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founded 2007 headquarters new york city usa key people carlos campos founder products apparel website http www.carloscampos.com carlos campos born 1972 is a honduran born fashion designer who launched his eponymous fashion brand in new york in 2006 . the label is associated with men s suits . however it launched its first womenswear collection during new york fashion week in 2008 . contents 1 history 2 philosophy and style 3 fashion 4 partnerships collaborations 5 awards 6 collaborations 7 charity 8 references 9 external links history edit carlos campos was born in honduras and grew up in a tailoring and design household inspired by his father . after a few tailoring jobs in brooklyn and a short lived scarf and tie business he enrolled at the fashion institute of technology in new york at the age of 23 . during and after graduation he helped create costumes for many acclaimed broadway plays including the invention of love the graduate the light in the piazza fiddler on the roof and jersey boys . 1 campos presented his own designs at the new york fashion week for the first time in 2001 . 2 in 2006 he branched out his self titled menswear label . he later co founded a second imprint guido new york opened his made to measure studio in new york city . 2 in september 2008 carlos campos presented his first womenswear collection at the altman building in chelsea new york city including an all black female cast for his runway show . according to a release the designer s inspiration was supermodel iman and the collection was described as jet set rockstar think david bowie and iman on holiday in south france . 3 the labels fall winter 2009 collection was perceived as provocative since it included military church and sado masochist wear elements . 4 philosophy and style edit campos has a clear image of the man wearing his garments i like to think of him as a clean rock star . he envisions his target female as someone who is successful aggressive and has her own personal style . 5 he also described his style as elegant jet set rock star with a romantic twist . 2 carlos campos designs have been worn by the likes of justin timberlake enrique iglesias ethan hawke scissors sisters fall out boy the killers franz ferdinand and ville vallo . he has appeared on style vh1 et vox news cnn and a & e. photo editorials and features include national and international magazines such as dnr esquire numero homme flaunt details arena gotham people time out new york out magazine zink and entertainment weekly . 6 fashion edit women s wear collections september 2008 main collection s s 2009 david bowie & iman february 2009 main collection f w 2009 uniform inspired military church elements sado machist wear september 2009 main collection s s 2010 art deco style february 2010 main collection f w 2010 modern mariachi men s wear collections september 2006 main collection s s 2007 february 2007 main collection w f 2007 september 2007 main collection s s 2008 february 2008 main collection f w 2008 september 2008 main collection s s 2009 david bowie & iman february 2009 main collection f w 2009 uniform inspired military church elements sado machist wear february 2010 main collection f w 2010 mariachi inspired . 7 fall winter 2014 . new york february 2014 8 spring summer 2014 . new york september 2013 9 fall winter 2013 . new york february 2013 10 spring summer 2013 . new york september 2012 11 partnerships collaborations edit the label collaborated in 2008 with the j shoes label and created a shoe line for its spring summer 2009 collection . 12 in 2009 a collaboration with jewellery designer dannijo was arranged to complete the outfits at the summer spring 2010 presentation in new york . 13 awards edit 2009 the fashion group international s rising star for menswear 6 2011 vogue cfda fashion fund award finalist 2013 vanidades icon of style for menswear award . collaborations edit in 2010 he collaborated with architect santiago calatrava and christopher wheeldon on costumes for estancias calatrava and campos first project for the new york city ballet . this was his first collaboration project as a solo costume designer . charity edit the carlos campos foundation in honduras is responsible for assisting single mothers with resources from childcare to job training . 14 the label also cooperates with aid for aids a non profit organization committed to improving the quality of life of people living with hiv aids in latin america and the caribbean . 15 carlos campos is also a founder member of honduras global an organization dedicated to link leading hondurans abroad and their expertise to help share knowledge and experience for beneficial purposes to young local hondurans . 16 references edit bastidas grace . rags to riches new york post 2009 17 09 retrieved on 2010 02 22 a b c mcquibban samantha . fashion rocks urban latino 2008 27 08 retrieved on 2010 02 22 irina aleksander . carlos campos to use only black models in his debut women s collection the new york observer 2008 09 02 . retrieved on 2010 02 22 . tschorn adam . all the rage los angeles times 2009 16 02 . retrieved on 2010 02 22 . bastidas grace . rags to riches new york post 2009 17 09 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . a b mason richard . carlos campos spring 2009 collection selectism 2009 27 02 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . miller peter.ready to wear carlos campos elle.com 2010 14 02 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . chuck klosterman . carlos campos fall winter 2014 men s collection . gq . retrieved 2015 11 19 . chuck klosterman . carlos campos spring 2014 men s collection . gq . retrieved 2015 11 19 . christian scott 2013 02 11 . see the collection carlos campos fall 2013 . gq . retrieved 2015 11 19 . phili stelios 2012 09 09 . first look carlos campos spring 2013 . gq . retrieved 2015 11 19 . vandermeer kate.shoes and carlos campos thecoolhunter.net 2008 10 02 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . marcs sarah.campos dannijo 2009 09 13 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . mcquibban samantha . fashion rocks urban latino 2008 27 08 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . smith jonathan . aid for aids gala full frontal fashion 2009 07 12 retrieved on 2010 02 22 . campos carlos . hondurasglobal.org . retrieved 2015 11 19 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to carlos campos . official carlos campos homepage kattan group homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carlos campos clothing brand & oldid 713115430 categories clothing brands of the united states1972 birthsliving peopleamerican fashion designersamerican people of honduran descentmenswear designershidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2010wikipedia articles needing style editing from november 2015all articles needing style editingcommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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