CLEVELAND – We are indebted to the website A Treasury Of for telling us about the sweaters of Ohio Knitting Mills. The mill has closed, but some of their product samples survived. While not all are being sold, some are. It’s like a vintage store, but its all new! AtMORE HERE
This fashion house was named for Norman Norell, the famous American fashion designer and movie designer most famous for dressing Gloria Swanson. Norman Norell died in 1972 and his brand lives on in a perfume, Norell, but the fashion brand does not. A 1997 revival was tried, but it neverMORE HERE
PALM BEACH GARDENS – Lilly Pulitzer opened up a new boutique in The Gardens mall in Palm Beach Gardens. The website The Selvedge Yard snapped a photo of Lilly herself in a post entitled Pink-a-palooza. The store opened April 17, 2009; it is the second company owned store in PalmMORE HERE
We happened upon an interview with Peter Brundige, published in the Luxe Chronicles. It applies to fashion brands, of course, but it also applies to anyone trying to relaunch a brand. The two important factors in a brand relaunch are: research staying true to the original with a new twist.MORE HERE
A reader got in touch with us, looking for the brand name of slacks called Mr. B. They were known for ease of wear, and a continued sense of fashion around the idea of fit and shape and fabric, not artifice. The brand has disappeared from retailers, but appears onMORE HERE
NEW YORK – Barcelona will hold a giant fashion show called The Brandery at the Montjuïc exhibition site. We are fascinated with it not because of the name, or the ambition of the show, but because they feature an early 1980s Chevrolet Caprice in their promotional posters. The car, IMORE HERE
The venerable prep brand Duck Head is for sale. Duck Head became a private label brand sold at Tennessee-based Goody’s Family Clothing. The bankruptcy of the company has put the brand up for sale, according to Gabe Fried, principal of Needham Heights, Mass-based Streambank LLC. Wrote Fried on Linked in:MORE HERE
BrandlandUSA reported last year about the demise of the Georgette Klinger brand, and its possible revival by the founder’s family. They released a form letter as recently as December. Dear valued patron, Thank you for writing to the new Georgette Klinger. Kathryn and Trevor are working hard to restore theMORE HERE
How do you position a foreign brand if you are bringing it to the United States? The question came up over comments on LinkedIn.com’s Licensing, Merchandising and Brand Management discussion board. The points discussed the Jack Murphy brand, which is a 1922 heritage brand from Ireland that is eyeing theMORE HERE
LAGUNA BEACH – For many of us fogies who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, surf and skateboard brands that come to mind might be all about Quicksilver, Ocean Pacific, Sims and Birdwell’s. If you are a boomer, the brand might be Hang Ten. Yet it doesn’t take longMORE HERE