Playboy Interview: Tommy Hilfiger

October, 1997

If you know nothing else about him, you know his name. Tommy Hilfiger has made sure of that. Any fashion designer can slap his name on the seat of a pair of jeans or embroider a tiny yet tasteful insignia on the pocket of his shirts. But Tommy Hilfiger wants more. A lot more.His T-shirts scream that name in two-inch-high letters or in a huge signature scrawled across his trademark red, white and blue nautical flag. His workout gear reads Tommy Hilfiger down the sleeves and around the waist; some...