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Brittania Sportswear was launched in 1973 by Walter Schoenfeld in Seattle, WA [4] It once reached sales of $300 million a year and was the country's top-selling blue jean. It plummeted into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1983 because of management problems and changes in fashion tastes. [ 5 ]
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Koret was born in 1900 to a Jewish family in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). [1] He immigrated to the United States with his family as a baby in 1901 where he grew up poor in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. [1] [2] Koret moved to San Francisco at age 17, [1] began working for his father's men's clothing company. In 1937 the two founded ...
Denim & Soul, formerly known as The Blues Jean Bar, is an American denim retailer, [1] [2] with locations in San Francisco, Santa Monica, San Jose, Mill Valley, Dallas, Denver, Boston, Chicago, [3] and New Orleans.
A pair of jeans Microscopic image of faded fabric. Jeans are a type of trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "jeans" refers to a particular style of trousers, called "blue jeans", with the addition of copper pocket rivets added by Jacob W. Davis in 1871 [1] and patented by Davis and Levi Strauss on May 20, 1873.
Solomon Lazard (1827–1916), co-founder of the City of Paris department store [219] Simon Lazarus, German-born founder of the Lazarus department store (later The F&R Lazarus & Co., merged with Macy's Inc.) [220] Leon Levine, founder of the Family Dollar chain of discount stores [221] Bernard Marcus, co-founder of the Home Depot [222]
DKNY is a New York City–based American fashion house for men and women, founded in 1984 by Donna Karan. [1] The company specializes in a wide range of fashion products, including clothing, footwear, accessories and fragrances.
Jacob Youphes was born to a Jewish [2] family in the city of Rīga, in 1831.During this time, he trained and worked as a tailor. [3] In 1854, at the age of 23, he emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City where he changed his name to Jacob Davis.