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Hans Werner "John" Weitz (May 25, 1923 – October 3, 2002) was an American menswear designer who initiated licensing products and selling affordable but stylish clothing that featured his image in the advertising.
Oct 4, 2002 · John Weitz, the fashion designer known for licensing a variety of products under his name and for his second career as a novelist and historian, died yesterday at his home in Bridgehampton, N.Y....
Oct 7, 2002 · NEW YORK — John Weitz, fashion designer, novelist, historian and a pioneer of brand licensing, died late Thursday at his home in Bridgehampton, N.Y. He was 79.
Oct 5, 2002 · John Weitz, the fashion designer with the sleek personal style of James Bond and an unconventional career that began in the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA), died...
Oct 8, 2002 · John Weitz, a fashion designer with the sleek personal style of James Bond and an unconventional career that began in the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, died...
American fashion and industrial designer. Born: Berlin, Germany, 25 May 1923; immigrated to Britain, 1934, and to the United States, 1940; naturalized American, 1943. Education: Studied at the Hall School, 1936, at St. Paul 's School, London, 1936-39; apprenticed to Edward Molyneux, Paris, 1939-40.
Oct 5, 2002 · John Weitz, a World War II officer, pioneer of American fashion, author of history books and potboiler novels, race car driver, photographer and raconteur, has died at his Bridgehampton, L....
Feb 20, 2000 · If John Weitz wasn't the first American designer to make a big name for himself, he was certainly the most dashing -- with his aristocratic good looks, impeccable manners and a voice that could...
Weitz was a renowned clothing designer who was particularly notable for his clothes for active men, but he also made a name for himself later in life as an author of novels and nonfiction. The son of a World War I hero who was a clothing manufacturer, Weitz learned from his father and also from fashion modernist Edward Molyneaux in London.
A leading figure in the development of American ready-to-wear clothing, John Weitz (1923-2002) created one of the first American signature menswear lines. Weitz was a visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design from 1975 to 1995. The collection includes design drawings, exhibition files, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and audiovisual ...
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