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Initially founded by Jack Hopkins and Tom Moore in 1980, its roots can be traced back to a small surf shop in Seal Beach, California. [6] PacSun built its business selling merchandise from established surf brands but later expanded to include skate and street wear labels. The company offers products for both men and women that include: jeans ...
Golden Breed is a surf lifestyle clothing brand, initially starting in California in 1969. The Male/Female logo was used by surfers, before being developed into a brand.The Textile Company Don Rancho Corporation initially launched the brand internationally, with a separate license to produce a range of items in Australia, held by John Arnold.
O'Neill is an originally Californian surfwear and surfboard brand, now owned by Sisco Textiles, a privately held company headquartered in Luxembourg. It was started in 1952 by Jack O'Neill in San Francisco, and was later based in Santa Cruz. The company logo symbolizes a breaking surf wave.
Jenks' idea for clothing under the Ocean Pacific label quickly became popular with the surf culture with its instantly recognizable "OP" logo. [2] OP's designs showed the visual aesthetic of each era through the years, from the primary color stripes of the 1970s to the bright neon and geometric shapes of the 1980s. [1]
Mambo Graphics (also, 100% Mambo; and marketed as Mambo) is an Australian clothing brand specialises in swimwear, wetsuits, casual wear apparel and surfing accessories. Mambo was launched in 1984 by Australian entrepreneur and founder of Phantom Records, Dare Jennings along with his business partner, Andrew Rich.
Then came the Aussie invasion of surf brands Billabong and Quiksilver and more competition. Jenks retired from OP in 1980 just before the brand started licensing out the label and grew to about ...
The 1970s and 1980s saw a shift in this state of affairs as women entered into the world of professional surf competitions. This caused a positive change in the style with which women surfed at the time by focusing more on their power and speed as athletes rather than being aesthetically pleasing to the viewer.
Jimmy Ganzer and partner Sepp Donahower [2] sold the brand to Ocean Pacific in 1987, and then Ocean Pacific later sold it to a chain of multiple owners [3] ending up with Aéropostale during skateboarding's downturn at the start of the 1990s. Aéropostale kept the brand going as an upscale surf-orientated brand, but ceased all activity in 2009.