{{Short description|Italian-American fashion designer (born 1975)}} {{Infobox fashion designer | name = Jon Buscemi | image = Jon-buscemi-agenda-emerge.jpg | image_size = | caption = Buscemi in 2013 | birth_date = | birth_place = | label_name = {{plainlist}} * Buscemi * Greats Brand * Gourmet {{endplainlist}} }} '''Jon Buscemi''' ({{IPAc-en|b|uː|ˈ|s|ɛ|m|i}} {{respell|boo|SEM|ee}}, {{IPA|it|buʃˈʃɛːmi|lang}}; born October 3, 1975) is an American fashion designer known for his work at Oliver Peoples, co-founding Gourmet,<ref name="Hypebeast">{{cite web| url=http://hypebeast.com/2013/8/jon-buscemi-of-buscemi-speaks-about-the-brands-influences-and-founding-gourmet-footwear| title=Jon Buscemi of BUSCEMI® Speaks About the Brand's Influences and Founding Gourmet Footwear| date=27 August 2013| publisher=Hypebeast| accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> and his eponymous brand Buscemi.<ref name="Sneaker Freaker">{{cite web| url=http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/jon-buscemi-is-now-a-brand/| title=Jon Buscemi is Now a Brand| publisher=Sneaker Freaker| accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> Jon Buscemi is a cousin of the actor Steve Buscemi. <!-- ==Early life== Born in 1975 in Long Island, New York, to an Italian American father and a mother of English, Irish, and Dutch ancestry. Buscemi spent much of his early childhood engulfed in hip-hop, graffiti, break dancing, skateboarding, sneaker collecting and fashion design. At age 8, along with close friends in his hometown of Uniondale, New York, Jon started customizing clothing and hats. -->
==Career== After working on Wall Street,<ref name="Agenda">{{cite web| url=http://agendaemerge.com/info-ny.html| title=Agenda Emerge| publisher=Agenda Emerge| accessdate=June 3, 2014| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406205352/http://agendaemerge.com/info-ny.html| archivedate=April 6, 2014}}</ref> Buscemi began to accumulate a broad sneaker collection and soon took his hunt for exclusive and limited edition sneakers world-wide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/an-800-sneaker-plays-hard-to-get-1406508959|title=An $800 Sneaker Plays Hard to Get|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=28 July 2014|last1=Karp|first1=Hannah}}</ref> Simultaneously, many of his skateboarding peers started their own brands in the street-wear and skate space. Through these industry connections, Buscemi was hired by skateboard footwear brand DC Shoe Co. USA to work on special projects.<ref name="Complex">{{cite web| url=http://www.complex.com/style/2014/02/10-emerging-designers-you-need-to-get-familiar-with/jon-buscemi| title=10 Emerging Designers You Need To Get Familiar With| work=Complex| accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref>
In 2006, Buscemi and two partners launched the footwear brand Gourmet.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alextaub/2013/10/03/greats-is-building-the-next-great-footwear-company/| title=GREATS Is Building The Next Great Footwear Company| work=Forbes| accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> During his tenure at Gourmet, the company raised controversy and fandom alike by releasing sneakers that took design cues from iconic sneaker silhouettes, such as the Air Jordan 7 and Air Jordan 11.<ref name="Sole Collector">{{cite web| url=https://solecollector.com/news/2017/10/how-a-designer-fought-a-cease-desist-from-nike-won-jon-buscemi-complex-blueprint| title=How a Designer Fought a Cease and Desist From Nike| publisher=Sole Collector| accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref> After leaving Gourmet in January 2013, Buscemi launched the eponymous brand Buscemi at Capsule Show in Paris in June 2013.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
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