Clothing Company Definitions — United States clothing company definitions from Apparel Search
This index lists United States clothing company definitions for companies whose names begin with the letter P. The six companies are Patagonia, Peck & Peck, Perry Ellis International, Phat Farm, Polo Ralph Lauren and Pony International, covering outdoor clothing, classic women's retail, a multi-brand licensing portfolio, urban fashion, luxury lifestyle clothing and athletic footwear and apparel, and each name links to a full definition.
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The six P companies show how many different business shapes sit inside American clothing. Patagonia, founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1972 and based in Ventura, California, is an outdoor clothing company built around environmental commitment. Polo Ralph Lauren, launched by Ralph Lauren in 1967, is a luxury lifestyle company spanning clothing, accessories, fragrance and home goods. Between those poles sit a classic women's retailer, Peck & Peck, founded in New York in 1888 as a hosiery store and grown to 78 stores; a portfolio marketer, Perry Ellis International of Miami, which handles many brands and licenses from Perry Ellis and Original Penguin to Cubavera and Grand Slam; an urban fashion line, Phat Farm, created in 1992 by Russell Simmons; and an athletic brand, Pony International, founded in Brooklyn in 1972 and known worldwide for footwear and apparel.
Founding dates run from 1888 to 1992, and that spread is itself a lesson in American fashion history. Peck & Peck belongs to the era of Fifth Avenue specialty stores and private label women's wear. Pony and Patagonia both date to 1972 but from opposite coasts and opposite ideas: one selling athletic shoes through sports endorsements, the other selling outdoor clothing through environmental activism. Phat Farm, from 1992, belongs to the hip-hop era, mixing sporty urban fashion with Ivy League preppy references. Reading the letter as a group shows a directory's value: companies that would never share a shop floor still share a market, and a researcher can compare their models side by side.
Each linked definition follows the same pattern, stating what the company makes or sells, where it is based, who founded it and when, and the events or products that made it notable. Patagonia's record centres on outdoor products and environmental giving, including its 1 percent commitment. Perry Ellis International's record is largely a brand and license list, because a portfolio company is best understood by what it markets. Polo Ralph Lauren's record runs from a 1967 tie line through women's collections, international stores and home products. Those differences in shape are informative in themselves, reflecting what each business actually does.
For a fuller picture, pair a definition here with the company's profile in the Apparel Search names directory, where contact and company detail is kept, and with the clothing definitions glossary for the product terms each company uses. Letter indexes like this one are the fastest route when a name is known but its spelling or category is not, and the P page also serves researchers tracing related names, such as Original Penguin, which appears inside the Perry Ellis International portfolio and has its own definition under the letter O.
The P list covers Patagonia, Peck & Peck, Perry Ellis International, Phat Farm, Polo Ralph Lauren and Pony International. Each name links to that company's definition.
Each definition describes the company itself: what it makes or sells, when and where it was founded, the brands and lines it owns, and the notable events in its history, in a short standardised profile format.
Use the United States clothing company definition directory to reach the index page for every letter from A to Z. Fuller company profiles are also available in the Apparel Search fashion company profiles in the names directory.