Telfar Clemens

Telfar Clemens (born Queens, New York) is a Liberian-American fashion designer, and the founder of Telfar. He was raised in Lefrak City, Queens. He founded his eponymous, unisex fashion brand, Telfar, in 2004. In 2017, Clemens designed uniforms for 400 White Castle franchises[1]. All proceeds from the partnership went to bail funds for teenagers imprisoned on Rikers Island[2]. The same year, Clemens won the CDFA/Vogue Fashion Fund, which allowed him to steadily produce Telfar's popular Shopping Bags.[3] The Shopping Bag has been called an "it-bag" and "the decade's most important accessory" by major fashion publications.[4][5]

References
  1. "Telfar's enduring love of White Castle". Interview Magazine. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. Newswire, MultiVu-PR. "WHITE CASTLE INDUCTS FASHION DESIGNER TELFAR INTO CRAVERS HALL OF FAME". Multivu. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  3. Newswire, MultiVu-PR. "WHITE CASTLE INDUCTS FASHION DESIGNER TELFAR INTO CRAVERS HALL OF FAME". Multivu. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  4. Dazed (2019-08-08). "Why the Telfar Shopping Bag is this decade's most important accessory". Dazed. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. Smith, Ray A. (2019-05-14). "An 'It Bag' That Broke Fashion's Rules". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
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