Career
He is a famously reclusive New York milliner, well known in fashion circles for re-establishing men’s headwear as a fashion commodity in the early 1990s. Rod is additionally noted as a pioneer for choosing to locate his design studio in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, New York.
Inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 2006, Rod has spent the past few years expanding his customer base from celebrities and fashion magazines to a broader base of fashion consumers.
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