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Christian Dior Clothing

Comments Off 08 June 2009

Christian Dior Clothing has earned its reputation for high end fashions that cater to the needs of those who wish to dress in elegance and style. The main focus of the Christian Dior fashion line has always been on enhancing the natural shape of the woman and to paraphrase C.D., turn women into flowers. This [...]

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Body Glove Clothing

Comments Off 08 June 2009

The history of the creators of Body Glove Clothing, Bill and Bob Meistrell, beings and ends with the water. From the time they were 12, these twins were in love with the waves and they built their life around it. When they became partners in the Dive N Surf retail store in 1953, Body Glove [...]

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Billabong Clothing

Comments Off 07 June 2009

Billabong Clothing started the way most surfwear lines start, just peddling their wares to the nearest surf shop, which for the founders in 1973, Gordan and Rena Merchant, meant the Gold Coast of Australia. Gordan and Rena were probably as shocked as they were elated after sewing shorts on their kitchen table to become so [...]

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Benetton Clothing

Comments Off 07 June 2009

Benetton Clothing has been known for its use of color and value since the creation of the Benetton Group in 1965 in the Benetton family’s home of Italy, where the headquarters remain today. The idea of using color to bring the various cultures of the world together still stand today, as does their commitment to [...]

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BCBG Clothing

Comments Off 07 June 2009

When Max Azria founded his BCBG Maxazria Group in the 1989, he was simply doing what every other person who comes here from another country wants to do, following his lifelong dream. After years of designing in his home of Paris, Max Azria came to America to pursue his dream of giving modern American women [...]

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Bape Clothing

Comments Off 07 June 2009

The name says it all for this urban hip hop clothing line. Bape, or Bathing Ape, sums up those who want to advertise their masculinity in one word. After all, how much more masculine can you get than being completely primal with style? Founded in 1993 by “Nigo” in Japan, Bape began by simply selling [...]

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Baby Phat Clothing

Comments Off 07 June 2009

When the Baby Phat clothing tiny tees made their debut at a Phat Farm fashion show, it wasn’t so much as a new clothing line, but simply for publicity. But when celebrities and supermodels starting sporting the tiny tees, Phat Farm knew they were on to something. And who better to put in charge of [...]

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Akademiks Clothing

Comments Off 07 June 2009

When Akademiks clothing was created in 1999, they made their mission clear. Akademiks had the goal of leading youth in the fashion revolution. They have tested the bounds of society and found out exactly what they could get away with. Their “Read books, get brain” slogan on the NYC public transportation advertisements may have made [...]

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Papaya Clothing

Comments Off 06 June 2009

Cornerstone Apparel Inc. has a reputation for developing specialty lines of clothing, whether it be Everblue Casuals, Career Images or Papaya Clothing, which was created and is still based in California, where beauty and style reign supreme. The store fronts themselves seem to exude youth and energy with their flowered canopies over the windows and [...]

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Columbia Clothing

Comments Off 06 June 2009

Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938 by a small family looking to make their way in America’s Oregon country after fleeing Germany. Today Gert Boyle, just a young girl when the family began the company by selling hats, now heads up Columbia with a no nonsense attitude that’s reflected in the quality of the [...]

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Quicksilver Clothing

Comments Off 06 June 2009

Quicksilver clothing began the old fashioned way, door to door. Just three surfers trying to avoid getting a “real job” while still devoting time to the thing they loved…surfing. Their first customer was in a little surf shop in Gardenvale, Melbourne in the summer 1969. The truly amazing thing is that these guys were selling [...]

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Roxy Clothing

Comments Off 06 June 2009

When Quiksilver introduced the Roxy clothing line in 1990, there must have been quite a few clothing designers smacking their foreheads and wondering why they hadn’t thought to be the ones to tap into the women’s surf market. 3 years later when Roxy created the “boardshort” in Hawaii, CEOs for companies such as Speedo must [...]

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Ed Hardy Clothing

Comments Off 06 June 2009

When Don Ed Hardy began studying tattoo art with Sailor Jerry, he could never have foreseen that he would one day be approached and 2 years later in 2004 be partnering with Ku USA, Inc. to form Hardy Life LLC with a trademark and license agreement for his artwork. The forming of this partnership however, [...]

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TJ Maxx Clothing

Comments Off 05 June 2009

TJ Maxx clothing stores have become one of the most popular places to shop for clothes, shoes, accessories, bedding, and other domestic items in the US.  This is because this chain claims their products are guaranteed to be lower priced than what you would find in a typical department store and for the most part, [...]

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Victoria’s Secret Clothing

Comments Off 05 June 2009

Victoria’s Secret clothing was founded in 1977 by a husband who simply felt embarrassed when trying to buy his wife lingerie at a regular department store.  His goal was to make the stores comfortable for men and women alike.  By the 1990s, this chain had become the #1 lingerie retailer in the US.  This was [...]

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Sears Clothing

Comments Off 05 June 2009

Sears clothing has technically been around since the late 1800s making it one of the most well known and recognizable clothing stores in the US.  One of the main things that made this company great back then was their mail order catalog.  You could shop for everything imaginable from this catalog until the early 1990s [...]

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