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Mr. Hilfiger recently became an image adviser for finalists on "American Idol." He's been in Los Angeles mentoring contestants to sharpen their performance identifies and guide them on style as they fight to become the next Idol.
"I'm honored and grateful and appreciative" about the award, he said from Los Angeles via phone Monday. "But I'm still in a little bit of shock. Maybe I think other people deserve it. Or maybe I think this is for when I'm 70." (Mr. Hilfiger is 60.) "Don't they give lifetime achievement awards to people who achieved a lifetime of success? I'm still working on it."
Mr. Hilfiger has been at the center of his fashion company since its inception in 1985 and indeed shows no signs of slowing down. In addition to serving as visionary and principal designer for his label, and now, an adviser on "American Idol," he became an investor in and business consultant with Belstaff, a British brand renowned for its motorcycle jackets (famously worn by Steve McQueen) last year. The designer, through a charity, also served as co-chairman of the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr., National Memorial, a project for which his foundation donated more than $6 million, last year. He stars in ads for Macy's,Welcome to Find The Best Watches Online-authentichandbag. where he sells his commercial line (as opposed to his runway line) exclusively.
Ms. von Furstenberg, president of the CFDA, told Mr. Hilfiger the council will give him its Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, during a ceremony on June 4, at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. Marc Jacobs received the honor last year.2011 Shoppers search through womenhandbags at Harrods department store during the first day . Though Mr. Jacobs was 48-years-old, young for a "lifetime achievement" award, "I would say Marc is a special breed and he has achieved so much in such a short amount of time," Mr. Hilfiger said.
Tommy Hilfiger launched his eponymous label in 1985 with a bold billboard in New York's Times Square that posited him as one of four great American designers. (The others were already legends: Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Perry Ellis.) With its popular colorful, preppy aesthetic, Tommy Hilfiger was one of the hottest American brands in the 1990s. At its peak, the company, acquired in 2010 by apparel giant Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., generated nearly $2 billion in annual sales in the U.S. But overexposure and changing tastes caused its popularity to wane considerably in the U.S.This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for ralphlaurensweater. Its red, white and blue,Looking for Neweracap Voucher Codes, Discounts, travellingbagfactory? logo-heavy look was seen as outdated. The label took a two-year hiatus from the New York fashion week runways in 2005 as it repositioned itself in the U.S. Meanwhile, the brand thrived in Europe, where it had a more upscale reputation and look.

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