Career
His business generates about $100 million a year in retail sales. Falchi began his career in 1970s Greenwich Village, New York City. He worked as a busboy at Max"s Kansas City while developing his designs.
At one point his neighbor was Jimi Hendrix.
His clientele were originally rockers and jazz artists. Retailer Geraldine Stutz, of Henri Bendel stores, gave Falchi one of his early breaks.
His designs became fashionable and he rose to early success. Falchi"s bags often use skins such as python, alligator and ostrich and are soft and unstructured.
His main collection tends to be sold at upscale department stores for prices ranging from $1,500 to up to $5,000.
In 2009, American discount retailer Target contracted with Falchi to produce a line of ten lower priced bags, using synthetic materials, that were sold at Target stores in November and December of 2009. He also launched another lower priced line, Chi, which is sold on Home Shopping Network, on which appeared. They have two daughters: Kate, who is a designer with her father"s company, and Juliet, who works for Estée Lauder.
