Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Week 2 EOC: John Varvatos


“Our philosophy is about reaching back to move forward. We have something different to say with a sensibility that is both old and new.”
John Varvatos is a fashion designer form Detroit he been inspired by icons like Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper, with that he brought a musical rock like with him into the fashion world in 2000. He stared with his “black-less collection” a tailored menswear that gained him a 2001 CFDA newcomer award and again in 2007. Varvatos has teamed up with sneaker company Converse to create a laceless sneaker that became a big hit.  Varvatos lunched his first line of fragrances in 2005 and his eyewear in 2006. In the spring of 2007 GQ magazine named him the designer of the year in the 12th annual men of the year issue. John Varvators Company is now worth over $80 million. Before lunching his own clothing line John Varvatos Work for Polo Ralph Lauren in 1983 and later was recruited by Calvin Klein In 1990. He was appointed head of menswear design and oversaw the lunch of the cK brand. Varvatos return back to Polo in 1995 as the head of menswear design for all the Ralph Lauren brands. While their he created the created the Polo Jeans company.


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