Hip-hop couple a cut above the rest.Fashion and hip-hop industry power couple Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons Kimora Lee Simmons (born Kimora Perkins on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired model, the head of design for Baby Phat, KLS and an occasional actress. Biography Simmons is of Korean, Japanese and Black heritage. have partnered with diamond distributor M. Fabrikant & Sons to launch The Simmons Jewelry Co. Several lines of fine jewelry and watches will be developed under the Baby Phat Baby Phat is an urban fashion line of clothing and other items for women and girls designed by Kimora Lee Simmons. Besides clothing, the brand also includes accessories for phones, jewelry, shoes and clothes. It is the corporate "sibling" of the clothing brand Phat Farm. , Phat Farm Phat Farm is an urban fashion line created by Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam (later sold by him in 2004 for $140M), in 1992. The brand is fairly expensive and worn for fashion instead of sport. , Def Jam, Kimora Lee Simmons, and Russell Simmons Russell Simmons (born October 4 ,1957 in Queens, New York), is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, founder of another label, Russell Simmons Music Group, and creator of the clothing fashion line Phat Farm. brands. The Simmons recently sold Phat phat adj. phat·ter, phat·test Slang Excellent; first-rate: phat fashion; a phat rapper. [Earlier, sexy (said of a woman), Fashions L.L.C., which includes their Phat Farm and Baby Phat clothing lines, to Kellwood Co. for $140 million. The couple, along with a team of merchandisers, will design the jewelry, including a Red Carpet couture line featuring a signature-cut diamond. A moderately priced line is slated for the 2004 holiday season. "We in the hip-hop community have set the styles and created the trends that helped make many other brand names successful," Russell Simmons noted. "Teaming up and partnering with a company as solid and as reputable as Fabrikant on this venture will hopefully influence other African Americans to actively participate in businesses that they influence around the world." |
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