Gant (company)

New Haven, Connecticut.^[2] Gant operates in 70 markets and its products are available at over 4000 retailers and exclusive stores all over the world.^[3] "House of Gant" has three different collections: GANT, GANT Diamond G and GANT Rugger.^[4]

Myropil, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). Gantmacher was employed at a garment factory sewing shirt collars and met his future wife, Rebecca Rose, a button and buttonhole specialist who worked for the same company. After Gantmacher's return from military service during World War I, the couple married and founded the Par-Ex Shirt Company with business partner Morris Shapiro. The company made shirts for brands including Brooks Brothers, J. Press and Manhattan.^[5][6] In 1927, the company was relocated to New Haven, Connecticut.^[7] In April 1949, the Gant label was launched.^[8] Following their father's death in 1955, Bernard's sons took over the company's operations.^[7]

box pleat.^[8][7] In the 1960s, Gant made the Yale co-op shirt exclusively for the store on the Yale University campus.^[9] Shirts from Gant and rival Sero were de rigueur for high-school and college-age males who could afford their premium price during the decade. In 1968, the Gant brothers sold the company to Consolidated Foods but remained with the company.^[7][10] In 1971, the company launched its first sportswear line and in 1974 launched its Rugger brand.^[10][11] In 1979, Gant became a subsidiary of apparel manufacturer The Palm Beach Company and ceased operations in New Haven.^[5]

Phillips-Van Heusen acquired the Gant brand in the U.S. from bankrupt sportswear manufacturer, Crystal Brands, Inc.^[12][13] In 1997, Gant opened its first store in the United States.^[14] Phillips-Van Heusen sold its Gant operations in 1999 to Pyramid Sportswear of Sweden for $71 million.^[15]

delisted 20 March 2008^[17] upon being acquired by the Swiss retail group Maus Frères.^[18][19] In November 2010, Gant returned to New Haven, where it opened a retail store.^[5]