Ben Sherman

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Ben Sherman

Full name	Ben Sherman Group Limited
Founded	1963
Founder	Ben Sherman
Director(s)	Miles Gray, Michael Lamont
Clothing Style	Mod
Place of Origin	Brighton, United Kingdom

Ben Sherman is a British clothing company, producing shirts, suits, shoes and other items.

Ben Sherman clothing designs sometimes feature the roundel and colours of the British Royal Air Force, often called the mod target. More recent Ben Sherman shirts are often identified with unusual and complex designs, and the so-called Carnaby-style of fitted shirts. The company has four ranges of clothing: Womens, Mens, Youth and Kids.

The company was founded in 1963 by Arthur Bernard Sugarman (1946-1987), who was born in Brighton as a son of a Jewish salesman. He emigrated to the United States in 1946 via Canada and changed his nationality to American. He changed his name to Ben Sherman to hide his Jewish identity, married the daughter of a Californian clothes producer and went back to Brighton later where he bought a concourse shirt factory. The brand became famous for being sported by several well-known musicians and singers. It was the first company to produce the famous Oxford button-down shirt, which became a fashion staple for mods, skinheads and suedeheads. The brand has been the fourth largest men's casual wear brand in the United Kingdom.

1 Retail Stores
2 Competition
3 Reference
4 External links

[edit] Retail Stores

[edit] United Kingdom

London: Carnaby Street (Global flagship)
Manchester: Trafford Centre
Essex: Lakeside Shopping Centre (December 2006)

[edit] United States

New York City: Spring Street SoHo
Los Angeles: Beverly Center (US flagship)
Las Vegas: Desert Passage

[edit] Australia

Sydney: Sydney Arcade, Cnr Pitt St Mall and King St
Sydney: 255 Oxford St, Paddington
Melbourne: Elizabeth Street

[edit] Singapore

Singapore: Orchard Road Paragon (Singapore flagship)

[edit] Competition

Ben Sherman is in main competition with Ted Baker, another UK based fashion designer, as well as brands such as Bench, Animal and Timberland.

[edit] Reference

Paolo Hewitt & Terry Rawlings (2004). My Favourite Shirt: A History of Ben Sherman Style.

Robert Dorey (2007) Ben Sherman Employee [robby_d13@hotmail.com]

[edit] External links

Mods
Music
2 Tone • Acid Jazz • Beat music • Blue-eyed soul • Blue Beat • British Invasion • Britpop • Freakbeat • Garage rock • Jazz • Mod Revival • Modern soul • Motown • Northern Soul • Power Pop • Psychedelic rock • Reggae • RnB • Rocksteady • Soul music • Ska • Stax Records • Trojan Records • White soul
Clothing
Ben Sherman • Bespoke tailoring • Brogues • Carnaby Street • Fred Perry • Harrington • Levi's • Loafers • Parka • Sta-Prest • Suit
Other topics
1960s • Blowup • Casuals • Great Britain • Pete Meaden • Mods & Rockers • Pop art • Quadrophenia (film) • Rockers • Roundel • Scooter (Lambretta / Vespa) • Scooterboy • Skinhead • Suedehead • Swinging London • Speed (drug) • Subculture • Teddy Boy • Twisted Wheel • Union Jack • UK subcultures • Youth culture