Early designer collaborations like Isaac Mizrahi for Target in 2002 were such hits because the concept was new and it made a once unaffordable designer name available to the rest of us.
Whatever his view of European fashion, he saw the commercial value of publicising a designer's name with the product.
There is no male equivalent of a Michelle Obama who can make an emerging menswear designer a household name overnight.
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How many gamers can name the designer of Ninentendo's megahit Mario series?
At Tanger Outlets, we are continually bringing in more in-demand designer and brand-name tenants to provide in-season and on-trend merchandise for our shoppers.
Simon Jackson, an Australian designer who made his name catering to expats and local tycoons, did the last renovation in 1993 when the kids were teenagers, changing what had been a Spanish-style villa with a Japanese garden into a neoclassical home, adding some ornate touches and the outdoor pool, but in a "California" palette of creams and yellows.
Then he diversified, opening several more sports retail chains, including a string of golf stores, and buying franchise rights to operate top brand-name sportswear and designer clothing shops.
He co-founded and helped launch Hommage in 2004 as the chief product designer and came up with the name for the firm while poolside in Martinique.
Singapore-born, New York-educated and Paris-based fashion designer Andrew Gn is the biggest fashion name Singapore has ever produced.
Dawn Younger-Smith, a fashion designer who owns a boutique by the same name.
But the designer has had to make some concessions in the name of expansion.
As its name implies, E FUN is a designer and markets fun, lifestyle e-products that are easily accessible.
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Mr Fisker made his name in the motor industry as a designer, working for Aston Martin, BMW and Ford.
At worst a designer can end up losing control of his own name.
Also, Gloria Vanderbilt, part of the well-known Vanderbilt family and a Broadway actress, was one of the earliest developers of designer blue jeans in 1970s when she licensed her name.
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In 1919, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian engineer and designer of the AK-47 rifle that bears his name, born.
Soutter had bought the name and distinctive kangaroo label off the shelf from an Adelaide designer.
He's backed by big name sponsors including Nike, Oakley, BT, Ossur and fashion designer Thierry Mugler.
During a recent visit to the City by the Bay, we popped into the TechShop hackerspace and were introduced to Max Gunawan, the designer behind Lumio (not to be confused with a certain smartphone line of similar name).
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"As alleged, these defendants sold the automobile replacement parts equivalent of designer knock-offs, but represented to their unsuspecting customers that they were buying the name brand, " U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.
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