Women's Fashion Brands J

Welcome to the J section of the Women's Fashion Brands directory. In this area of the fashion brand directory you will find women's fashion brands from leading apparel companies and fashion designers that begin with the letter J: 16 brand profiles in all, gathered in the grid below in alphabetical order, from JanSport to Just Cavalli. J is one of the directory's fullest letters, and one of its most various - a backpack maker founded in 1967, a swimwear pioneer from 1910, an intimates house from 1876, Paris couture, LA denim and glamour, New York career dressing, premium graphic tees and Italian exotic prints all share this single letter.

If you know of an important women's fashion brand that begins with the letter J and is not listed in this section, please let us know. And if you prefer to search by clothing category rather than by a specific clothing brand, the Clothes Guide linked from this page organises the same wardrobe by garment instead of by name. Two of this letter's entries are special cases: Jimmy Choo's entry carries no history, photo or official site, and Joseph Abboud's states plainly that the brand is currently for men's clothing, not women's.

Sixteen Brands: Heritage Houses, Designers and Celebrity Lines

The letter opens with JanSport, making packs and outdoor gear since 1967, an American brand of backpacks and collegiate apparel now owned by VF Corporation and the world's largest backpack maker - together with The North Face it sells nearly half of all small backpacks sold in the US, and every pack carries a lifetime warranty: good stuff should last, or they fix it, no questions asked. Jantzen follows, founded as Portland Knitting Company in downtown Portland, Oregon in 1910 by Carl Jantzen, Roy and John Zehntbauer, whose cuff-knit bathing suits made it a swimwear pioneer; the Diving Girl logo in her red one-piece became famous worldwide, the company renamed itself Jantzen Knitting Mills in 1918, and the modern line pays homage to glamorous 1950s bathing beauties with modern interpretations. Jean Paul Gaultier brings French haute couture and pret-a-porter: a designer who shocked with unconventional models - older men, full-figured women, pierced and tattooed models - and by playing with gender roles, earning criticism and enormous popularity; his labels include Gaultier PARIS couture, and in 1988 he added Junior Gaultier, whose heavy nautical influence ran through all his collections.

Jerzees is the letter's everyday-value manufacturer, a leader in apparel manufacturing since 1984 and a division of Fruit of the Loom, making ladies' t-shirts, sport shirts and fleece in short and long sleeves, hoods, full, half and quarter zips - perfect ladies tees for printing or embroidery. The Jessica Simpson Collection is the celebrity-brand benchmark: launched in 2005, begun as a 2006 shoe collaboration with Nine West co-founder Vince Camuto, expanded across clothing for women and juniors, handbags, sunglasses, jewellery, shoes and fragrances, and grown to over $1 billion in revenue - one of the most successful celebrity-founded brands ever, built by a singer who signed to Columbia Records at sixteen and sold over four million copies of her 1999 debut. Jill Stuart is the independent New York designer, operating since 1988, her eponymous label established at 27 in 1993 with a SoHo flagship, cosmetics following in 2005 and a significant international client base particularly in Japan.

Jimmy Choo's entry states only its positioning as a women's footwear brand and designer clothing for ladies, with no history, photo or official site, and offers general footwear guidance - fit, heel heights, materials and care. J.Lo is Jennifer Lynn Lopez's lifestyle brand, announced in April 2001 across clothing for young and older women, swimwear, fragrances, eyewear, jewelry, hats, gloves, scarves, outerwear, handbags, lingerie, bed sheets, decorative pillows, watches and footwear; Sweetface Fashion, owned by Andy Hilfiger, primarily owned the line, Tommy Hilfiger bought Sweetface in 2003, and in 2010 Lopez signed with Kohl's for the Jennifer Lopez Collection. Joan & David has stood for style, luxury and quality since 1968, launching ready-to-wear under Katherine Wuersch in 2002 - career oriented, modern and classic collections for the international woman, widening as workplace dressing relaxed. Jockey, founded in 1876, is the third-generation family-owned Kenosha, Wisconsin intimates house whose trademark is registered in over 120 countries, attributing its success to Midwest values of ownership, hard work and mutual respect.

Joe's Jeans, founded in 2001 by Creative Director Joe Dahan, redefines everyday style with an LA sensibility and a rock + roll point of view, emphasising perfect fit for everybody under a long-term license with Global Brands Group. Jones New York began in 1966 on founder Sidney Kimmel's hunch that women put the force in workforce: a modern lifestyle brand rooted in the classic, polished yet casually elegant, timeless and versatile for women who support families, multi-task and balance complex lives. Joseph Abboud's entry keeps the plain correction - currently for men's clothing, not women's, though women are welcome to wear the clothes if it fits properly - with guidance on wearing tailored menswear. Juicy Couture is the glamorous, irreverent, fun casual-luxury lifestyle brand bringing LA style to girls worldwide, discovering couture in the everyday across women, girls, baby, handbags, shoes, intimates, swimwear, fragrance, accessories and jewelry, its trademark owned by Authentic Brands Group. Junk Food came onto the scene in 1998 and forever changed the premium t-shirt market, a celebrity favourite in over 5,000 top stores, a licensing powerhouse with over 800 pop culture licenses, now extending its super soft fabrics into a contemporary collection. Just Cavalli closes the letter: Roberto Cavalli created the line in 2000 for a new generation of free spirits, from the Italian house of exotic prints and the sand-blasted jean first presented in Milan in 1994, sold in over 50 countries.

The J pages point readers onward - to the brands' official sites in each profile's references, to the Fruit of the Loom, Global Brands Group, Authentic Brands Group and Jockey company profiles, to the Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Lopez celebrity pages, to Joe's Jeans and Jones New York news, and across the directory to popular brands, designers, retail and wholesale guides. Sixteen brands spanning 1876 to 2001, heritage houses, working manufacturers, named designers, celebrity lines and two spare entries make up the J letter of the Women's Fashion Brands directory.