Jeffrey Banks

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Jeffrey Banks
Born (1955-11-03) 3 November 1955 (age 68) [1]
NationalityAmerican

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]

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Author

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]

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  8. Banks, Jeffrey; Chapelle, Doria de la (2011). Preppy : cultivating Ivy style. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN   978-0847836611.
  9. "Patricia Underwood: The Way You Wear Your Hat". Rizzoli New York. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  10. McDermott, Emily (21 October 2013). "Perry Ellis and American Prep". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  11. Banks, Jeffrey; Lennard, Erica; de la Chapelle, Doria (2013). Perry Ellis : an American original. Rizzoli. ISBN   978-0847840700.