Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger admits he has 50 of the SAME outfit and doesn't wear the preppy sportswear from his own brand  

  • The US designer, 65, has 50 pairs of chinos and 50 white shirts
  • Confessed that he doesn't wear the 'preppy sportswear'
  • Designer also details the moment he met Michael Jackson
  • According to Tommy he thought Michael was 'like a little boy' 
  • Tommy Hilfiger has spoken about his life as a designer in his autobiography, American Dreamer: My Life In Fashion & Business

He may dress the likes of Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner in his designer clothes but when it comes to getting himself ready in the morning, Tommy Hilfiger doesn't make the same effort.

Indeed, the fashion designer has admitted that he is 'boring' when it comes to his own clothes - and has a wardrobe stuffed full of 50 pairs of chinos and 50 white shirts.

The 65-year-old designer, who set up the brand under his own name in 1985, confessed that he didn't wear the 'preppy sportswear' associated with the firm, which has global sales of just under $7bn-a-year.

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger has admitted that he is 'boring' when it comes to his own clothes - and has a wardrobe stuffed full of 50 pairs of chinos and 50 white shirts and some suits, pictured, in his uniform 

Speaking to The Times Magazine, he said: 'I'm pretty boring when it comes to clothes.

'I have 50 white shirts, 50 chinos, 50 pairs of jeans and 25 pairs of white sneakers. Some navy and grey suits and black and brown shoes. It's more of a uniform, really.' 

He also said that when he met pop superstar Michael Jackson in the 1980s - when the singer was in his 30s - he was amazed that he didn’t seem to eat. 

At the height of his fame in the eighties, Michael Jackson stormed the charts with two globally successful albums Bad and Thriller.

But behind closed doors was another story, according to designer Tommy Hilfiger, who has claimed that the pop icon wasn't eating properly.

The American designer explained that when he first met Michael at his palatial home Neverland, he seemed a 'bit troubled'.

The 65-year-old designer, who set up the brand under his own name in 1985, confessed that he didn't wear the 'preppy sportswear' associated with the firm (modelled here by Immy Waterhouse and Suki Waterhouse backstage at Tommy Hilfiger Women's show)

According to Tommy Hilfiger, when he met Michael Jackson in the eighties he 'didn't really eat'. Michael is pictured, left, arriving in Japan IN 1988, and on the right on stage performing in the 1980s

Designer Tommy Hilfiger met the pop icon for the first time in the eighties. He said that the singer later approached him about launching a clothing line with his brand

'Michael Jackson didn't really eat. We had lunch at his house - grilled chicken and some salad,' he told the Observer magazine.

'He was drinking a lot of Diet Coke. It was surreal meeting him. He was in his 30s, but like a little boy. So nice, so sweet, so talented, but a bit troubled.' 

The King of Pop later contacted the designer during the 1990s when he wanted to create a branded clothing line.

Tommy, now 65, was summoned to the singer's ranch in Los Olivos, California, for the surreal meeting, according to his new book, American Dreamer: My Life In Fashion & Business.

The designer took along his daughter Ally, now 31, and brother Andy, according to an excerpt published in Page Six.

The trio landed on the lawn in a helicopter and were picked up by 'a choo-choo train, with a conductor and everything', Tommy wrote.

'We were driving through Neverland, and no one was there. As we passed the Ferris wheel, it started up. Every seat was empty. We saw teacup rides and a racetrack and an amphitheater, all deserted.

'We pulled up in front of the house, and a butler came out wearing white gloves. 'Hello', he said. 'Michael will be coming; he is expecting you.'

His last tour: Michael had announced his Summer residency, This Is It,  at London's O2 Arena at the time of his death from a drugs overdose in 2009

'We were standing in front of this massive gingerbread-style house when a giraffe walked by, followed by a string of baby elephants. Ally and Andy were looking at each other, like 'This is crazy!''

All the info: The 65-year-old described the bizarre meeting in his new biography

And when Tommy met Michael in his office he was wearing sunglasses and 'was sitting in an enormous gold-and-burgundy throne... His face was heavily made up and he had a Band-Aid across his nose.

'He was fidgety and he said, 'We really have to do this clothing line together. I have millions of fans all over the world who are waiting for it'. He spoke in the same wispy voice we had all grown accustomed to.'

Meanwhile, Tommy said Michael's kids Prince, now 14, and Paris, now 18, were dressed bizarrely like the Von Trapp children in The Sound Of Music.

'They came barreling down the stairs dressed...in velveteen knickers, dirndl jumper, ruffled blouses, patent leather shoes, each in full makeup, their hair bleached blond with dark roots. Blanket was an infant in nanny's arms.'

Tommy said he and his partners passed on the deal with the pop icon, who died of a drug overdose in 2009 at age 50. He said they had 'bigger deals in mind' at the time and were negotiating to buy Calvin Klein.

'Michael continued to call and ask us to reconsider, but our decision was firm, and he never did the clothing line,' Tommy wrote.

The fashion designer, who set up his brand under his own name in 1985, also confessed that he doesn't wear the preppy clothes associated with the firm

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