GINETEX - Fashion Company Profile
GINETEX is the Paris-based International Association for Textile Care Labelling, established in 1963 - the body that owns the five care symbols printed inside most garments, registered as international trademarks with WIPO in Geneva, and defines the rules for their use.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - the International Association for Textile Care Labelling, owner of the garment care symbols used on labels worldwide
- Type
- International nonprofit association
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Founded
- 1963, in Paris, France
Company Profile
An industry association carries no shop box. The record below - the association's objectives in full and the principles behind the symbols, including their fixed order of washing, bleaching, tumble drying, ironing and drycleaning - is kept in full on the history page. The current symbol set and licensing rules are on GINETEX's own site, linked above.
Its stated objectives read as a charter: define symbols for textile care at an international level; define the regulations for their use; promote the propagation of the care symbols; acquire all markings and rights relative to them; register all marks, national and international; insure protection for the adopted marks and symbols in all member countries; conclude agreements that promote those objectives; and take all measures, directly or indirectly, to advance them. Few directory pages quote an organisation's objects at this length, and preserving them matters, because they explain why a label in any country looks the way it does.
GINETEX History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
GINETEX History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What is GINETEX?
The International Association for Textile Care Labelling, established in 1963 by professionals of the textile-garment-care chain and headquartered in Paris, in the historical record.
In what order do the care symbols apply?
Washing, bleaching, tumble drying, ironing and drycleaning - the symbols refer to all treatments in that order and cannot be used separately, in the historical record.
Where are the care symbols registered?
With WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, as international trademarks, in the historical record.
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