Spencer Antle (born March 7, 1969) is an American

fashion design Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by culture and different trends, and has varied over time and plac ...

er, film director and rum curator. He is also the founder of the

Island Company Island Company was a wholesale and retail resort clothing brand founded in 2002 by Spencer Antle. As of 2019, the company shut down its retail stores due to extensive damage from Hurricane Irma. The firm had expanded from a small collection of ...

lifestyle clothing brand and Island Company Rum. He is the CEO, creative director, designer, photographer, and advertiser at the firm. He started his career in

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as a screenwriter and television commercial director, and has won multiple awards for his commercials.

Early life and education

Antle was born in

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. His father served on a

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submarine. He was educated in preparatory schools in the

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, and attended high school in

Wayland, Massachusetts Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town was founded in 1638, and incorporated in 1780 and was originally part of neighboring Sudbury (incorporated 1639). As of the 2020 United States Census, the population wa ...

. He then attended the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

, where he studied creative writing.

Career

Television

He started a career in

as a screenwriter and television commercial director, where he won multiple Telly Awards,

Association of Independent Commercial Producers The Association of Independent Commercial Producers, or AICP, is an American not for profit organization that represents the interests of United States companies that specialize in commercial production. Its members work in various media—film, v ...

awards,

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Eagle Awards,

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for various commercials. He is a member of the

Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merge ...

Island Company

Antle started the lifestyle brand Island Company out of his car selling bikinis store-to-store across the United States. The firm is a supplier of high-end apparel to the resort destination market and has been named '' Inc.'' Top 500/5000 Fastest Growing Companies six years in a row since 2008. Antle opened the first of multiple retail locations across the glove in 2008 during the Great Recession. He opened and designed Island Company stores in

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, Naples Florida,

Palm Beach, FL Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida. Located on a barrier island in east-central Palm Beach County, the town is separated from several nearby cities including West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach by the Intracoast ...

, Grand Cayman,

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Lauderdale Lauderdale is the valley of the Leader Water (a tributary of the Tweed) in the Scottish Borders. It contains the town of Lauder, as well as Earlston. The valley is traversed from end to end by the A68 trunk road, which runs from Darlington to ...

, East Hampton, NY, In March, 2013 he launched Island Company's first concept store, ''Escape Travel Live'' at

Atlantis Paradise Island Atlantis Paradise Island is an ocean-themed resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. It is built around Aquaventure, a waterscape. Property history The property was originally part of the Paradise Island Hotel and Casino, which opene ...

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. That same month he won the 2012-2013 "Best Of Broadcast"

for his film direction of his firm's commercial, "Never Return". In April 2013, Antle was awarded the "Entrepreneurial Spirit" Award from the Palm Beach Chamber Of Commerce for his work in bringing his firm's store to Palm Beach and

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Cayman Islands Olympic team outfits

In 2016, Antle designed the outfits worn by the

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Olympic team in the

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Brazil. The outfits were named as the best designs of the 2016 Olympics.

Quit Your Job mantra

Antle wrote the mantra ‘Quit Your Job, Buy A Ticket, Get A Tan, Fall In Love, Never Return”. The phrase has been the subject of many lawsuits involving trademark infringement. Lawsuits were filed against

Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) is an American lifestyle retailer that focuses on casual wear. Its headquarters are in New Albany, Ohio. The company operates three other offshoot brands: Abercrombie Kids, Hollister Co., and Gilly Hicks. As of Februar ...

Cotton On Cotton On Group is Australia's largest global retailer, known for its fashion clothing and stationery brands. As of 2020, it has over 1,500 stores in 18 countries employing 22,000 people across seven brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton O ...

Free People Free People is an American bohemian apparel and lifestyle retail company that sells women’s clothing, accessories, shoes, intimates, and swimwear. It also has a beauty and wellness category, which includes products such as cosmetics, skin, a ...

PacSun Pacific Sunwear of California, LLC is an American retail clothing brand. The company sells lifestyle apparel, along with swim, footwear and accessories designed for teens and young adults. As of 2022, the company operates 325 stores in all 50 stat ...

, Kendall Jenner and

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and multiple retailers who were forced to cease their infringement on Antle’s writings.

Island Company Rum

Antle created Island Company Rum, launched it in 2018, and serves as its current CEO and Creative Director. Antle set out to design “the smoothest rum on the planet”. The rum has won numerous awards including Double Gold at The SIP Awards, Best Gold Rum at Caribbean Journal, Best Gold Rum at

San Francisco World Spirits Competition The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was founded in 2001 by Anthony Dias Blue as an off-shoot of the San Francisco International Wine Competition. It assesses hundreds of entrants annually (1,407 in 2013 from 63 countries) with tastings inv ...

, Best Light Rum at World Spirits Awards, Best Rum at New York International Spirits Competition, Best Gold Rum at the Caribbean Rum Awards and many more.

References

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