Primary Job Title Founder and Creative Director Primary Organization Rowing Blazers
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
Website www.jackcarlson.com/ Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Jack Carlson is a designer, author, archaeologist, and former coxswain on the U.S. national rowing team. He is the founder and creative director of the clothing brand Rowing Blazers, and also serves as creative director of the brands Warm & Wonderful, Gyles & George, Arthur Ashe, and LeSportSac’s Arc En Ciel line.
Jack has also worked
creatively with a wide range of other brands, including Gucci, Seiko, Barbour, FILA, Globe-Trotter, Umbro, Sperry, Noah, J. Press, Tudor, Spalding, La Martina, Harry’s Bar, Zodiac, Eric Emanuel, Lands’ End, K-Swiss, Hunter, Babar, ‘47, New Era, J. Crew, Puma, Beams Plus, Ralph Lauren, and the NBA. He has received industry praise for his design work across apparel, footwear, luggage, accessories, and watches.
Jack’s approach combines obsessive historical research with a slightly subversive take on “the classics.” He and his work have been featured in The New York Times, The London Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Monocle, Foreign Policy, Antiquity, The New England Classical Journal, Hypebeast, GQ, Esquire, and Vogue.
A three-time member of the U.S. national rowing team, Jack is a World Championships bronze medalist and has won both the Head of the Charles and Henley Royal Regatta.
Jack has a doctorate in archaeology from Oxford and an undergraduate degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. He worked as a field archaeologist in Italy and has written on a variety of topics, from iron age weapons to the Arch of Constantine. His interests include the visual and sartorial trappings of status and power; the art and archaeology of the ancient world, especially the Roman and Chinese empires; heraldry (the study of coats of arms); vexillology (the study of flags); and the modern history of men’s clothing, from tailoring to sportswear and streetwear.
Jack is a Fellow of The Explorers Club, the Royal Numismatic Society, and the Royal Asiatic Society; and a Life Member of the Archaeological Institute of America, Oxford University Boat Club, and the I.B.F. at Harry’s Bar in Paris. Jack also serves on the board of Row New York, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young people through the sport of rowing, regardless of background or ability.
