The Jeff Hamilton Interview: Becoming an Icon in Fashion, A$AP Rocky, Virgil, Kobe & More

The illustrious Jeff Hamilton talks about his amazing success story! Building the career he always envisioned by working hard and smart. Plus, his relationship with Jordan, Drake, Tyson, Asap Rocky, Dipset and more! 00:00 Intro 8:05 Relationship with Jerry West  14:22 Moved to the US with only 6K 18:14 Moving to LA was a game changer  19:30 Begged this guy for a job, called him 3x a day 25:04 Meeting a new friend in the building who turned out to be the creator of Guess: Georges Marciano 26:44 At the time Jeff wasn't super happy with his other job situation, his employer was kinda lazy and didn't believe in Jeff's vision so he wanted out  29:21 So he went to his friend Georges Marciano with a cool new idea 31:33 Jeff and Georges Marciano kinda fell off after a while, Jeff said declined to be a regular employee 32:23 Jeff built a new brand within the Guess brand which was the men's line  33:37 Jeff sold his first pieces to Saks 5th Ave, sent a friend to buy everything so they seem sold out lol  The rep called to order more, Jeff acted like he sold more to Bloomingdales to build up leverage 39:06 Key to success: hard work, work smart, focus on your god-given talent 44:04 Jeff was making more money than the actual partners of the company, so they decide to cut Jeff off completely 44:58 He invented the stone wash, Massiano was taking all the credits tho 46:16 Massiano was trying to blackball him from producing etc, so Jeff filed a lawsuit against him  47:47 Jeff was still giving them 2M royalty checks for doing nothing at all 53:10 How the Black community started to gravitate toward his brand?  55:11 Making jackets for Michael Jackson, met him many times, Madonna, George Michael, etc 56:15 Making a jacket for NBA player Reggie Theus, who then introduced him to Magic Johnson and then Michael Jordan!!! 57:10 Jackets have opened so many doors for Jeff, the White House, meeting Biggie etc 59:31 Did Heather pay 10k for T-Rell's jacket?? 1:00:06 NFL reached out to work with Jeff on a regular basis 1:02:23 The NBA sees the