Scotch and Soda (clothing)

Scotch & Soda
Private
Industry Design, distribution and sales of clothing and accessories
Founded 2001
Founder

Harry Schofield

Leonard Feinblatt

Leonard Buzz
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands and Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Area served
Europe, Oceania, North America, Asia and the Middle East
Products Apparel and accessories
Parent Kellwood Company[1]
Slogan Amsterdam Couture
Website www.scotch-soda.com

Scotch and Soda (usually stylised SCOTCH & SODA or simply Scotch & Soda) is a Dutch youth fashion company founded in the 1980s and then rebranded and relaunched in 2001. Scotch and Soda primarily manufacture men's clothing but also manufacture women's clothing under the brand Maison Scotch, boys' clothing under Scotch Shrunk, girls' clothing under Scotch R'Belle and denim and urban products under Amsterdams Blauw[2] and a line of fragrances named Barfly. Scotch and Soda own and operate nearly 100 official stores (or store-in-store outfits) and are stocked in over 7000 other stores across Europe, Oceania, North America, Southern Africa, Asia and the Middle East as of February 2015.[3]


Original brand

Scotch & Soda was originally started in 1985 by Laurent Hompes. The brand had a menswear collection that mainly consisted of jackets with hoods in bright colours.

References

  1. "Kellwood acquires Scotch & Soda". FashionUnited. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. Volkmann, Kelsey (2011-07-27). "Kellwood, Sun Capital to buy Scotch & Soda". Archived from the original on 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2013-11-25. ...has expanded to include a women's collection called Maison Scotch, a boy's collection named Scotch Shrunk, a girl's collection called Scotch R'Belle and a denim collection called Amsterdams Blauw.
  3. "Scotch & Soda". Retrieved 18 February 2015.