On Dec. 3, Tommy Hilfiger will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 39th annual FN Achievement Awards. Below is an article from the magazine’s Dec. 1 print issue about legendary designer and founder.

Tommy Hilfiger has been a self-professed sneaker fanatic since the age of 12, when he bought his first pair of Converse.

Decades later, the designer was a pioneer in the fashion world when he introduced the Tommy Jeans “Fly” kicks in 1997.

And sneakers still play a pivotal role in the brand that Hilfiger — the honorary chairman and principal designer of Tommy Hilfiger — has spent 40 years building into a lifestyle powerhouse. The label, a division of PVH Corp., generated global retail sales, including those by licensees, of about $9 billion in 2024.

Footwear has always

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