{{short description|Fashion designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Jeremy Hackett | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|05|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bristol, England | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Fashion designer, entrepreneur | known_for = Co-founder of Hackett | spouse = | children = }} '''Jeremy Hackett''' (born 19 May 1953<ref>{{cite web| author=HASEGAWA Yoshimi| script-title=ja:マーク・チョーとジェレミー・ハケットに訊く──英国的紳士の着こなし| url=https://www.gqjapan.jp/fashion/news/20180313/how-to-dress-like-a-real-brit| work=GQ Japan Edition | date=13 March 2018|language=ja| access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>) is a British fashion designer and business entrepreneur who co-founded the British menswear company Hackett alongside Ashley Lloyd-Jennings.
==Early life and career== Hackett was brought up and educated at Clifton College, Clifton, Bristol.<ref name="ES Acharya">{{cite news|last1=Acharya|first1=Dipal|title=Jeremy Hackett's urbane retreat in Stockwell|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/jeremy-hacketts-urbane-retreat-in-stockwell-8884565.html|accessdate=13 September 2014|publisher=Evening Standard|date=18 October 2013}}</ref> Having left school at 17 he started full-time work in a local men’s fashion shop, moving to London at the age of 19.<ref name="ES Acharya"/> He worked in the King's Road before accepting a position as a salesman at a tailor's shop on Savile Row owned by menswear pioneer and supplier of clothing to rock stars and celebrities John Michael Ingram.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last1=Horwell|first1=Veronica|title=John Michael Ingram obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/jul/03/john-michael-ingram|accessdate=7 July 2014|work=The Guardian|date=3 July 2014}}</ref> As a sideline, Hackett bought and sold second hand clothes purchased from the London street markets and, through this, met up with Ashley Lloyd-Jennings, who shared similar tastes in fashion. They opened Hackett's first store on the King's Road in 1983.<ref name="ES Acharya"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Menkes|first=Suzy|authorlink=Suzy Menkes|title=Hackett: A 'Heritage' That's Oh-So-British|date=January 11, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/fashion/12iht-fhackett.html|accessdate=2010-10-15}}</ref> Hackett claims that he was at least partly responsible for starting the much-mocked red trousers trend in London, telling Esquire “We used to sell red trousers and lots of the Sloane types used to come in and buy them, and it just spread from there,” but insisted “I’d never wear them though.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mattpomroy.com/2017/07/28/keeping-the-british-end-up/|title=Keeping the British end up|date=2017-04-10|website=Matt Pomroy|access-date=2017-05-18}}</ref>
==Style guidance== The Hackett brand grew quickly and Jeremy Hackett has also become well known as an authority on men's fashion particularly in classic style. In 2007, his book ''Mr Classic'' – an anecdotal critique of men’s style – was released.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lemos|first1=Jain|title=Book Review: Mr Classic by Jeremy Hackett and Garda Tang|url=http://www.abouttheimage.com/3666/photography_book_review_mr_classic_by_jeremy_hackett_and_garda_tang|publisher=About the Image|accessdate=19 January 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219192530/http://www.abouttheimage.com/3666/photography_book_review_mr_classic_by_jeremy_hackett_and_garda_tang|archivedate=19 February 2010}}</ref>
Hackett continues to offer style advice through the 'Ask Jeremy' portal on the Hackett website.<ref name="Jeremy Advises">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hackett.com/index.cfm?page=1012 |title=Jeremy Advises, Style Advisor, Style Advice | Hackett |access-date=2010-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081542/http://www.hackett.com/index.cfm?page=1012 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also contributes articles to publications such as ''Men's Health'' and ''Forbes''.<ref name="MH Hackett">{{cite news|last1=Hackett|first1=Jeremy|title=Jeremy Hackett's 10 style tips|url=http://www.menshealth.co.uk/style/tips/jeremy-hackett-10-style-tips|accessdate=13 September 2014|publisher=Men's Health}}</ref><ref name="Forbes Lacey">{{cite news|last1=Lacey|first1=Hester|title=Success story: nine hints from top British clothing retailer Jeremy Hackett|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hesterlacey/2014/01/17/success-story-nine-hints-from-top-british-clothing-retailer-jeremy-hackett/|accessdate=13 September 2014|work=Forbes|date=17 January 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.Hackett.com/ Hackett] * [http://www.jeremyhackett.com/ The 'Mr Classic' Blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303100658/http://www.jeremyhackett.com/ |date=3 March 2012 }} * [http://www.fashionwelike.com/my-style-jeremy-hackett/ Jeremy Hackett discusses his style rules]
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