Jeffrey Banks
Jeffrey Banks (born November 3, 1955) is an American fashion designer and author, who has been described as a major black fashion maker.
Jeffrey Banks
- Name
- Jeffrey Banks
- Born
- 3 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Washington D.C.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- fashion designer · writer
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• Name — Jeffrey Banks • Born — 3 November 1955 • Birthplace — Washington D.C.
Early life
Early life
Banks worked as a design assistant to Ralph Lauren (1971 to 1973) and Calvin Klein (1973 to 1976). 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. 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.
Career
Career
After leaving Calvin Klein, Banks launched his own-name label in New York City in 1977, according to his official website, although some sources state 1978. 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.
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1955
Jeffrey Banks born at Washington, D.C..
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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