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Cycling shop founded by Harry Hall (1929-2007) in Manchester between 1955-1957 (depending on source). Hall was a well respected mechanic and in the 1960s through his race contacts in Europe he sourced Continental cycling gear including wool clothing from Moa, Santini, De Marchi and Beelen Sport, and shoes by Giochotti. The shop provided race support to cycling events across Britain from the late 1960s to the 1980s, also sponsoring professional British riders.
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2012-2017
In June 2012 the British fashion Council launched London Collections Men, a three-day event that featured over 45 runway shows and presentations. Additionally, 30 ready-to-wear and accessory designers also exhibited at The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, which served as the main showroom venue. In June 2013 it was announced that Burberry would move their menswear show back to London after more than ten years showing in Milan. In January 2015 the London Collections Men was lengthened to become a four-day event due to an increase of designers wishing to show. In January 2017, after ten seasons, the event was renamed London Fashion Week Mens to align it with London Fashion Week.
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2017-2020
In January 2017, after ten seasons, London Collections Men was renamed London Fashion Week Mens to align it with London Fashion Week. In June 2012 the British fashion Council had launched London Collections Men, a three-day event that featured over 45 runway shows and presentations. Additionally, 30 ready-to-wear and accessory designers also exhibited at The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, which served as the main showroom venue. In June 2013 it was announced that Burberry would move their menswear show back to London after more than ten years showing in Milan. In January 2015 the London Collections Men was lengthened to become a four-day event due to an increase of designers wishing to show.
In October 2020 it was announced that London Fashion Week Mens would not be staged in January 2021 due to both the continued COVID19 pandemic and challenges around the movement of goods due to the impending deadline for Brexit negotiations. Instead from February 2021 London Fashion Week would continue to run as a 'digital-first' event with menswear designers encouraged to take part.
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Arthur Gledhill was a gentleman's tailors, outfitters, hatters and hosiers. They were at 2-4 Crown Street at the junction with Princess Street, Halifax [1916, 1922, 1938]. Partners included Arthur Gledhill {1876-nd] and his brother James Gledhill [1881-nd].
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The company was begun by Alfred Isaac Davis in Bristol in the 1850s as a drapers. In 1880 it was named 'The Alexandra Drapery Company' and over the next twenty years grew into a department store which traded successfully until the 1950s. In 1959, responding to the increasing numbers of women in the workforce, Alexandra Overalls Ltd was established. The company moved into large scale production in 1969 with a factory in Lanarkshire and opened 18 Alexandra workwear shops across the United Kingdom between 1968 and 1986. The company name was changed to Alexandra Workwear Ltd in 1984 and in 1987 they were producing 80,000 garments a week. The company expanded through the 1990s by acquiring other workwear and corporate wear companies but went into administration in 2010, eventually being purchased by Men's Wearhouse.
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1685-present
Huguenot weaver Guillaume Henri Toyé fled France in 1685 and established a business in east London weaving silk, velvet and silver and gold laces. Later they began making military uniform accessories. The company became Toye, Kenning & Spencer in 1962 and supply uniform regalia and insignia.
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Watanabe (b. 1961) studied at the Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo, and, on graduation in 1984, went to Comme des Garçons, initially working as a pattern cutter but after three years was designing the Comme des Garçons Tricot collection. In 1992 he launched his eponymous womenswear label backed and produced by Comme des Garçons. He launched his menswear line Junya Watanabe MAN in 2001. His menswear explores archetypical garments, reinventing through the use of innovative materials or the conjunction of disparate elements from other existing menswear garments. This process has led to numerous collaborations including Porter, Loewe, Vanson, Brooks Brothers, Converse, Levi’s, Carhartt, Nike, The North Face and ArkAir.Sources: The New York Times.