Jean Machine
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Clothing
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retail company, Owned and operated by MRP Retail. Jean Machine is best known for selling denim
Denim
Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This produces the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. Denim has been in American usage since the late 18th century...
jeans
Jeans
Jeans are trousers made from denim. Some of the earliest American blue jeans were made by Jacob Davis, Calvin Rogers, and Levi Strauss in 1873. Starting in the 1950s, jeans, originally designed for cowboys, became popular among teenagers. Historic brands include Levi's, Lee, and Wrangler...
. Based in Ontario
Ontario
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, the company was founded in 1977 by Malcom and Roy Perlman and operates 33 stores in Ontario. Jean Machine is known as a store that carries branded clothing. Some of the brands they carry include: Mavi Jeans
Mavi Jeans
Mavi Jeans is a brand of denim jeans founded in 1991, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.Mavi Jeans designs a full collection of jeans wear, for young women and men...
, Silver Jeans
Silver Jeans
Silver Jeans Co. is a designer denim company founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1991 by Michael Silver. Silver Jeans also produces outerwear and T-shirts. Silver Jeans is manufactured by Western Glove Works, a family-owned company that has produced denim products since 1921. The company also...
, Bench Clothing, Triple 5 Soul
Triple 5 Soul
Triple 5 Soul is a clothing company in the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada and Japan. It was founded in 1989 at 151 Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City by designer Camella Ehlke....
, Big 7, Buffalo, YDEStudio, Scotch and Soda, Jack and Jones, Guido & Mary, and Guess
MRP Retail is also owner of Sunrise Records specializing in DVDs, Music, and "Fun Stuff", with over 20 locations across Ontario.
Jean Machine were British retail stores in the early '70s founded by Tony Lonsdale, known as the 'Blue Jean King'. He initially brought jeans over from California and after initial resistance amongst wholesalers, he was forced to set up shop on King's Road. Jean Machine was born and became a huge, almost immediate success across the UK, where it gained cult status, with more then 100 doors opening throughout the UK and at one point, four on Oxford Street.
Jean Machine is being relaunched in London in December 2011 as a men's jean's brand.
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