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At the start of the decade, Elie Tahari emigrated from Israel to the United States and began working in New York City’s garment center while moonlighting at a boutique in Greenwich Village. After he succeeded in popularizing the tube top, Tahari began designing his eponymous label Tahari in 1973.In the following years, Elie Tahari opened his first boutique on Madison Avenue, posted the company’s first billboard in New York City, and held his first fashion show at Studio 54.Tahari expanded in the eighties, turning his attention to the tailored suit that helped define a decade. His first advertisements appeared in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.In 1989 his first shop in Bloomingdale’s NYC opened followed by Saks Fifth Avenue and Tahari was named one of Crain’s most successful 40 under 40.Elie Tahari began the decade with his first cover of Women’s Wear Daily featuring a Tahari wool suit highlighted as the trend of the season and is admitted to the Council of Fashion Designers of America. The brand moves into new headquarters in the Grace building on West 42nd street and is now carried by all major department stores. Tahari initiated a major expansion campaign including licensing and international sales and produced the brand’s first image book photographed by Sante D’Orazzio that was sent to over 200,000 customers.Television Networks also started to take notice of the brand with pieces from the collection being showcased on Ally McBeal, The X files and Will & Grace. Tahari was the featured designer in the annual Macy’s Passport fashion show in Los Angeles which helps to raise over 2 million dollars for AIDS research and was invited to the White House to meet with President Clinton. In 1997 Tahari became the founding partner and creative director of Theory in addition to designing his own label.