Paul Stuart

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Paul Stuart
Type Private
Founded New York City, New York, 1938
Headquarters New York, New York
Key people Ralph Ostrove (Founder)
Clifford Grodd (President & CEO)
Industry Clothier
Products Men's and Women's Clothing
Website www.paulstuart.com

Paul Stuart is an upscale men's and women's clothier in the United States. Founded in 1938 in New York City, New York, USA, by haberdasher Ralph Ostrove, who named the company after his son Paul Stuart Ostrove.[1] the company now operates additional locations in Chicago, Illinois, Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan.[2] The original New York location in Midtown Manhattan along Madison Avenue, however, still remains the company's largest store.

Paul Stuart often is compared to Brooks Brothers and J. Press, which also have their flagship stores along Madison Avenue.[3] Its clothing tends to be more expensive and more colorful than those retailers, however, and many patrons also consider it to be more up-to-date.[4] As a result, it often favorably is compared to the British tailors of Savile Row.[5] Still, Paul Stuart carries on a traditional Ivy League style of clothing.[6]

In Fall of 2007, Paul Stuart launched Phineas Cole, the first new brand in the luxury clothier’s 70-year history. The new Phineas Cole limited edition collection takes Paul Stuart’s classic style and aesthetic—a perennial favorite of Madison Avenue “Mad Men,” Wall Street gurus, international dignitaries and connoisseurs of true fine tailoring—and combines it with fun, modern and fashion-forward twists.

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  1. ^ "Fashion ads fondly recall 1980's nostalgia for the 1950's," The New York Times, August 22, 2003
  2. ^ Paul Stuart - Store Locations
  3. ^ "Don't Even Try to Tell a Republican by Her Clothes," The New York Times, August 29, 2004
  4. ^ Citysearch New York - Paul Stuart
  5. ^ Ibid.
  6. ^ "Ivy Covers New Ground," The New York Times, March 18, 1990