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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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Since launching his namesake brand in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger has become globally renowned as the pioneer of “classic American cool” style, fusing East Coast classics with a laidback, West Coast twist. Inspired by iconic pop culture and Americana heritage, the designer and his brand are driven by an everoptimistic vision to break conventions and celebrate individuality. Today, under Hilfiger’s guidance, vision and leadership as Principal Designer, TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s most recognized lifestyle brands that shares its inclusive, irreverent and youthful spirit with consumers worldwide.
Youth & Early Inspirations
Hilfiger was born the second of nine children in Elmira, a small town in upstate New York, and experienced what he describes as a “typically American” upbringing in the 1960s. His career in fashion began as a high school student in 1969, when he fell in love with music and the styles worn by rock stars – he wanted to mimic the look, though no shops in his hometown catered to the style. With just $150, Hi
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