Is Pepe Jeans a British Brand? From Portobello Road to Spain

Pepe Jeans began as a British brand, although its headquarters and ownership are now international. These facts come from Wikipedia.

British beginnings

Pepe Jeans was founded in 1973 in the Portobello Road area of London, where three brothers ran a weekend market stall. Wikipedia names the founders as Nitin, Arun and Milan Shah.

Today

The headquarters are in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain. The parent company is M1 Group, a Beirut-based holding company. In February 2015, M1 Group and L Capital Asia, an LVMH subsidiary, bought the company.

Fashion links

• 2015: added the Norton Clothing brand.
• 2016: acquired the French brand Faconnable.
• Sponsor of Red Bull Racing in Formula One since 2010.

Facts are from Wikipedia’s Pepe Jeans entry at the time of writing.

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