founded 1998 headquarters new york united states key people sean combs ceo jeffrey tweedy president products clothing footwear fragrance fashion accessories slogan dream big website http www.seanjohn.com sean john is a privately held fashion lifestyle company created by music mogul sean combs . the line made its fashion debut with a men s sportswear collection for the spring 1999 season . individuals of note who have represented the brand in advertising and marketing include combs himself musicians nelly t.i. mariah carey nas fabolous usher pharrell williams mary j. blige rick ross mack wilds and busta rhymes actors jamie foxx pen lope cruz jussie smollett and vincent pastore athlete dwyane wade fashion models tyson beckford naomi campbell and channing tatum and many notable djs . history edit in 1998 sean combs launched a signature collection of sportswear under his given name sean john . since its launch sean john has enjoyed critical and commercial success with revenues now exceeding 525 million annually . sean john has often appeared at the award ceremony for the council of fashion designers of america cfda held annually in new york . for five consecutive years from 2000 to 2005 sean john was nominated for its excellence in design . in 2004 sean john was awarded the cfda men s designer of the year award . citation needed in february 2001 sean john produced the first nationally televised runway show during fall fashion week when it simultaneously aired live on e television and the style network . 1 during fashion week in february 2002 the new york times ran a front page story on sean john . 2 sean john s ss 14 brand campaign dream big in 2004 sean john invested in the high end label zac posen . 3 in october 2008 the company purchased streetwear lifestyle brand enyce from liz claiborne for 20 million . 4 5 combs fifi award winning fragrance unforgivable was joined by sean john fragrance i am king in november 2008 . 5 on november 24 2008 he unveiled a new times square billboard for the i am king line to replace his iconic sean john ad . in may 2010 sean john forged an exclusive distribution agreement with macy s department store in which macy s and macys.com would be the sole distributor of sean john sportswear at the retail and online level . 6 as part of this agreement sean john and macy s expanded the sean john brand s distribution to many more macy s stores and entered into exclusive marketing partnerships with the nba . in recent years sean john has expanded to a full lifestyle brand with the inclusion of multiple product categories including sportswear tailored suiting dress shirts ties hosiery eyewear childrenswear fragrances time pieces outerwear underwear loungewear cold weather accessories headwear and footwear . references edit marks peter february 18 2001 . fashion week becomes fashion telethon . new york times . retrieved june 3 2013 . trebay guy february 9 2002 . fashion statement hip hop on runway . archived from the original on june 3 2013 . retrieved june 3 2013 . nyt archive search result indicates february 9 2002 front page news sean john designer posen teaming up . cincinnati enquirer . april 23 2004 . retrieved june 3 2013 . dodes rachel october 22 2008 . liz claiborne to sell enyce to sean john . wall street journal . retrieved june 3 2013 . a b tschorn adam january 21 2009 . the scent of royalty . los angeles times . azcentral.com . retrieved june 3 2013 . covert james may 5 2010 . macy s and sean john ink exclusive distribution deal . new york post . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sean john & oldid 720720994 categories clothing companies of the united statescompanies established in 1998shops in new york cityhip hop fashionhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2014new york articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 17 may 2016 at 15 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view