What is tommy hilfiger known for
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Tommy Hilfiger
American fashion designer
This article is about the fashion designer. For his company, see Tommy Hilfiger (company).
"Hilfiger" redirects here. For other uses, see Hilfiger (disambiguation).
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| Born | Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (1951-03-24) March 24, 1951 (age 73) Elmira, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Label | Tommy Hilfiger |
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| Children | 5, including Ricky Hil |
| Website | tommy.com |
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (hil-FIG-ər; born March 24, 1951)[1] is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.[2]
After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own e
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Tommy Hilfiger - Biography
Early life and career
The second of nine children, Thomas Jacob Hilfiger was born in the small upstate New York town of Elmira on 24 March 1951, to a jeweller father and a nurse mother. His retail career kicked off in 1969 when with just $150 in his pocket, he set up a shop called People's Place in Cape Cod, which soon blossomed into a chain of ten stores.
At first stocked with clothing he and a friend had bought to sell, Tommy soon became unsatisfied with these articles' and began to sketch his own designs. Writing in his autobiography in 2010, he said: "designing made me happier than anything I'd ever done. I knew from that early work that designing would be my life."
Brand success
In 1979, People's Place sadly collapsed, prompting the young entrepreneur to move to New York with his first wife Suzie to pursue a career in fashion design. After training and working with several different labels and securing backing for his own ideas, in 1985 he founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, and the legend was born.
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Tommy Hilfiger (company)
American apparel brand
Tommy Hilfiger B.V. (; hil-FIG-ər), formerly known as Tommy Hilfiger Corporation and Tommy Hilfiger Inc., is an American clothing brand that manufactures apparel and licensed products such as footwear, accessories, fragrances and home furnishings.[3] The company was founded in 1985,[4] and its merchandise is sold in department stores and over 2000 free-standing retail stores in 100 countries.[5]
In 2006, private equity firm Apax Partners acquired the company for approximately $1.6 billion.[6] In March 2010, PVH Corp., then known as Phillips-Van Heusen, bought the company.[7] Daniel Grieder was appointed CEO in July 2014, while founder Tommy Hilfiger remains the company's principal designer, leading the design teams and overseeing the entire creative process. Global sales in retail through the brand were US$9.1 billion in 2022.[8]
History
20th century
Tommy Hilfiger's career in fashion began in 1968, when he cofounded a clothing and record
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