Heralded as an “architect of fashion,” Elie Tahari has a career spanning many years. He got his start when he was 25 years old with a boutique in New York’s Greenwich Village, and since then he has built an empire with his line carried in more than 600 U.S. stores and in several freestanding boutiques. Tahari.s goal is to create a lifestyle filled with beauty and gracefulness. He also employs design teams in Europe and Asia, building an empire grounded upon his meticulous attention to detail.