The establisher of the brand Thomas Jacob Hilfiger was born on 24th of March, 1951 on Ellesmere. He was the second child in a large Catholic Irish family, having eight brothers and sisters. At the age of 18 Tommy breaks up his study to start working in a small clothes shop. His first business was a resale of twenty pairs of custom jeans. Afterwards he starts to work for Browns boutique and soon manages to open his own shop called The Peoples Place. However at the age of 25 Hilfiger went bankrupt and his shop had to be closed despite its popularity among young people. Tommy and his wife Suzy come to New York where Mr. Hilfiger is offered a place of assistant designer by leading couturiers Clvin Klein and Perry Ellis. However Hilfiger declines the offer and starts working for Chris Cortes. In 1984 he registers Tommy Hilfiger trademark and presents the first collection under his own name. From that time Hilfiger has been called a king of urban fashion and Americans fell in love with the brand for its style, high quality and democratic prices.