Mark McNairy

Mark McNairy (born March 8, 1961 in North Carolina) is an American fashion designer. He is the former creative director for the Ivy League inspired clothing company J. Press, as well as his own collection simply known as Mark McNairy New Amsterdam.

Throughout his career in the clothing business, Mark McNairy and his work have been featured in American and international publications like The New York Times,GQ, Details, VMan, The Washington Post and many others. Through his work in Japan, McNairy has developed a large and loyal following. Publications like Men's Ex, Free & Easy and Non No have all featured McNairy and his designs.

In September 2006, McNairy was quoted in an article from The New York Times Magazine about the growing popularity of Ivy League style and classic American brands like J. Press.

In 2012 McNairy put out a T-shirt design featuring capital bold-faced print MANIFEST DESTINY. Manifest Destiny was the belief widely held by Anglo-Americans in the 19th century that they were the divinely destined inheritors of the American continent. Thus, the violent colonization of indigenous peoples at the hands of Anglo-Americans was also considered to be "divinely" ordained.

Due to customer and public response, the tee shirt was eventually discontinued by the GAP, and McNairy responded by saying the meaning behind his design was misconstrued, and it was not his intention to offend anyone; however, neither the GAP nor McNairy offered an apology for the offending language.

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