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Oxxford Clothes
Oxxford Clothes is a luxury men's suit and sport coat manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois. Individualized Apparel Group currently owns the brand. ''Forbes'' magazine has rated Oxxford as the best American-made suit. Oxxford Clothes was called "the quintessential American suit maker" by ''Robb Report''. History Oxxford Clothes was founded in 1916 by Jacob and Louise Weinberg. The misspelling of "Oxford" was intentional. Spencer Hays bought the company in 1994. In 2016 Oxxford sold its historic building in Chicago's West Loop on Van Buren Street, September 21, 2016, Chuck Sudo, ''Bisnow Chicago'' and moved to the Southwest Side on [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tailoring
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century. History Although clothing construction goes back to prehistory, there is evidence of tailor shops in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Rome, as well as tailoring tools such as Clothes iron, irons and Scissors, shears. The profession of tailor in Europe became formalized in the High Middle Ages through the establishment of guilds. Tailors' guilds instituted a system of master craftsman, masters, journeyman, journeymen, and apprentices. Guild members established rules to limit competition and establish quality standards. In 1244, members of the tailor's guild in Bologna established statutes to govern their profession and required anyone working as a tailor to join the guild. In England, the Statute of Artificers 1562, Statute of Artificers, passed in 1563, included the profession of tailor as one of the trades that could be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Airport
Chicago Midway International Airport is a major commercial airport on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, located approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the city's Chicago Loop, Loop business district, and divided between the city's Clearing, Chicago, Clearing and Garfield Ridge, Chicago, Garfield Ridge communities. Established in 1927, Midway served as Chicago's primary airport until the opening of O'Hare International Airport in 1944. Midway is one of the busiest airports in the nation and the second-busiest airport in both the Chicago metropolitan area and the state of Illinois, serving 22,050,489 passengers in 2023. Midway is a base for Southwest Airlines, which carries over 90% of the passengers at the airport. The airport was named in honor of the Battle of Midway. The defunct Midway Airlines (1976–1991), Midway Airlines, once headquartered at Midway, took its name from the airport. The airfield is located in a square mile bounded by 55th Street (Chicago), 55th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clothing Brands Of The United States
Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on a human human body, body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural products found in the environment, put together. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depends on gender, body type, social factors, and geographic considerations. Garments cover the body, footwear covers the feet, gloves cover the hands, while hats and headgear cover the head, and underwear covers the intimate parts. Clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements, rough surfaces, sharp stones, rash-causing plants, and insect bites, by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothing can insulate against cold or hot conditions, and it can provide a hygienic barrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Abboud
Joseph Abboud (born May 5, 1950) is an American menswear fashion designer and author. Early life and education Joseph Abboud was born in Boston, Massachusetts. The Abbouds were a working-class Lebanese Maronite Catholic family that started out in the South End of Boston, and later moved to Roslindale. Abboud's father Joseph worked in a candy factory and his mother, Lila, was a seamstress. He had one sister, Nancy Ash; she and Lila died of breast cancer. Abboud graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Boston in 1972, then studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Career While in high school, he worked first for Thom McAn dyeing women's shoes and then the Anderson-Little men's store, where he sold suits.''Women's wear Daily''Joseph Abboud at 30: A Look Back at the Highlights and Lowlights Jean E. Palmieri, January 30, 2017 As a college student, he worked part-time at Louis Boston. Abboud stated: "Louis Boston was a huge part of my career. I really landed in a world of very g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard James (tailor)
Richard James is a bespoke Savile Row tailors and contemporary menswear company. It was founded in 1992 by designer Richard James, a graduate of Brighton College of Art and a former buyer for the London boutique Browns, and his business partner Sean Dixon. The Design and Brand Director is Toby Lamb, a graduate of Central Saint Martins. Richard James has won both the British Fashion Council's Menswear Designer of the Year and Bespoke Designer of the Year awards. History The first of the "''new establishment''" or "''new bespoke movement''" of Savile Row – the new, more fashion orientated wave of tailors who moved onto the street in the nineties – Richard James is credited as having done much to revitalise the reputation and fortunes of what is acknowledged to be a world centre of quality tailoring. Richard James's trademark slim, modern tailoring and bold use of colour have earned it a large celebrity following. Mark Ronson,Nick Carvell"GQ Savile Row Guide" ' 'GQ' ', May 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gieves & Hawkes
Gieves & Hawkes () is a bespoke men's tailor and menswear retailer located at 1 Savile Row in London, England. The business was founded in 1771. It was acquired in 2012 by the Hong Kong conglomerate Trinity Ltd., which was in turn purchased by Shandong Ruyi in 2017. After Trinity was subject to a winding-up petition for debt in September 2021, Gieves & Hawkes was acquired in November 2022 by Frasers Group, owner of Sports Direct. Gieves & Hawkes is one of the oldest bespoke tailoring companies in the world. The business was originally based on catering to the needs of the British Army and the Royal Navy, and hence by association the British royal family. The company holds a number of royal warrants, and it provides men's ready-to-wear as well as bespoke and military tailoring. The current creative director is John Harrison. History After coming to London in 1760, Thomas Hawkes established his first shop in 1771 in Brewer Street, selling to gentlemen. His main clients were com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardy Amies Ltd
Hardy Amies London (Limited) was a UK-based fashion house specializing in modern luxury menswear. Sir Hardy Amies founded the house in 1946. He was involved in the ready-to-wear menswear market in the 1950s and 1960s. Amies was commissioned to create high-profile specialized clothing for customers, including the British World cup and Olympic teams, Stanley Kubrick for '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', and Queen Elizabeth II. The fashion house has changed ownership several times throughout its history and, for a time, was the property of Fung Capital. In 2018, the company went into administration for a second time. The Savile Row store was closed in March 2019 and Hackett London took over the space in June as its flagship store. History Sir Hardy Amies, KCVO (17 July 1909 – 5 March 2003), was born Edwin Amies in Maida Vale, London. His father worked for the London County Council, and his mother was a saleswoman for Madame Gray at Machinka & May, London. In his teens he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Everest
Timothy Charles Peto Everest (born March 1961) is a Welsh tailor and fashion designer. He moved to London in his early twenties to work with the Savile Row tailor Tommy Nutter. He then became one of the leaders of the New Bespoke Movement, which brought designer attitudes to the traditional skills of Savile Row tailoring. Everest had been running his own tailoring business in the East End of London since 1989. In 2017 Timothy Everest announced he would leave the company. Early life Everest was born in Southampton but brought up in Haverford West; most of his family remain in the area of Wales. His parents were restaurateurs. He had aspired to become a race car driver. But, his ambition unfulfilled, he took a job with his uncle when he was 17 at Joseph Hepworth (tailor), Hepworths, Milford Haven; a high street tailor that would form the foundation of the Next (clothing), Next retail empire. In the early 1980s, he became interested in the Nightclub#1980s: New wave, post-punk, g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozwald Boateng
Ozwald Boateng, OBE () (born 28 February 1967) is an English fashion designer, best known for his trademark twist on classic tailoring and bespoke styles. Early life Boateng was born in the Muswell Hill district of London on 28 February 1967, the son of Ghanaian immigrants. He was inspired by the immaculate suits his father wore, and received his first suita double-breasted outfit in purple mohairfrom his mother when he was eight years old. At the age of 14, he found a summer job sewing linings into suits. While studying computer science at Southgate College, 16-year-old Boateng was introduced to cutting and designing by his then-girlfriend. Using his mother's old sewing machine, he started designing and selling to his fellow students and soon switched studies to graduate in fashion and design. He helped a friend make clothes for a fashion show, and after receiving praise for his work, he sold his first collection to a menswear shop in Covent Garden. Subsequent sales enabled h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Poole & Co
Henry Poole & Co. is a bespoke tailor located on Savile Row in London, United Kingdom. In the 1860s, it is widely-believed to have designed the first modern-style dinner jacket, according to specifications provided by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). Some call the company “the founding father of Savile Row”. Its headquarters is at 15 Savile Row. History The business first opened in Brunswick Square in 1806, originally specializing in military tailoring around the Battle of Waterloo. After the death of founder James Poole, it relocated to Savile Row in 1846. Henry Poole ran the business until his death in 1876, after which his cousin, Samuel Cundey, took over. The company has remained in the control of the Cundey family through five generations, with current chairman Simon Cundey having assumed the position after the passing of his father in August 2024. The company holds royal warrants of appointment and supplies the Lord Chamberlain’s office with court dres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartmarx
Hart Schaffner Marx is an American manufacturer of ready-to-wear menswear owned by New York City–based Authentic Brands Group. With origins dating to a family business in 1872 Chicago and incorporated in 1911 as "Hart Schaffner & Marx", the company is now located in Des Plaines, Illinois. Origins Hart Schaffner Marx's origins date to 1872 when brothers Harry and Max Hart opened a small men's clothing store on Chicago's State Street (Chicago), State Street called "The Great Globe One-Price Clothier," with proprietors advertised as Harry Hart & Bro. In 1879, the Harts' brothers-in-law, Levi Abt and Marcus Marx, joined the partnership, which was then renamed Hart, Abt & Marx. Eight years later, Marx and Abt left the business and a cousin, Joseph Schaffner (1848–1918) joined the firm and it was renamed Hart, Schaffner & Marx. During its earliest years, the company produced work clothes sold in its own store and through other retailers in the U.S. South and Midwest. On the strengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Stuart
Paul Stuart is a men's luxury clothing brand founded in 1938 in New York City and owned by Mitsui since 2012. The company has four standalone boutiques in the US and one in Japan. Sanyo Shokai has been its sole distributor in Japan since 1991. Paul Stuart's style has been described as a blend of “Savile Row, Connecticut living and the concrete canyons of New York.” The Paul Stuart logo is a drawing of fictional character Stover at Yale, Dink Stover sitting on the Yale University, Yale fence. History Harry Ostrove started Broadstreet's men's clothing stores in New York City in 1915. Ralph worked for his father but left in 1938 to start Paul Stuart, so named for his son, Paul Stuart Ostrove. The flagship store opened on March 7, 1938 and has continued at the same location at the intersection of 45th Street and Madison Avenue. The company was helmed by the legendary merchant and CEO Clifford Grodd from 1958 until his death in 2010. Paul Stuart Ostrove, the brand's nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
