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2002-
Goose was established in 2002 by Jenni Arksey. It is a London based creative agency and design consultancy working with apparel brands.
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1936-1997
Ott & Heinemann was formed in 1936 by Hans Ott and Erich Heinemann to take over the Jewish owned department stores Carsch & Co in Frankfurt. The Carsch family were forced to sell through the process of 'Aryanization' established by the Nazi state. The company was taken over by H. Dyckhoff KG in the early 1970s and when Dyckhoff went bankrupt in 1997, Ott & Heinemann was dissolved.
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2006-
Henry Holland trained as a journalist, studying at the London College of Printing, and began designing with a series of fashion slogan t-shirts in 2006. His label House of Holland showed two seasons with Fashion East (Autumn Winter 2007 and Spring Summer 2008) and then had its first solo show at London Fashion Week in February 2008. The label produced design collaborations with companies including Levi Strauss & Co, sunglasses brand Le Specs, Umbro and a line called H! for Debenhams. In March 2020 it was announced that the label was in administration and Holland was no longer involved in the business.
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Company registered in 1974 on Canada's British Columbia business registry, now dissolved. Listed in the Vancouver Sun newspaper in 1984.
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2005-
Champion System are a custom sports apparel company from Hong Kong with factories in Shenzhen and Thailand. The company was started by Louis Shih in 2005 and have been operating in the United Kingdom since about 2014. They specialise in customised clothing for cycling, triathlon and running.
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Kauf was founded in 1904 by Willhelmine Kauf-Frey specialising in making and laundering men's shirts. It was registered as Otto Kauf AG in 1955 and based in Ebnat-Kapell, St Gall, Switzerland. In 2000 they changed their name to Kauf AG. They have been making Libero shirts since the design was patented in 1972.
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Savile Row tailor Kilgour has its origins in two firms, T. & F. French and A.H. Kilgour. In 1923 they merged to become Kilgour & French with brothers Fred and Louis Stanbury joining in 1925. They were renowned for their elegance and smartness of cut and the house was renamed Kilgour, French & Stanbury in 1937. In 1970 the company incorporated Bernard Weatherall, a tailor known for sporting and equestrian wear. From 1977 to 1982 Tommy Nutter was with the house and in 1981 introduced a ready-to-wear range called Tommy Nutter for Kilgours.
In 2003 the company relaunched as Kilgour with menswear designer Carlo Brandelli as Creative and Design Director. He worked with the house until 2009 and then again between 2013-2017.
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2015-present
A-COLD-WALL* was founded in 2015 by Black British designer Samuel Ross (b. 1991). Born in Brixton, London, Ross studied graphic design at De Montfort University. After interning and working on projects with Virgil Abloh, he launched his label. In 2017 A-COLD-WALL* was named as a recipient of the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN award and the label’s debut show was held at London Fashion Week Men’s in January 2017. In 2018 the label won the British Emerging Designer at the Fashion Awards and was a finalist for the LVMH Prize and the ANDAM Award. Between 2016 and 2017, A-COLD-WALL* reached £1.3 million in revenue. Tomorrow London Holdings acquired a minority stake in the label in January 2018 for an undisclosed sum. Tomorrow, who had been responsible for A-COLD-WALL*’s manufacturing, distribution and sales since July 2017, also became the brand’s global exclusive licensee. In 2022 A-COLD-WALL* opened two independent stores in Seoul, Korea.
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1985-
Mark Powell is a bespoke tailors which was established by Mark Anthony Richard Powell (1960-) in London's Soho in 1985.