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			'''Duchamp''' is a British men's luxury clothing and accessories company founded in 1989.
	Duchamp is a great British success story. Celebrating its 24th anniversary in 2013, the company traces its origins to France and the chance discovery by the founder of a cache of 10,000 vintage cufflinks in a Paris flea market back in 1987. This led two years later to the launch of a London-based luxury goods business concentrating on mens accessories. Appropriately enough, the founder was reading a book about Dadaism at the time, and decided to name the new company after the French surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp.

			==History==
	The early collections were rapidly snapped up by the likes of Selfridges, Harrods and Harvey Nichols and three years later Duchamp launched its silk tie collection. This was rapidly followed by the woven silk eveningwear collection.
			The company was founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs,<ref name="Herald">{{cite news\|title=How Marc Psarolis learned to cut a dash\|newspaper=The Herald\|date=26 October 2009\|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/fashion-beauty-wellbeing/how-marc-psarolis-learned-to-cut-a-dash-1.928710\|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref> a former buyer at ].<ref name="Robinovitz">{{cite news\|title=Duchamp's Mitchell Jacobs links art and fashion\|newspaper=Daily News Record\|first=Karen\|last=Robinovitz\|date=6 February 1998\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20216775.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105225337/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20216775.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=5 November 2013\|accessdate=21 October 2013\|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The company was named after the French artist ] with the following claim by Jacobs : "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art".<ref name="Robinovitz"/> Duchamp initially specialised in ]s<ref name="Emirates">{{cite news\|title=The colour is in the detail\|newspaper=Emirates 24/7\|last=Tusing\|first=David\|date=14 November 2008\|url=http://www.emirates247.com/eb247/companies-markets/retail/the-colour-is-in-the-detail-2008-11-14-1.227325\|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref> and branched in 1992 into ties, with characteristic bold colours and "futuristic" designs.<ref name="Robinovitz"/><ref>{{cite news\|title=Mencyclopaedia: Duchamp\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|last=Leitch\|first=Luke\|date=15 June 2012\|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9331905/Mencyclopaedia-Duchamp.html\|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Duchamp kick off round two of London Collections: Men\|newspaper=GQ\|last=Carvell\|first=Nick\|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/07/duchamp-london-collections-men\|date=6 January 2013\|accessdate=21 October 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021180753/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/07/duchamp-london-collections-men\|archivedate=21 October 2013}}</ref> Jacobs established a wholesale trade and opened in 1998 a small boutique in ]<ref name="Greene">{{cite news\|title=Duchamp lands on Regent Street\|newspaper=Daily News Record\|last=Greene\|first=Lucie\|date=11 December 2006\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155837516.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105225339/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155837516.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=5 November 2013\|accessdate=21 October 2013\|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Where to Wear London\|publisher=Where to Wear International\|last=Fairchild\|first=Jill\|author2=Gallagher, Gerri \|year=2005\|page=61\|isbn=9780976687740 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EB8PkkCSuD8C&pg=PA61}}</ref> In 2006, when the founder sold the company to its management and the private-equity fund Kcaj LLP,<ref name="Greene"/> Marc Psarolis became part-owner and chief executive.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Fashion chief reveals how his firm's links are just the start\|newspaper=Daily Record\|date=2 October 2011\|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/fashion-chief-reveals-how-his-firms-1083308\|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Fashion: The Scottish force behind Duchamp\|newspaper=The Scotsman\|last=Walker\|first=Ruth\|date=22 September 2013\|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-the-scottish-force-behind-duchamp-1-3105691\|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref> The same year, the company opened a {{Convert \| 750 \| sqft \| adj = on}} store on ] and introduced a line of shirts.<ref name="Robinovitz"/> In 2011, the company claimed to sell "more than 60,000 ties a year as well as cufflinks, suits, jackets, socks and shirts".<ref>{{cite news\|title=Edinburgh is perfect fit for Duchamp menswear\|newspaper=The Scotsman\|last=Askeland\|first=Erikka\|date=1 October 2011\|url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-is-perfect-fit-for-duchamp-menswear-1-1887175\|accessdate=21 October 2013}}</ref>

		⚫	==Stores==
	By 1998 Duchamp had opened its first stand-alone store in Ledbury Road in London’s Notting Hill, heralding the next phase of the company’s expansion. To help in this, in 2001 the founder approached Marc Psarolis, then working for Mulberry, to join Duchamp as Sales Director. “By January 2002 I was in Florence at Pitti Uomo selling the first Duchamp shirt collection and we were ready to turn Duchamp into Britain’s leading men’s accessory brand,” says Psarolis.

		⚫	===United Kingdom===
	Despite the name, the ‘Britishness’ of the brand was a given from the word go and continues to be one of Duchamp’s greatest strengths. The same craftsman in Birmingham has produced the cufflinks since the company was founded, while all of the ties are handmade in England. The fabric is woven in England by a Suffolk based company that dates back to the early 1700s and is one of the oldest still designing and weaving silk in the UK.
		⚫	*], London

	The next few years saw the company grow further and expand its range, until in 2006 the founder decided he wanted to pursue other interests and Marc Psarolis put together an MBO to become CEO of Duchamp. The brand was now ready to be taken to the next level. At the same time, his wife Alison joined the company as Design Director and Duchamp opened its flagship store on London’s Regent Street, which was awarded the “Best Small Store Design” at the Retail Interior awards the following year. Designers Four IV who created the store concept were well known to Psarolis since his days at Mulberry, also create stores for Harvey Nichols worldwide from Edinburgh to Ankara.

			==References==
	Now there are two stores in London - Westfield White City and a boutique store on Jermyn Street. Duchamp is also carried in the world’s most prestigious department stores, including Bloomingdales in the USA, Barneys in Japan, Holt Renfrew in Canada and David Jones in Australia.. But by far the biggest investment has been in design. The company has gone on to launch leather goods, swimwear and underwear and in 2009 thanks to customer demand, jackets were introduced. With the launch of its range of ready-to-wear tailoring in Spring 2011, Duchamp legitimately laid claim to be a head-to-toe, socks-to-scarves menswear designer brand. “The past 18 months have been the most exciting in our history,” says Psarolis. “The collection is going from strength to strength despite the fragile economy. There has never been a dull moment.” But then Duchamp can never be accused of being dull. “The DNA of the brand is colour,” says Psarolis. “Menswear can be so boring but we’re having fun with beautiful shirts and ties. It’s what our customers want from us.”
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			==Further reading==
	Although Duchamp now offers everything from trench coats to trousers, the core of the collection is very much occasion wear for men who love dressing up, with velvet tuxedos and evening dress shirts for events from big nights out to a day at the races. The brand has proved to be a huge hit with the wedding market...after all Duchamp is all about the feel-good factor, and what could be more important than feeling good on your biggest day?
			* {{cite web \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/336114137 \| title=I'm the king of high style: Scots fashion ace sets the pace \| publisher=] (Glasgow (UK)) \| date=16 December 2008 \| access-date=25 October 2013 \| author=Swain, Sarah}} {{subscription required}}

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*		*{{Official website\|http://www.duchamplondon.com}}
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 28 July 2024

British men's clothing and accessories company founded in 1989

Duchamp Holdings Limited

Company type	Private
Industry	Fashion
Founded	Suffolk, United Kingdom (1989)
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Products	Men's Clothing Accessories
Website	duchamplondon.com

Duchamp is a British men's luxury clothing and accessories company founded in 1989.

History

The company was founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, a former buyer at Browns. The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp with the following claim by Jacobs : "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, with characteristic bold colours and "futuristic" designs. Jacobs established a wholesale trade and opened in 1998 a small boutique in Notting Hill In 2006, when the founder sold the company to its management and the private-equity fund Kcaj LLP, Marc Psarolis became part-owner and chief executive. The same year, the company opened a 750-square-foot (70 m) store on Regent Street and introduced a line of shirts. In 2011, the company claimed to sell "more than 60,000 ties a year as well as cufflinks, suits, jackets, socks and shirts".

Stores

United Kingdom

Jermyn Street, London

References

"Duchamp Holdings Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
"How Marc Psarolis learned to cut a dash". The Herald. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ Robinovitz, Karen (6 February 1998). "Duchamp's Mitchell Jacobs links art and fashion". Daily News Record. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Tusing, David (14 November 2008). "The colour is in the detail". Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Leitch, Luke (15 June 2012). "Mencyclopaedia: Duchamp". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Carvell, Nick (6 January 2013). "Duchamp kick off round two of London Collections: Men". GQ. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ Greene, Lucie (11 December 2006). "Duchamp lands on Regent Street". Daily News Record. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Fairchild, Jill; Gallagher, Gerri (2005). Where to Wear London. Where to Wear International. p. 61. ISBN 9780976687740.
"Fashion chief reveals how his firm's links are just the start". Daily Record. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Walker, Ruth (22 September 2013). "Fashion: The Scottish force behind Duchamp". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Askeland, Erikka (1 October 2011). "Edinburgh is perfect fit for Duchamp menswear". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

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