Jeffrey Banks | |
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Born | [1] | 3 November 1955
Nationality | American |
Jeffrey Banks (born November 3, 1955) is an American fashion designer and author, who has been described as a major black fashion maker. [2] [3]
Banks worked as a design assistant to Ralph Lauren (1971 to 1973) and Calvin Klein (1973 to 1976). [2] He has claimed credit for Klein's logo garments, stating that he had the logo from a press folder silkscreened onto the sleeve of a brown T-shirt as a present for Klein. [4] The gift was assumed by Barry K. Schwartz to be part of the upcoming line, and similar shirts formed the uniform for the front-of-house staff at Klein's next catwalk show, leading to the buyers asking to purchase them. [4]
After leaving Calvin Klein, Banks launched his own-name label in New York City in 1977, according to his official website, [5] although some sources state 1978. [2] By 1996, suits, shirts, eyewear and accessories from Jeffrey Banks Ltd. and Jeffrey Banks International were being sold worldwide with sales of about $20 million. [6]
As an author, Jeffrey Banks has co-authored three fashion books with Doria de La Chapelle for Rizzoli, including a 2007 book on tartan, [7] a 2011 book on the preppy style, [8] and a 2015 book on the milliner Patricia Underwood. [9] The second book led to Banks and de La Chapelle collaborating with Erica Lennard on Perry Ellis: An American Original, the first in-depth monograph on Banks's former friend and colleague, the designer Perry Ellis, published in 2013. [10] [11]
Jeffrey Banks | |
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Born | [1] | 3 November 1955
Nationality | American |
Jeffrey Banks (born November 3, 1955) is an American fashion designer and author, who has been described as a major black fashion maker. [2] [3]
Banks worked as a design assistant to Ralph Lauren (1971 to 1973) and Calvin Klein (1973 to 1976). [2] He has claimed credit for Klein's logo garments, stating that he had the logo from a press folder silkscreened onto the sleeve of a brown T-shirt as a present for Klein. [4] The gift was assumed by Barry K. Schwartz to be part of the upcoming line, and similar shirts formed the uniform for the front-of-house staff at Klein's next catwalk show, leading to the buyers asking to purchase them. [4]
After leaving Calvin Klein, Banks launched his own-name label in New York City in 1977, according to his official website, [5] although some sources state 1978. [2] By 1996, suits, shirts, eyewear and accessories from Jeffrey Banks Ltd. and Jeffrey Banks International were being sold worldwide with sales of about $20 million. [6]
As an author, Jeffrey Banks has co-authored three fashion books with Doria de La Chapelle for Rizzoli, including a 2007 book on tartan, [7] a 2011 book on the preppy style, [8] and a 2015 book on the milliner Patricia Underwood. [9] The second book led to Banks and de La Chapelle collaborating with Erica Lennard on Perry Ellis: An American Original, the first in-depth monograph on Banks's former friend and colleague, the designer Perry Ellis, published in 2013. [10] [11]