Trousers (ribcord)
Founded in 1839 by John Charles Cording, Cordings is a manufacturer and retailer of country menswear including corduroy trousers and English knitwear.
Apparel
Handbag (III)
Founded in 1835 by Louis Vuitton as a small company crafting travel bags and luggage, Louis Vuitton today is one of the world’s most iconic luxury brands.
Hat (Fedora)
Founded in 1857 by Giuseppe Borsalino, Borsalino is a hat company based in Alessandria, Italy. Borsalino makes felt hats from Belgian rabbit fur, and is known particularly for its fedoras.
Glasses (rounded)
Founded in 1875 by Emil Bruno Meyrowitz, E.B. Meyrowitz is the world’s foremost purveyor of luxury optical goods.
Shirt (French cuff)
The history of the French cuff shirt is unknown. Some claim it was born because Napoleon ordered extra-long sleeves for his soldiers to wipe their noses and to fold the excess back to hide the evidence.
Shoehorn
Founded in 1749 by the Humpherson family, Abbeyhorn manufactures shoe horns, shaving brushes, drinking horns and the Sgian Dubh – a decorative knife to wear with your kilt.
Sweatshirt (hooded)
Founded in 1919, Champion is an American manufacturer of clothing, specializing in sportswear. In the 1930s Champion produced the first hooded sweatshirt.
Coat (peacoat)
Founded by Edgard Camplin in 1850, Camplin today makes the best peacoats available. In 1888 Camplin started supplying to the Royal Navy, but the success came when there was a need of standardization in uniform production.
Boots (cowboy)
Founded in 1883 by Salvatore and Joseph Lucchese as ‘Lucchese Bros’, Lucchese Boot Company makes the most iconic cowboy boots.
Surf trunks
Founded in 1954 by Nancy and Walter Katin as a small boat cover business, Kanvas by Katin is one of the oldest surf shops in California.
Sunglasses
Founded in 1937 by eye health company Bausch & Lomb, Ray-Ban is a brand of sunglasses. Their most iconic models are the Aviator (which also features on Wikiconic) and the Wayferer.
Shirt (polo)
Founded in 1933 by René Lacoste and André Gillier, Lacoste is a French clothing company that sells high-end clothing, footwear and most famously polo shirts.
Boots (desert)
Founded in 1825 by Quaker brothers Cyrus and James Clark in Street, Somerset, Clarks is an international shoe manufacturer and retailer.
Silk scarf (women’s)
Founded in 1837 by Thierry Hermès (1801-1878) in Paris, the Hermès Fashion House is specialized in leather goods, lifestyle accessories, perfumery, luxury goods, and ready-to-wear.
Pyjamas
Founded in 1926 by Lou Rose, Derek Rose’s father, Derek Rose is a family business of three generations making the best nightwear, loungewear and underwear.
Coat (raincoat)
Founded in 1824 by Charles Macintosh, a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics, Mackintosh is a manufacturer of waterproof raincoats, made out of rubberized fabric.
Pants (Capri)
After attending business college in Breslau, Sonja de Lennart enrolled as a student at Erich Boehm Atelier and later at Herman Palm Atelier in Berlin.
Sweatshirt (crew-neck)
Founded in 1902 by Benjamin Russell, Russell Athletic produces uniforms for a wide range of sports. The original mill produced women’s undershirts and children’s undergarments.
Sandals (gladiator)
Founded in 1933 by Jacques and Elise Keklikian, K. Jacques created the most elegant and iconic Tropezienne gladiator sandal.
T-Shirt (deep V-neck)
Founded in 1989 by Dov Charney, American Apparel is one of the largest apparel manufacturers in North America. After its experience as a wholesale brand, selling blank T-shirts to screenprinters, uniform companies and fashion brands, the company moved into the retail market in 2000.
Women’s shoes (wedges)
Founded in 1928 by Salvatore Ferragamo, Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. is an Italian luxury goods company, with headquarters in Florence, specializing in shoes and leather goods.
Jacket (motorcycle)
Founded in 1924 by Eli Belovitch and Harry Grosberg, Belstaff is a British garment manufacturer best known for producing waterproof jackets.
Men’s shoes (boat)
Founded in 1935 by Paul A. Sperry, Sperry Top-Sider is the original brand of boat shoes. Paul A. Sperry was an avid boater who wanted to tackle the problem of injuries while walking on the slippery deck of his boat.
Boxer briefs
Founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein as a coat shop in the York Hotel in New York City, Calvin Klein Inc. is an American fashion house that changed the American market of men’s underwear.
Hosiery
Founded in 1950 by Reinhold Wolff and Walter Palmers in Bregenz (Austria), a city with a genuine textile heritage, Wolford AG is a manufacturer of hosiery, bodysuits and underwear.
Jacket (Harrington)
A Harrington jacket is a lightweight waist-length jacket, made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede — usually with traditionally Fraser tartan or check-patterned lining.
Cufflinks (silk knots)
Founded in 1838 by Christofle Charvet, Charvet Place Vendôme was the first shirtmaker store in Paris, for which the new term chemisier (shirtmaker) was coined.
Jacket (quilted)
Created in 1965 by Steve Gulyas, a retired American aviator, the quilted Husky jacket is a synonym for hunting jacket and one of the most copied jackets in the world.
Loafers (horsebit)
Founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci, Gucci is Italy’s biggest-selling manufacturer of high-end leather goods, clothing and other fashion products.
Trousers (Chinos)
Founded in 1951 by Carlo Compagno in Venice, Incotex manufactures pants for the high segment of the market.
Men’s shoes (Oxfords)
Founded in 1873 by Thomas Church in Northampton, a town that has been known for its thriving leather and footwear industry, Church’s Shoes is a high-end footwear manufacturer.
Coat (trench)
Founded in 1856 by the then 21-year-old Thomas Burberry, a former draper’s apprentice, Burberry is a British luxury fashion house, distributing outerwear, fashion accessories, fragrances, sunglasses, and cosmetics.
Watch (tachymeter)
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Boots (country)
Founded in 1937, Dubarry of Ireland manufactures premium performance footwear, clothing, leather goods and accessories.
Handbag (II)
Founded in 1909 by Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel as a millinery shop on the ground floor of her lover’s flat, Chanel is a high fashion house.
Briefcase
Founded in 1938 by Herman Zierold as a metal fabrication company called Zierold Company, Zero Halliburton is a company that manufactures hard-wearing briefcases.
Handbag (I)
Founded in 1837 by Thierry Hermès (1801-1878) in Paris, the Hermès Fashion House is specialized in leather goods, lifestyle accessories, perfumery, luxury goods, and ready-to-wear.
Coat (duffle)
The word duffle originally referred to a heavy woolen cloth closely woven for warmth and manufactured in the Belgian town of Duffel.
Boxer shorts
Founded in 1860 by one of the great early British industrialists, Thomas Hill, Sunspel initially produced lightweight, soft clothing in very fine cotton and pioneered the development of luxury undergarments, as we know them today.
Shirt (Henley)
Around 1850, when the ground in the German Swabian Mountains became increasingly infertile, the government distributed hand knitting machines to farmers so that they could earn their money with knitting.
Lighter (gas)
Founded in 1872 by Simon Tissot Dupont, the firm initially created unique handmade travel cases for French aristocracy and nobility, such as Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie.
Trolley case
The first case was produced in the year 1898 – in the case factory in Cologne. At the time, the name of the company was Kofferfabrik Paul Morszeck.
Watch (dress)
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Jeans (slim fit)
Founded in 1987 by Jean Touitou, A.P.C. (Atelier de Production et de Création) is known for its minimalist designs, clean lines and simple patterns with rarely visible logo’s.
Backpack (student)
Founded in 1960 by Åke Nordin, Fjällräven started out as a manufacturer of backpacks for outdoor activities. Nordin invented a frame that distributed the load better across the back.
Shirt (Breton)
In the 19th century, the Breton Fisherman Sweater was designed to protect fishermen from the elements during long days and nights at sea.
Watch (diver)
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Shirt (button down)
Founded in 1818 by Henry Sands Brooks (1772–1833), Brooks Brothers is the oldest men’s clothier in the United States.
Women’s shoes (Ballerinas)
Founded in 1947 by Rose Repetto, Pepetto provides ballet shoes for the National Opera of Paris and many other well-known French ballet companies.
Shirt (Tattersall)
The name Viyella is based on the Via Gellia, a valley road near Matlock, where in 1890 Hollins & Co acquired a spinning mill.