Alexandre Herchcovitch

Alexandre Herchcovitch (Portuguese pronunciation: [aleˌʃɐ̃dɾi heʁʃkoˈvitʃ], born on 21 July 1971, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian fashion designer. He is of Jewish descent, and his grandparents immigrated to Brazil from Poland and Romania.[1]

Overview

Alexandre Herchcovitch is a designer who is able to transform classic into modern, simple into glamorous, easy into complex. His designs have been sent down the runways of New York, Paris, London and São Paulo Fashion Weeks. Best known for avant-garde designs and eclectic prints, his trademark skulls became an icon of Brazilian youth in the nineties. Changing the way the world thinks about Brazilian fashion, coupled with his new Japanese store and concessions in New York, Herchcovitch is fast becoming a big and serious name in the fashion world.

Products

Selected products of his are sold in the United States, Canada, England, France, Spain and Australia. His first store in Tokyo has recently opened. Herchcovitch chose Tokyo where a good part of his collections are purchased and where he has become somewhat of a fashion guru. The 1,076 sq ft (100.0 m2) store, which sits in the hip Daikanyama district carries his men's, women's and denim collections and is operated in partnership with Japanese fashion distributor and retailer H.P. France.

Beginning

He had his first contact with fashion through his mother, Regina, at the age of ten, when she gave him basic lessons of modelling and sewing at Herchcovitch's request. Regina started to wear the clothes he made in parties, which led him to sell his collections to friends. In his teen years, Alexandre used to go to the alternative clubs of São Paulo night life, but at the same time he studied at a Religious Zionist Orthodox Jewish school, a conflict that had a strong influence over his work afterwards.

References

  1. ↑ "Brazilian fashion hots up". The Standard. July 4, 2005. Retrieved February 21, 2007.

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