to strike a balance by sticking to the classics and playing with color, texture, and print to give them a modern update. On any given day, I keep it simple with jeans or chinos and a comfortable dress shirt.
I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.
I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them.
In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.
Consumers around the world always want something unexpected and exciting, and that's what drives me. I love the challenge of reinterpreting my designs in new ways each season to keep the "prep look" modern and fresh.
The preppy look has gone global- every corner of the world interprets it in a different way.