Fashion Spotlight: ’60s Manhattan Style
Tommy Hilfiger’s alpha moment came in the early ’60s, when he started peddling bell-bottoms to middle-class kids who were looking to embrace the hippie spirit of the age. Obsessed with the burgeoning American music scene, in 1969 the 18-year-old opened his first store—the People’s Place—in his hometown of Elmira, New York, before a slump in the economy forced...
by admin at October 8th, 2009 at 03:10 pm