Alexis bittar biography
Alexis bittar biography
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Alexis Bittar
American costume jewelry designer
Alexis Bittar is the designer and CEO of the eponymous jewelry and lifestyle brand.
He was credited for reviving the art costume jewelry movement in the 1990s.[1]
In 2010, Bittar won the CFDA Accessory Designer of the Year award.[2] In November 2014, he received the Brand of the year from The Accessories Council.[3]
Personal life
Bittar was born in 1968 in Brooklyn, New York City to Bob and Helen Bittar, both university professors and antique collectors.[1][4]
At age ten, Bittar began selling flowers from a hand-painted cart near his home in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn.
As a teenager, he sold antique jewelry and vintage clothing on St. Mark's Street in New York City.[5] Once, as a birthday present, Bittar's parents purchased him $300.00 worth of vintage jewelry that he then used as the seedlings of his nascent commercial operation.[6] Bittar