Joseph (fashion brand)

Joseph
Industry Retail
Founded London, UK
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Clothing, accessories
Website www.joseph-fashion.com

Joseph is a fashion brand and retail chain that was established in London by Moroccan entrepreneur Joseph Ettedgui and his family in 1972.[1]

History of the brand

The Joseph brand grew from a small shop attached to a hairdressing salon in King's Road, Chelsea, owned by Casablanca-born Joseph Ettedgui and his brothers Maurice and Franklin, to more than 20 London stores, with eight additional outlets in New York City and Paris plus stores in Leeds and Manchester.[2]

Joseph Ettedgui’s love of fashion meant the brothers began displaying designer clothes in their hair salon in the 1960s, including the work of pioneering Japanese designer Kenzo Takada.[3] The success of this early collaboration led to a move into fashion retailing, with the first store opening below the Chelsea hair salon in the early 1970s and the first large-scale retail outlet opening on Sloane Street in 1979.[1][4]

Designer collaborations

Joseph stores championed the work of many up-and-coming designers, including Margaret Howell, Katharine Hamnett, John Galliano and Azzedine Alaïa.[5][6] Own brand clothing began with distinctive knitwear (Joseph Tricot) and went on to include women’s clothing, perfume, homewares (Joseph Pour La Maison), and Joe's restaurants.[2][7] Joseph has been the recipient of a number of British Fashion Awards, including Knitwear Designer of the Year four times between 1990 and 1994 and a British Fashion Award in 2000 presented by Cherie Blair.[3]

The stores were as distinctive and influential to the UK retail scene as the clothes in them. Joseph was among the first to combine a restaurant and shop in one space. The Sloane Street store has a Joe's Restaurant on site and the Brompton Cross store has a Joe's Restaurant across the road. The Sloane Street, Knightsbridge flagship store was opened in 1979, and was designed by acclaimed architect Norman Foster. Joseph also collaborated with other architects and designers – including Eva Jiricná, Andrée Putman and Raëd Abillama Architects – on its retail and restaurant projects.[6]

Further development of the brand

In 1999 the Ettedgui brothers sold a majority share of the business to Belgian financier Albert Frère, and a minority interest to LVMH.[8]

In 2005 the brand was sold to its licensee in Asia, Onward Kashiyama.[9] There are currently more than 80 branches and department store concessions around the world, including in Taiwan, South Korea and Russia.[10]

Between 2009 and 2012 Joseph renovated a number of its stores both in the UK - including Brook Street, Old Bond Street, Sloane Street and Westbourne Grove - and in France, including St Germain and Avenue Montaigne.

In 2011 the company opened its first store in Moscow, and in 2012 opened a store in Los Angeles. In 2013 the company opened stores in Beirut and New York City.

In February 2016, Joseph opened its first stand-alone menswear store at No.2 Savile Row in London.[11]

Fashion shows

In 2013 Joseph announced that it would be appearing at London Fashion Week in February 2014, with five of its designers creating product for the catwalk show.[12] It also appeared at London Fashion Week in autumn 2014.[13]

The autumn/winter 2015 Menswear Collection received press coverage from fashion trade paper WWD.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Joseph Fashion Label - Designer London Fashion | London Fashion Review - British Fashion Designers, Labels and Brands". Fashionreview.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  2. 1 2 "Joseph Ettedgui". London: Telegraph. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  3. 1 2 "Joseph Ettedgui: Fashion designer and entrepreneur who made his name selling clean-cut styles at affordable prices - Obituaries - News". London: The Independent. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  4. ↑ Kiran Randhawa (2010-03-19). "Fashion designer Joseph Ettedgui, paragon of good taste, dies at 71 - News - London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  5. ↑ —Tim Blanks (2010-03-19). "Joseph Ettedgui, R.I.P.: style file: daily fashion, party, and model news". Style.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  6. 1 2 Valerie Wade (2010-03-23). "Joseph Ettedgui obituary | Fashion". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Jumper | Ettedgui, Joseph | V&A Search the Collections". Collections.vam.ac.uk. 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Joseph Ettedgui - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia - clothing, women, suits, men, style, new, body, collection, dresses, designs, world". Fashionencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  9. ↑ Finance (2005-05-17). "Japanese eye for fashion nets Joseph founder £20m". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  10. ↑ "store locator". Joseph. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  11. ↑ Morris, Ali. "Founding spirit: Joseph opens a new menswear flagship on Savile Row". wallpaper.com. Wallpaper. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Joseph to debut at London Fashion Week - Telegraph". Fashion.telegraph.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "London Fashion Week: Joseph". Redonline.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Joseph Men's RTW Fall 2015". wwd.com.
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