# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dapper-dan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:59:53.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dapper-dan"
name: "Dapper Dan"
slug: "dapper-dan"
description: "Daniel R. Day, known as Dapper Dan, is an American fashion designer and haberdasher from Harlem, New York. His store, Dapper Dan's Boutique, operated from 1982 to 1992 and is most associated with introducing high fashion to hip hop culture; its clientele includes Mike Tyson, Walter Berry, Eric B. & Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J, and Jay-Z. In 2017, he launched a fashion line with Gucci, with whom he opened a second store and atelier, Dapper Dan's of Harlem, in 2018."
tagline: "American fashion designer, haberdasher and businessman (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dapper_Dan_Interview_Dec_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1944-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.456494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 234
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/dapperdanharlem/"
    handle:    "dapperdanharlem"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://dapperdanofharlem.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "دپر دن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дапър Дан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dapper_Dan_(designer)"
    title: "Dapper Dan (designer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%B1_%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86_(%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%B1)"
    title: "ڈیپر ڈین (ڈیزائنر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dapper_Dan_(onye_na-ese_ihe)"
    title: "Dapper Dan (onye na-ese ihe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dapper_Dan"
    title: "Dapper Dan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56841635"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump