Eric Daman

Eric Daman (born on August 21, 1970) is an American costume designer, fashion model, television personality, and author. Known for costume design and fashion styling on the American television series Sex and the City and Gossip Girl as well as designs for various products.

Early life and education Daman was born on August 21, 1970, in Monroe, Michigan, to Douglas and Maryann Daman. When he was 18, Daman began his undergraduate education at Wabash College, a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He later transferred to Paris-Sorbonne University, a public research university in Paris, France, where he earned a bachelor's degree in French Literature at age 22.

Career Daman began his career in the early 1990s as a fashion model in Paris. From there, Daman began working in the United States behind the scenes as a fashion stylist for photo advertising shoots and then television costume designer and set stylist. He also has designed luxury goods products.

1990s While at Paris-Sorbonne University in 1991, Daman met Steven Meisel, an American fashion photographer who obtained popular acclaim through his work in US and Italian Vogue magazine and his photographs of friend Madonna for her 1992 book, Sex. Meisel use Daman as a fashion model in some of his work, eventually pairing Daman with Kate Moss, a model from England known for her waifish figure and popularizing the heroin chic look in the 1990s. Through Meisel's work, Moss and Daman appeared together in a series of Calvin Klein advertisements. Other photographers such as Pierre et Gilles, Mario Testino, and Peter Lindbergh used Daman in their advertising work and Daman eventually appeared as a fashion model on the cover and within L'Uomo Vogue, among other publications.

In 1998 at the age of 28, Daman moved from Paris to New York City and began a career behind the scenes working as a fashion stylist in photo shoots with American fashion photographer Terry Richardson. Together, their work was published in magazines such as Spin, I.D., The Face (magazine), and Visionaire. Daman additionally worked as a creative consultant to fashion designer Miguel Adrover, assisting sweater-maker Pierre ("Pierrot") Carrilero in providing Adrover's line of sweaters.

2000s In 2001, American costume designer, stylist and fashion designer Patricia Field hired Daman

In 2009, Daman's designs for American teen drama television series Gossip Girl earned him a nomination for 2008 Outstanding Contemporary Television Series from the Costume Designers Guild.

2010s In 2011 Daman created a capsule collection of hosiery with fashion design label DKNY called Eric Daman for DKNY. A year later in 2012 Daman designed a collection of jewelry for Swarovski, a Wattens, Austria based designer and manufacturer of cut crystal and related luxury products. The Daman collection appeared as the subject of a series of Swarovski-produced webisodes that were entitled "The Daman Chronicles" and premiered online at Cambio.com in June, 2012.

In July 2012, The New York Times described Daman's costume design work for Gossip Girl as being as much a part of the creation of a character as the show's writers. Daman design work has contributed to Gossip Girl fictional characters Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen, and Chuck Bass being listed as TV's best dressed in popular press articles.

Named as one of "the 7 influencers" who "could change everything about the way we look" in 2010 by the New York-based women's beauty magazine Allure,

Awards In 2002, Daman was awarded for the 2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 1998 Tod Williams 2005 Forty Shades of Blue Ira Sachs 2006 Matt Tauber 2007 Anamorph Henry S. Miller 2008 Amy Redford 2009 Tenderness John Polson 2012 Fun Size Josh Schwartz 2015 Ari Sandel 2018 Love, Simon Greg Berlanti 2024 It Ends with Us Justin Baldoni 2025 Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs With Khadija Zeggaï

Television Year Title Notes 1999–2001 Sex and the City Costume assistant only (seasons 2–4) 2015 2016–2020 Billions Seasons 1–5 2021–2023 Gossip Girl

Media appearances Daman has appeared on E! News, The Rachel Ray Show, America's Next Top Model and Project Runway All-Stars.

Publications Daman's first book, You Know You Want It: Style—Inspiration—Confidence, was published by Clarkson Potter/Random House in December 2009.