FASHION DESIGNER

Tommy Hilfiger

1951 - Today

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Thomas Jacob Hilfiger ( hil-FIG-ər; born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. 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 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. Hilfiger's collections are often influenced by the fashion of music subcultures and marketed in connection with the music industry, with celebrities such as American R&B artist Aaliyah in the 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Hilfiger is the 15th most popular fashion designer (down from 13th in 2019), the 1,195th most popular biography from United States (down from 760th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Fashion Designer.

Tommy Hilfiger is a fashion designer who is most famous for his clothing line.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Tommy Hilfiger ranks 15 out of 51Before him are Vivienne Westwood, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ralph Lauren, Donatella Versace, Hubert de Givenchy, and Roberto Cavalli. After him are Elsa Schiaparelli, Mary Quant, Charles Frederick Worth, Yohji Yamamoto, Tom Ford, and John Galliano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Tommy Hilfiger ranks 45Before him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Thomas Boni Yayi, Prabowo Subianto, Gordon Brown, Myint Swe, and Elio Di Rupo. After him are Kirstie Alley, Chris Rea, Ben Carson, Salva Kiir Mayardit, David Coverdale, and Kenny Dalglish.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tommy Hilfiger ranks 1,195 out of 20,380Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Herbie Hancock (1940), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Daniel Goleman (1946), Richard Dreyfuss (1947), and Dennis Quaid (1954). After him are Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Terrence Malick (1943), Harold Lasswell (1902), and Jennifer Connelly (1970).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In United States

Among fashion designers born in United States, Tommy Hilfiger ranks 3Before him are Calvin Klein (1942), and Ralph Lauren (1939). After him are Tom Ford (1961), Vera Wang (1949), Donna Karan (1948), Marc Jacobs (1963), Anna Sui (1952), Tina Knowles (1954), Irene Sharaff (1910), and Alexander Wang (1983).