Perry Ellis

Perry Ellis ( March 3, 1940 in Portsmouth, Virginia; † 30 May 1986 as New York City ) was an American fashion designer. The fashion company in 1978 he founded, named after him, still exists today.

Life

After leaving school at the Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, the 1957 Ellis finished, Ellis studied business administration at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. From there he moved to the New York University, where he was in 1963 with a master in the subject retail. After studying Ellis got a job in a sales business of Miller & Rhoads for fashion in Richmond, Virginia. In Richmond, he was co-founder of the company A Sunny Day. Later, Ellis got a job at the company John Meyer for Sportswear in New York City. Mid-1970, as Ellis now working for the company The Vera Companies, the Company's management commissioned him to design a new fashion collection. Ellis designed shortly after the women sportswear portfolio in November 1976. During the following years Ellis had with his designs for women sportswear great success and in 1978 founded his own fashion house Perry Ellis as a subsidiary of The Vera Companies. During the 1980s, the company, whose chairman was Ellis expanded. Ellis was in the 1980s at the same time President of the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America ). Ellis has one daughter, Tyler Alexandra Gallagher Ellis ( born 1984 ). Their mother, Barbara Gallagher, an American television producer, was with Perry Ellis, who lived in a same-sex partnership, friends. In May 1986, Ellis died of complications from AIDS.

Perry Ellis International

The company Perry Ellis International (NASDAQ ticker symbol: PERY ) is headquartered in Doral, Florida, a suburb of Miami. It has a portfolio of 29 owned or licensed brands and one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. CEO is George field circuit. After Ellis ' death in 1986, The Vera Companies was sold to a licensee of Perry Ellis called Salant. 1999 finally bought the textile company from Florida Supreme the Perry Ellis brand of Salant and eventually changed its name to Perry Ellis International. Sales of Perry Ellis International in fiscal year 2010/11 were $ 790 million at a net profit of $ 24 million, the company operates in the U.S. on 40 Perry Ellis stores in outlet malls. In addition, the Perry Ellis brand is represented in the North American retail. The chief designer at Perry Ellis is since the end of 2006 John Crocco. The Perry Ellis brand that has been reduced in recent years on men's fashion and moves in the value price segment, is represented at the fashion shows of New York Fashion Week. The fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, Marc Jacobs and Tom Ford were in the 1980s, all employees at Perry Ellis.

Prizes and awards

• Ellis won eight Coty 1979-1984 Awards ( American Fashion Award )
• In 1983, Ellis the Council of Fashion Designers of America ( CFDA ) Fashion Awards.
• 2002 Ellis was posthumously awarded a bronze plaque in the sidewalk of Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, the New York fashion mile, honored ( "Fashion Walk of Fame ").

Perry Ellis Award

• After Ellis ' death, the annual Fashion Awards Perry Ellis Award was launched for aspiring fashion designer of women's and men's fashion and accessories as part of the CFDA awards. The price was from 2001 under the new title sponsor Swarovski 's Perry Ellis Award and since 2007 only Swarovski Award means. The first fashion designer who was awarded the Perry Ellis Award, in 1986, the American designer David Cameron ( b. 1961 ); then followed by many other 1987 Marc Jacobs, Kate Spade 1995, 1997 Narciso Rodriguez, John Varvatos 2000, 2004 Zac Posen, Derek Lam 2005 and 2006 Trovata.