Duckie Brown is a

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-based fashion line. It was founded in 2001 by Steven Cox and Daniel Silver. Duckie Brown's mission, “dressing men beautifully," is accomplished through hand tailoring, unique fabrics, and bold colors.Women Unique Fashion Fabrics
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History and Operations

Duckie Brown was started as a men's fashion label in 2001 and, in January 2014, it started a women's fashion line.

Collaborations

Perry Ellis by Duckie Brown

In 2012,

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tapped Duckie Brown to create a designer menswear collection, called ''Perry Ellis by Duckie Brown''. Duckie Brown's collection for Perry Ellis is shown at New York Fashion week. The collection aims to look at the future of

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and is sold at luxury retailers around the world.

Florsheim by Duckie Brown

Duckie Brown partnered up with

Florsheim Shoe Florsheim Shoes is a shoe brand in the United States. History Florsheim & Co. was founded in 1892 by Milton S. Florsheim. He and his father Sigmund Florsheim made the first shoes in Chicago. Eventually, some stores were owned by and selling onl ...

s in 2009 to create a line of men's designer shoes. The collection is based on a marriage of Florsheim's tradition and quality with Duckie Brown's forward thinking vision to propose a new means of dressing for the contemporary man. The shoes can be found online and in stores at luxury retailers around the world.

Awards

In 2007, Duckie Brown was nominated by the

Council of Fashion Designers of America The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA), founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert, and headquartered in Manhattan, is a not-for-profit trade association comprising a membership of over 450 American fashion and accessory des ...

(CFDA) for its Menswear Designer of the Year award, alongside

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and

Calvin Klein Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and ...

. At some time, Daniel Silver and Steven Cox won a CFDA Award.

External links

Duckie Brown

Duckie Brown Journal

Florsheim by Duckie Brown

References

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