Oxxford Clothes is a

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and

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manufacturer based in

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. Individualized Apparel Group currently owns the brand. ''

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'' magazine has rated Oxxford as the best American-made suit. Oxxford Clothes was called "the quintessential American suit maker" by ''

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History

Oxxford Clothes was founded in 1916 by Jacob and Louis Weinberg. The misspelling of "

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" was intentional. In 2016 Oxxford sold its historic building in Chicago's

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on Van Buren Street,Suitmaker Sells West Loop HQ
September 21, 2016, Chuck Sudo, ''Bisnow Chicago'' and moved to the Southwest Side on

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near

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. Following the move, Oxxford partnered with Richard Bennett Custom Tailors in the

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for client fittings. Oxxford Clothes currently produces nearly 8,000 suits per year, far less than the 35,000 suits Oxxford produced annually in the 1980s.Old-school suitmaker Oxxford bids adieu to West Loop
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'', April 27, 2016

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