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Berchard Limited

  • Corporate body
  • 1965-2008
Manufacturers of protective clothing.
Previous address: 13 Neeld Parade, Wembley, Middx. Telephone: 01-902-2921/5

Salik

  • Corporate body

Mandarina Duck

  • Corporate body
  • 1977-present
Label established in 1977 by Paolo Trento and Piero Mannato as a luggage brand utilising technologically advanced fabrics. They launched a clothing line in 1997 called 'Apparel'.

Bodger & Co. Ltd

  • Corporate body
  • 1851-1948
Bodger & Co. Ltd were a Cambridge outfitter. They were established in 1851 and in business until the late 1940s.

Rip Curl

  • Corporate body
  • 1969-
Rip Curl was started in 1969 by Doug Warbrick and Brian Singer in Torquay, Victoria, Australia when they began to make surf boards. Later that year they also began producing wetsuits. In 1973 Rip Curl sponsored the first Australian professional surfing event, the Rip Curl Pro. By 1977 the company was also making wetsuits for windsurfers, sailors and water skiers. In 1981 they established their first international licencee in California and have licencees in USA, France, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile.

Quadrant

  • Corporate body
  • nd-1981
A manufacturer of sailing wear, the company was wound up in 1981.

John Galliano

  • Corporate body
  • 2003-
The menswear line of label John Galliano began in 2003 with a small collection for Spring Summer 2004. Designer John Galliano had previously designed and shown menswear between 1984-1986, often alongside his women's wear. Galliano was creative director for the label until 2011 when owner Dior replaced him with Bill Gaytten.

Sergio Tacchini

  • Corporate body
  • 1966-
Italian tennis player Sergio Tacchini established his sportswear business in the mid-1960s. Initially the label concentrated on tennis wear to bring colour and fashion to the sport, later expanding into other sports and then leisurewear. Outside of sports the label was adopted by British Casuals and by Black American Hip Hop artists. The company was sold in 2008 and again in 2019.

The Scout Association

  • Corporate body
  • 1907-present
Youth organisation begun by Robert Baden-Powell. In 1908 he named it the Boy Scouts Association. He designed the Scouts uniform, which remained virtually unchanged until the 1960s, and the original badge design of an arrowhead or fleur-de-lis emblem.
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