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Dapper Dan: Gucci copied his 1980s Diane Dixon jacket design
“Gucci created this jacket that I created in the eighties for Diane Dixon.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:02:52 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Insight
Dapper Dan: Creators must enter corporate rooms before building independently
“If we are to move up and move forward, we have to be in them rooms to see how these multinational corporations work before we can start building on our own.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:13:03 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dapper Dan: Louis Vuitton hired Virgil Abloh reacting to his Gucci partnership
“Soon, as Gucci gives me this partnership, Louis had been number one for years, all of a sudden Louis brings up Virgil. Right? Now, you know that's a reaction, because Gucci put me in, and we got a collection ready, and we're shooting it out. Louis Vuitton reac…”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:05:57 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dapper Dan: Major luxury brands copied his all-over logo format
“Today you see the reason Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Fendi, Every major brand is using the format that I use. When you go to the store, look around, look at the artists, they have logos all over, and that's what I gave birth to, that idea.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 51:48 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
Disclosure
Dapper Dan never attended a runway show until partnering with Gucci
“I never ever went to a runway show where you see people, you know, the models in it. I never went to one until I did the deal with Gucci.”
Dapper Dan Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 44:20 Making Culture, Making Influence -- Dapper Dan in Silicon Valley
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