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==History==
==History==
The company was founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs,<ref name="Herald">{{cite news|title=How Marc Psarolis learned to cut a dash|newspaper=The Herald|date=October 26, 2009|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/fashion-beauty-wellbeing/how-marc-psarolis-learned-to-cut-a-dash-1.928710|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> a former buyer at [[Browns (fashion boutique)|Browns]].<ref name="Robinovitz">{{cite news|title=Duchamp's Mitchell Jacobs links art and fashion|newspaper=Daily News Record|first=Karen|last=Robinovitz|date=February 6, 1998|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20216775.html|accessdate=October 21, 2013|subscription=yes}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Robinovitz"/> Duchamp initially specialized in [[cufflink]]s<ref name="Emirates">{{cite news|title=The colour is in the detail|newspaper=Emirates 24/7|last=Tusing|first=David|date=November 14, 2008|url=http://www.emirates247.com/eb247/companies-markets/retail/the-colour-is-in-the-detail-2008-11-14-1.227325|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> and branched in 1992 into ties, with characteristic bold colours and "futuristic" designs.<ref name="Robinovitz"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Mencyclopaedia: Duchamp|newspaper=The Telegraph|last=Leitch|first=Luke|date=June 15, 2012|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9331905/Mencyclopaedia-Duchamp.html|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Duchamp kick off round two of London Collections: Men|newspaper=GQ|last=Carvell|first=Nick|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/07/duchamp-london-collections-men|date=January 6, 2013|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> Jacobs established a wholesale trade and opened in 1998 a small boutique in [[Notting Hill]]<ref name="Greene">{{cite news|title=Duchamp lands on Regent Street|newspaper=Daily News Record|last=Greene|first=Lucie|date=December 11, 2006|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155837516.html|accessdate=October 21, 2013|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Where to Wear London|publisher=Where to Wear International|last=Fairchild|first=Jill|author2=Gallagher, Gerri |year=2005|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EB8PkkCSuD8C&pg=PA61}}</ref> In 2006, when the founder sold the company to its management and the private-equity fund Kcaj LLP,<ref name="Greene"/> Marc Psarolis became part-owner and chief executive.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fashion chief reveals how his firm's links are just the start|newspaper=Daily Record|date=October 2, 2011|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/fashion-chief-reveals-how-his-firms-1083308|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fashion: The Scottish force behind Duchamp|newspaper=The Scotsman|last=Walker|first=Ruth|date=September 22, 2013|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-the-scottish-force-behind-duchamp-1-3105691|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> The same year, the company opened a 750-square-foot store on [[Regent Street]] and introduced a line of shirts.<ref name="Robinovitz"/> In 2011, the company claimed to sell "more than 60,000 ties a year [...] as well as cufflinks, suits, jackets, socks and shirts".<ref>{{cite news|title=Edinburgh is perfect fit for Duchamp menswear|newspaper=The Scotsman|last=Askeland|first=Erikka|date=October 1, 2011|url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-is-perfect-fit-for-duchamp-menswear-1-1887175|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref>
The company was founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs,<ref name="Herald">{{cite news|title=How Marc Psarolis learned to cut a dash|newspaper=The Herald|date=October 26, 2009|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/fashion-beauty-wellbeing/how-marc-psarolis-learned-to-cut-a-dash-1.928710|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> a former buyer at [[Browns (fashion boutique)|Browns]].<ref name="Robinovitz">{{cite news|title=Duchamp's Mitchell Jacobs links art and fashion|newspaper=Daily News Record|first=Karen|last=Robinovitz|date=February 6, 1998|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20216775.html|accessdate=October 21, 2013|subscription=yes}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Robinovitz"/> Duchamp initially specialized in [[cufflink]]s<ref name="Emirates">{{cite news|title=The colour is in the detail|newspaper=Emirates 24/7|last=Tusing|first=David|date=November 14, 2008|url=http://www.emirates247.com/eb247/companies-markets/retail/the-colour-is-in-the-detail-2008-11-14-1.227325|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> and branched in 1992 into ties, with characteristic bold colours and "futuristic" designs.<ref name="Robinovitz"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Mencyclopaedia: Duchamp|newspaper=The Telegraph|last=Leitch|first=Luke|date=June 15, 2012|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9331905/Mencyclopaedia-Duchamp.html|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Duchamp kick off round two of London Collections: Men|newspaper=GQ|last=Carvell|first=Nick|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/07/duchamp-london-collections-men|date=January 6, 2013|accessdate=October 21, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021180753/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/07/duchamp-london-collections-men|archivedate=October 21, 2013|df=}}</ref> Jacobs established a wholesale trade and opened in 1998 a small boutique in [[Notting Hill]]<ref name="Greene">{{cite news|title=Duchamp lands on Regent Street|newspaper=Daily News Record|last=Greene|first=Lucie|date=December 11, 2006|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155837516.html|accessdate=October 21, 2013|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Where to Wear London|publisher=Where to Wear International|last=Fairchild|first=Jill|author2=Gallagher, Gerri |year=2005|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EB8PkkCSuD8C&pg=PA61}}</ref> In 2006, when the founder sold the company to its management and the private-equity fund Kcaj LLP,<ref name="Greene"/> Marc Psarolis became part-owner and chief executive.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fashion chief reveals how his firm's links are just the start|newspaper=Daily Record|date=October 2, 2011|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/fashion-chief-reveals-how-his-firms-1083308|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fashion: The Scottish force behind Duchamp|newspaper=The Scotsman|last=Walker|first=Ruth|date=September 22, 2013|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-the-scottish-force-behind-duchamp-1-3105691|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> The same year, the company opened a 750-square-foot store on [[Regent Street]] and introduced a line of shirts.<ref name="Robinovitz"/> In 2011, the company claimed to sell "more than 60,000 ties a year [...] as well as cufflinks, suits, jackets, socks and shirts".<ref>{{cite news|title=Edinburgh is perfect fit for Duchamp menswear|newspaper=The Scotsman|last=Askeland|first=Erikka|date=October 1, 2011|url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-is-perfect-fit-for-duchamp-menswear-1-1887175|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref>


==Stores==
==Stores==

Revision as of 12:07, 14 September 2017

Duchamp Holdings Limited
Company typePrivate[1]
IndustryFashion
FoundedSuffolk, United Kingdom (1989)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
ProductsMen's Clothing
Accessories
Websitewww.duchamplondon.com

Duchamp is a British men's clothing and 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. ^ a b c d Robinovitz, Karen (February 6, 1998). "Duchamp's Mitchell Jacobs links art and fashion". Daily News Record. Retrieved October 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  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. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b Greene, Lucie (December 11, 2006). "Duchamp lands on Regent Street". Daily News Record. Retrieved October 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  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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