John Varvatos - Fashion Company Profile
John Varvatos is the New York menswear brand founded by designer John Varvatos, whose debut collection launched in 2000 - a lifestyle collection pairing luxurious with casual, now owned by Lion Capital and operating alongside AllSaints, and no longer part of VF Corporation.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - a New York menswear lifestyle brand, operating alongside AllSaints under Lion Capital ownership since 2021
- Type
- Private - owned by Lion Capital (through the group that also owns AllSaints) since its 2020-2021 restructuring; previously a VF Corporation brand until VF sold its majority stake to Lion Capital in 2012
- Headquarters
- New York City, New York, United States
- Founded
- Late 1999, by designer John Varvatos; the debut collection launched in 2000
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Company Profile
Current collections are on the brand's own site, linked above; the shop box covers John Varvatos products sold through Amazon and eBay. The ownership has changed twice since the record below described the brand as a VF division: VF sold its majority stake to Lion Capital in 2012, the company filed Chapter 11 in May 2020, and Lion Capital then acquired the brand outright, operating it alongside AllSaints from 2021. Because that record describes the VF era, it is kept in full on the history page, with its photograph.
The collection built on those two phrases is a lifestyle collection, and its point of view is stated just as precisely. The John Varvatos lifestyle collection has an eclectic point of view that pairs luxurious with casual, ultimately creating a look of easy elegance. Eclectic, luxurious-with-casual, easy elegance: the filing's three descriptors describe a wardrobe that mixes registers - refined pieces worn with relaxed ones - and treats the mixture itself as the style. That is the complete product statement the historical record makes, and this rebuild records it without padding it into claims the filing does not contain.
John Varvatos 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- its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
John Varvatos History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who owns John Varvatos now?
Lion Capital, which first bought a majority stake from VF Corporation in 2012 and acquired the brand outright after its May 2020 Chapter 11 filing; the brand is operated alongside AllSaints, Lion's other fashion brand.
Is John Varvatos still part of VF Corporation?
No. VF sold its majority ownership interest in John Varvatos Enterprises to Lion Capital in 2012.
When was the John Varvatos brand founded?
Designer John Varvatos founded the company in late 1999, and the debut clothing line launched in 2000; its first freestanding boutique opened in SoHo, New York, in October 2000.
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