Photography by MARIO SORRENTI

ZAC POSEN

Executive Vice President and Creative Director of Gap Inc.

Fashion’s enfant terrible turned red carpet mainstay took over as executive vice president and creative director of Gap Inc. as attention turned to classic American brands.

WHAT’S SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT YOU? That I’m a city person. I’m happiest barefoot in the country.

IF YOU COULD ATTRIBUTE YOUR SUCCESS TO A SINGLE QUALITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? That’s hard. It’s between resilience and passion.

NAME AN INFLUENCE THAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE. Jim Henson.

WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU SURPRISED YOURSELF IN YOUR PRACTICE? Every day.

“I’m happiest barefoot in the country.”

DESCRIBE A RECENT CROSSROADS AT WHICH YOU FOUND YOURSELF. Choosing to become the executive vice president and creative director at Gap Inc. I was meeting with luxury brands in Europe and in the process of going in-house at one of the Hollywood studios.

WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WERE YOU KNOWN FOR? Song and dance.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE? Fashiontainment.

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