Reed Krakoff was raised in Weston, Connecticut, the son of a corporate executive. He graduated from the Parsons School of Design. After school, he worked at Ralph Lauren Corporation for five years and then took a job as creative director at Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. In 1996, Coach's Lew Frankfort hired Krakoff, and gave him control of Coach's products, advertising, store design, and merchandising. He grew the company from a 500 million USD a year to a 4 billion company[3][not in citation given]. In 2010, he launched his own exclusive brand, Reed Krakoff, appointing Valerie Hermann as head of the brand. from Saint Laurent Couture.
In April 2013, he announced he would leave Coach to focus on developing the Reed Krakoff label. |
