- John Varvatos
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awards = CFDA: Menswear Designer of the Year, 2005 and 2001; Perry Ellis Award for Menswear, 2000;GQ : Designer of the Year, 2007John Varvatos (born in
Detroit ,Michigan ) is an American contemporary menswearfashion design er.Biography
Varvatos family comes originally from the Greek island of
Kefalonia . John Varvatos grew up in the metroDetroit suburb ofAllen Park , a downriver community situated south of the city ofDetroit . He attended Allen Park High School. Varvatos first worked forPolo Ralph Lauren in 1983 then worked atCalvin Klein in 1990, where he was head of menswear design. He returned to Polo in 1995, where he was VP of menswear design.John Varvatos Clothing
In Fall 1999, Varvatos started his eponymous company, debuting his first clothing line for Fall/Winter 2000.
In 2000, John Varvatos was liscened to create a line of
Converse All-Star shoes for the Fall/Winter Season that year. The designs wer so popular that they have continued to acquire his talents to this day, even branching out into other Converse shoe styles likeJack Purcell andOne Star .In 2003, John's company became part of Nautica Enterprises, Inc., which was subsequently acquired by
VF Corporation [ [http://www.fashionwindows.com/visual/2003/nautica05.asp VF and Nautica To Merge; VF To Pay Nautica Shareholders $17.00 Per Share In Cash ] ] . In 2005, John Varvatos entered into a partnership withVF Corporation to create a new partnership, John Varvatos Enterprises, Inc. where Varvatos serves as CEO and president of the new company. [ [http://designer.denim.in.th/article.php?story=20050709225939192 Jeans Designer & Manufacturer information - VF, Varvatos Create New Partnership; Leading Designer Purchases Financial Stake in Brand ] ]In Spring 2006 John launched his first eyewear collection. In February 2007, it was announced that American supergroup
Velvet Revolver would be the face of Varvatos' spring 2007 ad campaign.Varvatos's clothing is sold in such stores as
Neiman Marcus ,Saks Fifth Avenue ,Nordstrom ,Bloomingdales ,Barneys ,Holt Renfrew and other stores and in the company's own boutiques located inSoHo ,Los Angeles ,The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas,Costa Mesa ,East Hampton ,andSan Francisco In late 2007 Varvatos purchased the location that once housed
CBGB and opened a boutique there in April, 2008.In 2008,
Cheap Trick were selected for the John Varvatos spring/summer ad campaign. The perfect black and white filming backdrop for the ad production was set on a beach with the popular group on bicycles set to their song "California Man".Fragrance and Skincare Partnership with Shiseido
In the fall of 2004, John Varvatos launched his first fragrance, a men's fragrance named John Varvatos. In 2008 Varvatos launched his fragrance for women, and was exclusive to
Saks Fifth Avenue for the first 4 months. In Spring 2005, he also launched John Varvatos Skin, his line of skin care products for men. John Varvatos Skin products, along with John Varvatos fragrances, are made atShiseido 's US facilities and distributed by Shiseido subsidiary Beauté Prestige International. John Varvatos For Women, his first women's fragrance, will be launched in February 2008.Awards
John first received accolades from the
Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 2000 when he was honored with thePerry Ellis Award for Menswear, which goes to the most promising new talent in the industry. John compounded this achievement the following year by winning the 2001 CFDA's Designer of the Year award.In
2005 Varvatos received the CFDA's 2005 Menswear Designer of the Year award at theNew York Public Library . The recipients are determined by a selection committee of top magazine editors, journalists, stylists and retailers from around the world. He competed for the top honor along withRalph Lauren andJohn Bartlett for his third CFDA win.In
2007 Varvatos was named GQ's Designer of the Year. [ [http://www.observer.com/2007/gq-crowns-men-year GQ Crowns 'Men of the Year'!] ]External links
* [http://www.johnvarvatos.com Official Site]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1556798961287557756&q=john+varvatos Video Blog interview with John Varvatos]References
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