Eric Gaskins (born 1958) is a New York-based
fashion designer
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known for his craftsmanship and technique.
Gaskins was born in Germany and grew up in Groton, Massachusetts. He attended
Lawrence Academy and graduated from
Kenyon College
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with a degree in fine arts. He moved to Paris, where he was trained by Hubert
Givenchy
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. After his return to the United States, he designed for
Koos Van Den Akker, Bob Evans, and Scott Barrie. In 1987, he launched his own label in New York, where he currently lives. His design philosophy is “to create clothes that are essential, without artifice or contrivance”.
Gaskins releases his couture collections four times annually under his own line. It is modern day and evening wear. He mainly focuses on dresses, suits, and gowns.
His designs have been featured on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Spy, Bazaar, Glamour, Vanity Fair, and Palm Beach Illustrated. Other significant editorial coverage included such magazines and television programs as: Self, New Woman, Elle, Essence and Entertainment Tonight. Among his celebrity clients are
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Kim Cattrall
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Kathy Bates
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Marcia Gay Harden
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and Colleen Zenk of "As The World Turns" fame.
He closed his design business in mid-2009, simultaneously announcing that he was the pseudonymous author of the notoriously biting fashion blog ''The Emperor's Old Clothes'', where he blogged under the identity "Fluff Chance", "a hairless
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that uses designers as a clawing post".
[Eric Wilson]
"How Do You Like Me Now?"
''The New York Times
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'', July 29, 2009
References
External links
Eric Gaskins Design''The Emperor's Old Clothes''
Kathy Bates
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Living people
1958 births
American fashion designers
Kenyon College alumni