FRANK MUYTJENS
Menswear Designer
J. CREW’S catalog had been lining mailboxes for 25 years when Frank Muytjens took the reins of its menswear division in 2008. Muytjens, who hails from the Netherlands and credits art school courses with honing his personal style, came aboard when J. Crew was in the midst of a renaissance. The company was starting to reap the rewards of its top-down retooling, with its first freestanding men’s shop, the Liquor Store, which opened earlier that year, and the debut of its bespoke-inspired, slim-cut Ludlow suit.
Six years on, that suit has become the unofficial, yet ubiquitous, uniform of today’s style-conscious young professional, while, on Muytjens’s watch, J. Crew’s menswear division has expanded its footprint, opening stores across the U.S. as well as in London and Hong…
