How Tommy Hilfiger Became The King Of American Cool

How Tommy Hilfiger Became The King Of American Cool

The man at the helm of one of the world’s most successful fashion empires is talking about how he failed at school. “I was a terrible student,” says Tommy Hilfiger, the 73-year-old pioneer of classic American cool. “I didn’t realise I was dyslexic until later in life. I just thought I wasn’t very smart.” Hilfiger, the second of nine children, was born into a working-class family in Elmira, upstate New York. “My parents couldn’t afford to send me…