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Original Penguin
(also known simply as Penguin) is an American lifestyle brand. With roots in the 1950s and 60's, the brand specializes in clothing, footwear, and eyewear for men, women, and kids. It is sold in North America, South America, and Europe, and has been worn by Brad Pitt,
Devin Setoguchi, Adam Brody and Jake Gyllenhaal.

History

The brand was introduced in 1955 by Munsingwear, a Minneapolis-based underwear and military garment store, when it launched the Original Penguin golf-shirt in the United States. Worn by the likes of Richard Nixon, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Arnold Palmer, and Bing Crosby, this golf shirt became a symbol in suburban leisure until well into the 1980s.

The penguin mascot may have come about after a Munsingwear salesman spotted a group of penguins in a New York Taxidermist's window. Before long, "Pete" the penguin became the company logo. In 1996 the brand was bought by Perry Ellis International, and a new sportswear collection was released in Spring 2003.

Original Penguin is sold in numerous upscale and mid-priced department stores such as Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy's, Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters and David Jones as well as several regional boutiques, country clubs, and specialty stores.

Original Penguin has also established several standalone boutiques across the nation. These boutiques sell clothing by C&C and Levi's jeans as well as Original Penguin apparel. Locations include boutiques at the NorthPark Center in Dallas, Bryant Park in New York City, Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California, Rush Street in Chicago, on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, and on the Asbury Park Beach Boardwalk in New Jersey.

Product Lines

Original Penguin has two central lines :

Original Label

Original Penguin's Original label consists of clothing and apparel for men, women, and children. It also sells:

beachwear

footwear

timepieces

sunglasses

bags

neckwear

belts

Black Label

Original Penguin's Black Label (also known as Original Penguin Golf) is a men's only line sold at higher price points than Original Label and is more golf-inspired in design.

In the past Original Penguin produced a denim collection beginning April 2005 but as of 2008 Original Penguin has stopped the production of denim collections and instead sells Levi denim within its stores.

Sponsorship

Before being bought out by Perry Ellis, Original Penguin was known for its sponsorship of several top golf players of the 1960s and 1970's. Today, Original Penguin continues with its golf heritage and currently sponsors top-20 player Aaron Baddeley.

The brand gained popularity as it was featured on numerous episodes of the former FOX show, "The O.C.". Actor Adam Brody, who played Seth Cohen, frequently wore Penguin clothing. It has also been featured on popular shows such as "My Boys", "Royal Pains", "Heroes", "Gossip Girl","How I Met Your Mother", and "Dirty Sexy Money".

External links

Original Penguin Official Site

Perry Ellis Official Site

The above definition about the clothing company Original Penguin is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. The information source is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and was originally obtained from the following page address Original Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The definition has been modified by the Apparel Search Company in June 2009.  The rest of this page and other pages on Apparel Search are NOT under the free document license.

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