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The Tommy Hilfiger brand is an example of a designer label.
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Armani is an another example of luxury designer clothing label.
The term designer label refers to clothing and other personal accessory items sold under an often prestigious marquee which is commonly named after a designer. The term is most often only applied to luxury items. Examples includes labels such as Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Perry Ellis, Liz Claiborne, Armani, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Dolce & Gabbana and other brand names which are derived from the company's founder and most iconic designer. Other clothing (and accessories) marquee names do not directly refer to the company's founder: for example, Ralph Lauren's Polo, Coach, United Colors of Benetton, and L. L. Bean may be referred to as designer labels. While members of the upper middle class, or the mass affluent, are perhaps the most commonly targeted customers of these designer labels, some marquees—such as Cartier—tend to a wealthier customer base.

While a relationship between consumer products and social class may exist to some extent,[1] it should be noted that any notion connecting consumer products to class status is of highly subjective and vague nature. Especially as those targeted by designer labels may or may not consider the purchase of a designer label product.[2]

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References

1. ^ Ehrenreich, Barbara (1989). Fear of Falling, The Inner Life of the Middle Class. New York, NY: Harper Collins. 0-06-0973331. 
2. ^ Fussel, Paul (1983). Class, A Guide through the American status system. New York, NY: Touchstone. 0-671-79225-3. 
luxury good is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, contrast with inferior good and normal good. Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand: as people become more wealthy, they will buy more and more of the luxury good.
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Gucci

Subsidiary of PPR (Euronext: PP )
Founded 1921
Headquarters Florence, Italy

Key people Guccio Gucci, Founder
Robert Polet, Chairman, President & CEO
Alexis Babeau, CFO
Frida Giannini, Creative director
Industry Consumer Goods
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Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951 in Elmira, New York) is a world-famous American fashion designer and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands.

Biography

Hilfiger was born March 24, 1951 and raised in Elmira, New York.
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Perry Ellis (March 3, 1940 – May 30, 1986) was an American fashion designer who founded a sportswear house in the mid-1970s.

The Rise of Perry Ellis

Perry Edwin Ellis was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on March 3, 1940, as the only child of Edwin and Winifred
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Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Public (NYSE:  LIZ )
Founded New York City, New York (1976)
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States

Key people William L. McComb (CEO)
Andrew C.
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Versace

Private
Founded 1978
Headquarters Milan, Italy

Key people Gianni Versace, Founder
Santo Versace, Chairman & Co-CEO
Giancarlo Di Risio, Director & Co-CEO
Donatella Versace, Artistic Director
Industry Consumer Goods
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Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, SA (LVMH)

Division of holding company
Founded 1854
Headquarters Paris, France

Key people Bernard Arnault, Marc Jacobs, Antoine Bernheim, Ed Brennan
Industry Luxury goods (leather goods, prêt-à-porter)
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Pierre Cartier (1878 - October 27, 1964) was a jeweler. He was one of three sons of Alfred Cartier and the brother of Jacques Cartier and Louis Cartier. Pierre's grandfather, Louis-Francois Cartier had taken over the jewelery workshop of his teacher Adolphe Picard, in 1847, thereby
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Dolce & Gabbana

Privately held
Founded 1985
Headquarters Milan, Italy

Industry Fashion
Products Clothing, footwear, handbags.
Website [1]

Dolce & Gabbana (
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Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

Public (NYSE:  RL )
Founded 1967
Headquarters New York, NY, USA

Key people Ralph Lauren, Chairman & CEO
Industry Textiles - Apparel Clothing
Products Apparel, Home, Gifts &, Fragrance
Revenue $3.
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Coach

Public - NYSE:  COH
Founded Manhattan, New York City, 1941
Headquarters 516 West 34th Street
New York, New York 10001
United States

Key people Lew Frankfort, Chairman & CEO
Keith Monda, President & COO
Michael F.
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Benetton Group

Public (NYSE:  BNG )
Founded Treviso, Italy (1965)
Headquarters Villa Minelli, Ponzano

Key people Luciano Benetton, Chairman
Giuliana Benetton, Director
Gilberto Benetton, Director
Carlo Benetton, Deputy Chairman
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L.L.Bean

private
Founded 1912
Headquarters Freeport, Maine

Industry Retail
Products Clothing and outdoor equipment.
Website www.llbean.com

L.L.Bean, Inc.
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The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher-status members of the middle class.
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Mass affluent and emerging affluent are marketing terms used to refer to the growing high end of the mass market. It is most commonly used by the financial services industry to refer to individuals with US$100,000 to US$1,000,000 of liquid financial assets,]
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luxury good is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, contrast with inferior good and normal good. Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand: as people become more wealthy, they will buy more and more of the luxury good.
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Veblen goods if people's preference for buying them increases as a direct function of their price.

It is claimed that some types of high-status goods, such as expensive wines or perfumes, are Veblen goods, in that decreasing their prices decreases
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Mass affluent and emerging affluent are marketing terms used to refer to the growing high end of the mass market. It is most commonly used by the financial services industry to refer to individuals with US$100,000 to US$1,000,000 of liquid financial assets,]
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