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Thomas
Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger (born
March
24,
1951)
is
an
American fashion
designer best
known
for
founding
the
lifestyle
brand Tommy
Hilfiger
Corporation in
1985.[1] After
starting
his
career
by
co-founding
a
chain
of
record
stores
in upstate
New
York in
the
1970s,
he
began
designing preppy for
his
own
eponymous menswear line
in
the
1980s.[2] The
company
later
expanded
into
women's
clothing
and
various
luxury
items
such
as perfumes,
and
went
public
in
1992.[2] In
1997,[2] Hilfiger
published
his
first
book,
titled All
American:
A
Style
Book,
and
he
has
written
several
since,
including Tommy
Hilfigerthrough Assouline in
2010.[2] Hilfiger's
memoir, American
Dreamer:
My
Life
in
Fashion
&
Business,
co-written
with Peter
Knobler,[3] was
published
November
1,
2016.[3][4] Hilfiger's
collections
are
often
influenced
by
the
fashion
of
music
subcultures
and
marketed
in
connection
with
the
music
industry,[5][6]with
celebrities
such
as
American R&B artist Aaliyahin
the
1990s.[7] In
2005,
contestants
in
the CBS reality
show The
Cut competed
for
a
design
job
with
Hilfiger
in
a
similar
fashion
to The
Apprentice.[8] In
2006,
Hilfiger
sold
his
company
for
$1.6
billion
to Apax
Partners,[9] and
it
was
sold
again
in
2010
to Phillips-Van
Heusen for
$3
billion.[10] He
remains
the
company’s
principal
designer,
leading
the
design
teams
and
overseeing
the
entire
creative
process.[11]In
2012
Hilfiger
was
awarded
the Geoffrey
Beene
Lifetime
Achievement
Award from
the Council
of
Fashion
Designers
of
America.[12]
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