Paul Marciano

Infobox Fashion Designer




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name = Paul Marciano
nationality = American
Algerian
French
birth_date = 1952
birth_place = Algeria
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label_name = Guess? Inc.
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Paul Marciano (ca. 1952 [ [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=929757 Paul Marciano Profile - Forbes.com ] ] ) is a Jewish-American fashion designer and co-founder of Guess? Inc. He is the mastermind behind the Guess? image and his sensual black-and-white advertisements have won numerous Clio awards. Initially run by all four Marciano brothers (Paul, Armand, Maurice and Georges), today the company and its extension lines, "Marciano" and "G by Guess", are handled only by Paul and Maurice.

Early life

Paul Marciano was born in 1952 in Algeria, and raised in Marseilles, France with his four siblings, Georges, Armand, Maurice and Jacqueline. His father, like his grandfather and great-grandfather before him, was a rabbi.http://www.guessinc.com/Overview/BrothersBio/Articles/1.asp] They lived in an apartment in a synagogue complex and from age 8-15 Paul, along with his brothers, was a member of the "Eclaireurs Israelites de France", a Jewish boy scout group which was located in the same complex.http://www.guessinc.com/Overview/BrothersBio/Articles/2.asp]

At the age of 15, he and a friend were involved in a motorcycle accident when they collided with an oncoming car.http://www.guessinc.com/Overview/BrothersBio/Articles/3.asp] After being told he would never walk again, he spent seven months in a wheelchair. He eventually regained full use of his limbs after a year and a half, but was not re-accepted into school due to his prolonged absence. Unable to finish his education, he travelled to Israel to live in a kibbutz.

Career

MGA

Guess? Inc.

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