Christian audigier net worth
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Christian Audigier dies at 57; fashion marketer popularized Ed Hardy, Von Dutch
French-born fashion mega-marketer Christian Audigier, who used connections with celebrities to promote $100 trucker hats, $200 rhinestone-studded T-shirts and a variety of other flashy products, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the hospital. He was 57.
Audigier, who lived in Los Angeles, was being treated for cancer, said his former publicist, Michele Elyzabeth.
In his prime in the 2000s, Audigier got Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and many other celebrities to wear the motorcycle-, truck- and tattoo-inspired fashions he represented. When paparazzi photos of stars wearing the clothing showed up in fan magazines and on TV shows — with the company name prominently displayed — it helped build brands such as Ed Hardy and Von Dutch into international powerhouses.
“I believe celebrities are the best driver for trends,” Audigier said in a 2007 Times interview. “The more they wear my stuff, the more it is going to be seen by the people.”
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Von Dutch
American fashion brand founded 1999
This article is about the company. For the artist the company is named after, see Kenny Howard. For the Charli XCX song, see Von Dutch (song).
| Industry | Men’s and women’s apparel and accessories |
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| Founded | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) |
| Headquarters | New Jersey ,United States |
Area served | USA, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Europe, HK, Malaysia, Singapore, China |
| Products | Shirts, jackets, shoes, hats, jeans, bags, eyewear, watches, and belts/buckles |
| Owner | WSG (White Space Group) |
| Parent | WSG |
| Website | www.vondutch.com |
Von Dutch is an American multinational fashion brand posthumously named after Kenny Howard, a.k.a. "Von Dutch", an American artist and pinstriper of the Kustom Kulture movement.[1] After Howard's death in 1992, his daughters allowed Ed Boswell to produce items using the Von Dutch trademark logo.[2] The trademark rights were sold in 1996 to Mike Cassell who, with Robert Vaughn, used the logo for an apparel line named Von Dutch Originals.[3]
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Christian Audigier
French fashion designer (1958–2015)
Christian Audigier (French:[odiʒje]; 21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015) was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Early life
Christian Audigier was born on 21 May 1958 in Avignon, France.[1][2]
Career
Audigier began working in the fashion industry at the age of fifteen. He designed a line of denim that was inspired by his love for rock and roll, specifically The Rolling Stones. His designs became so popular that a top executive from MacKeen Jeans took notice of Audigier's talent, affording him the opportunity to create with the company and travel the world.[3][4] He moved to New York in his early twenties to expand his own brand.[5] He worked with Guess, Levi's, Diesel, Fiorucci, Bisou Bisou and XOXO, Smet, among others.[6]
He then moved to Los Angeles where he would achieve most of his success as a fashion designer. After the death of artist Kenny Howard, also known as Von Dutch, in 1992, Howard's
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