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Eric Gaskins is known for his craftsmanship and technique. He was trained in Paris by Hubert Givenchy. After his tenure in Paris, he returned to the United States where, in 1987, he launched his own label in New York, where he currently presides. He has designed for such designers as Koos Van den Akker, Bob Evans, and Scott Barrie; he accomplished all of this before starting his own label. He has created a design philosophy that is “to create clothes that are essential, without artifice or contrivance”.
He now releases his collections four times annually under his own line. It is modern day and evening wear. He uses very fine fabrics and is then topped off by his determined craftsmanship. With his sense of grace and proportion, he is able to shape, flatter, and celebrate the female figure. He mainly focuses on dresses, suits, and gowns.
His designs have been featured on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Spy, Bazaar, Glamour, Vanity Fair, and Palm Beach Illustrated. Other significant editorial coverage included such magazines and television programs as: Self, New Woman, Elle, Essence and Entertainment Tonight. Among his celebrity clients Salma Hayek, Melanie Griffith, Vanessa Williams, Mariah Carey, Geena Davis, Maria Shriver, Jada Pinkett, Jennifer Lopez, Allison Janney, Kim Cattrall, Kathy Bates and Goldie Hawn.
"My greatest pleasure in designing is to constantly refine cuts to unify seemingly disparate fabrics and colors - so that I may, in the end, create effortless clothes". Eric Gaskins
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