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Hans Werner "John" Weitz (May 25, 1923 – October 3, 2002) was an American menswear designer who initiated licensing products and selling affordable but stylish clothing that featured his image in the advertising.
Oct 7, 2002 · NEW YORK — John Weitz, fashion designer, novelist, historian and a pioneer of brand licensing, died late Thursday at his home in Bridgehampton, N.Y. He was 79.
Oct 5, 2002 · John Weitz, the fashion designer with the sleek personal style of James Bond and an unconventional career that began in the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA), died Thursday...
Oct 4, 2002 · John Weitz, the fashion designer known for licensing a variety of products under his name and for his second career as a novelist and historian, died yesterday at his home in Bridgehampton,...
Oct 12, 2002 · Stylish fashion designer who lived up to the executive image of his clothes. Veronica Horwell. Sat 12 Oct 2002 05.43 EDT. If you imagine a spy as a worldly executive in a well-tailored suit...
American fashion and industrial designer. Born: Berlin, Germany, 25 May 1923; immigrated to Britain, 1934, and to the United States, 1940; naturalized American, 1943.
“ANY damn fool can be chic,” the fashion designer John Weitz once declared, “but it’s marketing the merchandise that counts.” He proved to be an expert at both. The first person to license his own name for marketing, he saw the John Weitz brand flood America in the 1960s.
