Stephen Kempson

WE Figs

IGS makes innovative ties and bow ties for the modern man, while simultaneously facilitating a child’s education.

With every tie purchase FIGS gives a uniform to a child in order for them to attend school.

Mission:

We hope to soon provide uniforms to children all across the world so that they can get the education they so rightly dese

HICKEY FREEMAN

Hickey Freeman is a manufacturer of suits for men and boys, based in Rochester, New York, and founded in 1899. The Hartmarx Corporation bought the company in 1964. In August 2009, India’s leading textile and apparel company, SKNL, bought Hickey Freeman.

The Hickey-Freeman Co. was the most notably distinguished of the once booming men’s clothing industry based in Rochester, New York at the turn of the century.

During the 1880s and 1890s, Jeremiah G. Hickey (1866-1960) was a bookkeeper for Wile, Brickner & Wile, then the largest manufacturer of men’s clothing in Rochester. His close friend Jacob L. Freeman (d.1925) was a private contractor of the firm. Together with fellow Wile, Brickner & Wile employees Thomas Mahon and George A. Brayer, they formed Hickey, Freeman, & Mahon Co. in 1899. Since Jeremiah (“Jerry”) Hickey contributed the most capital, and Mahon, made no original investment the name was changed in 1900 to the Hickey-Freeman Co.

In 1902, the company was able to take over the business and the larger premises of Michael Kolb & Co. Hickey-Freeman grew even more, and in 1908 it merged with Beckel, Baum & Leopold Co., retaining the Hickey-Freeman name. The president of Beckel, Baum & Leopold Co. was Emmett Baum, who became vice-president of Hickey-Freeman Co. after the merger. Baum was largely responsible for Hickey-Freeman’s decision in 1908 to manufacture only high quality clothing. At that time, ready-to-wear suits were seldom made with hand-craftsmanship of any quality, but Hickey-Freeman recognized the importance of quality in the manufacture of men’s clothing.

By 1912, Hickey-Freeman Co. had amassed enough capital and business to build a larger, more modern factory on N. Clinton Ave. on the city’s northern outskirts. This location was chosen in order to retain the company’s skilled workers, after a survey showed that a majority of the company’s employees lived within walking distance of this area. Although the new factory was one of the most complete facilities of its kind in the country, it became necessary for Hickey-Freeman to add space to the building twice more during the 1920s, to accommodate the company’s increased volume and over 1700 employees.

Despite the Great Depression of the 1930s, the company still made a profit throughout the decade and in the decades to follow.

For the first sixty years of Hickey-Freeman Co.’s existence, only one man held the position of company president. In 1959, a year before his death, Jeremiah G. Hickey became chairman of the board of Hickey-Freeman, passing on the title of president to Morton J. Baum, Emmett Baum’s son. Following the death of Morton J. Baum in 1963, Jeremiah Hickey’s son Walter B.D. Hickey became president. A year later, Hickey-Freeman merged with the Chicago firm of Hart, Shaffner & Marx. While no longer locally or family owned, Hickey-Freeman Co. remained in Rochester as an autonomous unit of the Hartmarx Corporation, keeping the Rochester management and production intact, as well as the quality Hickey-Freeman label.

In 1976, Walter B.D. Hickey Jr. (“Duffy”) became president of Hickey-Freeman Co., when his father became chairman of the board. Seven years later, Walter B.D. Hickey Sr. retired from the company, succeeded by his son as chairman, and Gasper A. Tirone as president. Today, Duffy Hickey remains chairman of Hickey-Freeman, with no plans to move the firm out of the Rochester area. As the only manufacturer left in the city that was once the leader in quality production of men’s clothing, Hickey-Freeman still produces fine men’s clothing.

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Gant Rugger

At its pinnacle, Gant was revered as the go-to shirtmaker for the leagues of college students in the US. Designer, Christopher Bastian has revived that essence that was so commonly associated with the label back then. The new interpretations featured in Gant’s Spring and Summer collection are all the recognized staples from American-prep heritage. These include knitwear with cable stitching and nautical stripes and shirting from classically tailored oxfords to fine Indian madras. All of the outerwear featured on the site also captures this spirit with a great collection of waxed cotton jackets and parkas, varsity jackets and Barracuda-style offerings. Bastin has managed to revitalize these classic looks and usher them into the new decade with great construction and style.

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TRAVEL TEQ

ravelteq was brought to our attention by a friend of the company, and we like discovering new things this way. The travel gear brand is quite new with a very small range of products. Currently they only carry two models of their leather bags which are the Trash Fox and the Trash Panther. The bags are handmade from Italian leather with different options for lining. As for compartments, there are 8 total, with 3 featuring a zipper option. The compartments are ideal for pens, sunglasses, plane tickets, cigars, and for your laptop. The laptop compartment is shock resistant, so that’s definitely a plus for those who have been looking for a leather bag that can keep your notebook safe. There is also an outside leather strip for those times when you want to attach the bag to your trolley. The bags are available now at Travelteq.

Also, stay tuned as the company will soon reveal a secret product. They will call it the Trip TM and it will be the world’s most intelligent cabin trolley case.

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