Duchamp (clothing)

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Duchamp Holdings Limited
Type Private[1]
Industry Fashion
Founded Suffolk, United Kingdom (1989)
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people Marc Psarolis (Managing Director)
Products Men's Clothing
Accessories
Website www.duchamplondon.com

Duchamp is a British men's clothing accessories company founded in 1989.

History

The company was founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs,[2] a former buyer at Browns.[3] The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp with the following claim by Jacobs : "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art".[3] Duchamp initially specialized in cufflinks[4] and branched in 1992 into ties, with characteristic bold colours and "futuristic" designs.[3][5][6] Jacobs established a wholesale trade and opened in 1998 a small boutique in Notting Hill[7][8] In 2006, when the founder sold the company to its management and the private-equity fund Kcaj LLP,[7] Marc Psarolis became part-owner and chief executive.[9][10] The same year, the company opened a 750-square-foot store on Regent Street and introduced a line of shirts.[3] In 2011, the company claimed to sell "more than 60,000 ties a year [...] as well as cufflinks, suits, jackets, socks and shirts".[11]

Stores

United Kingdom

References

  1. ↑ "Duchamp Holdings Limited". Companies House. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "How Marc Psarolis learned to cut a dash". The Herald. October 26, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Robinovitz, Karen (February 6, 1998). "Duchamp's Mitchell Jacobs links art and fashion" (subscription needed). Daily News Record. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Tusing, David (November 14, 2008). "The colour is in the detail". Emirates 24/7. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Leitch, Luke (June 15, 2012). "Mencyclopaedia: Duchamp". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Carvell, Nick (January 6, 2013). "Duchamp kick off round two of London Collections: Men". GQ. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Greene, Lucie (December 11, 2006). "Duchamp lands on Regent Street" (subscription needed). Daily News Record. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Fairchild, Jill; Gallagher, Gerri (2005). Where to Wear London. Where to Wear International. p. 61. 
  9. ↑ "Fashion chief reveals how his firm's links are just the start". Daily Record. October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Walker, Ruth (September 22, 2013). "Fashion: The Scottish force behind Duchamp". The Scotsman. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
  11. ↑ Askeland, Erikka (October 1, 2011). "Edinburgh is perfect fit for Duchamp menswear". The Scotsman. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 

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