Kaiserman

Bill Kaiserman (1942). American designer. Born and grew up in New York. He established the Raphael company in the multicultural climate of Brooklyn in 1970. In the course of a decade the company has sold the value of more than 30 million dollars through Collections of women and men’s wear and sportswear. The business has found space to expand. The Bill Kaiserman label became a licensee of international brands such as Van Gils in the Netherlands. His talent has been acknowledged with various awards, among which are three Coty Awards and the Best Designers of America. In the 1980s he arrived in Milan and, while his brand’s fame grew in Europe, Asia, and the USA, he developed his business with international companies such as Mitsuie and Kashiyama. Italy honored him with a knighthood. In the early 1990s he returned to the United States where he developed new licenses with companies such as Hartz&Co, Format, and Mondo. He also designed new Collections for Avirex and created a revolutionary fabric covering. Furthermore he launched Skins, a new street style clothing line for men and women.