Geburtsdatum | Montag, 10. Mai 1926 |
Geburtsort | Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Todesdatum | Samstag, 09. Februar 2008 |
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Beschreibung | Larry Levine (May 10, 1926 – February 9, 2008) was an American designer of coats and suits. He was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn to Polish, Jewish, immigrants. He served in the US Navy in World War II and eventually got a job as a road salesman for Capri Coat in the nineteen forties. In 1951 Levine founded Larry Levine, Inc. By the mid-sixties his traditional, classic, coats and suits were sold in virtually every clothing store in the country. Larry Levine was one of a very few clothing manufacturers of his time to brand his own name. In the early seventies Larry Levine hired London based designer Gerald McCann to come to New York and design exclusively for him. Their successful partnership lasted through the nineties. Levine created two labels for McCann: Gerald McCann and Emily Lawrence, |
