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David Rappaport (designer)
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David Rappaport (June 6, 1914 – April 5, 2010) was an American fashion manufacturer, designer and painter.
David Rappaport was born in Harlem as the son of Russian-born Jewish clothing cutter, Joseph Rappaport, and his wife Sophie. Growing up on the Lower East Side, his family struggled to survive, especially during the strike of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. His father tried to supplement earnings as a door-to-door salesman and was accompanied by his son.
Though he aspired to become a medical doctor, David Rappaport began to work to support his younger siblings. At age seventeen, he was hired by a friend of the family at a necktie manufacturing company. He was later hired as a packer of neckwear collections in the Midwestern sales division. At night, he attended the Fashion Institute of Technology high school of textile design.
In 1934, aged 20, David Rappaport borrowed 17,000 worth of neckwear in the first year and annually increased the output by 20%.
In 1937 the company changed its name to David Creations but after legal threats by the John David chain, they adopted the name Damon Creations, Inc., a loose conjunction of their first names.
Since 1937, Rappaport designed a group of English striped repps combining three colours in eighteen different combinations. He began matching blue and gold in stripe patterns. In 1942, the Rappaports introduced knitted ties to his brand. In 1961, the ladies' knitwear division Francesca of Damon was founded under the creative control of David Rappaport's wife Francesca. Damon Creations went public in 1967.
Damon's first TV commercial was released in 1968, the same year the company released two new lines of men's apparel. By 1969, the full product line of the company included neckwear, knitted Italian and Domestic shirts, sweaters and jackets.
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