Hugo Boss outfits inhabitants of (and aspirants to) the corner office with brands including BOSS, a line targeted at executives; trendy, casual HUGO; and the more uptrend BOSS Selection. Hugo Boss designs and licenses clothes, accessories, cosmetics, and fragrances sold through its 1,200 shops and other retailers in some 80 countries. Known for its menswear, Hugo Boss has also entered womenswear, footwear, and leather goods. The firm was founded by its namesake in 1923 to make work clothes. It moved into suits in the 1950s and expanded beyond business wear in the 1990s. Hugo Boss is part of the Valentino Fashion Group.

I.C. Isaacs & Company is putting all of its jeans in one laundry basket. A leading US licensee for French designer Girbaud, the company designs and makes jeans and sportswear targeting a young, fashionable urban market. It has otherwise cleaned out its closet to focus entirely on its Girbaud brand. (In 2001 I.C. Isaacs terminated its licenses with BOSS and Beverly Hills Polo Club and discontinued its own Urban Expedition and Isaacs lines.) The company's clothes are sold in about 1,500 specialty and department stores. The family of designers Marithe Bachellerie and Franois Girbaud has increased its stake in I.C. Isaacs to about 70%, making it the company's biggest shareholder.

Intimas Group gives Nottingham one more claim to fame. A lace manufacturer until 2004, Intimas makes and markets women's lingerie, nightwear, and swimwear. It produces private-label garments for others under the Lepel, DM, Charnos Lingerie, and Ted Baker Intimates names. It has made a full line of lingerie, swimwear, and nightwear through a licensing agreement with Ted Baker for sale within the UK and Ireland. Shortly after collapsing into administration (the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US), Intimas was acquired by textiles manufacturer Linwood Fabrics in 2009.

To IT Holding, fashion-conscious youth are a priority. Pulling itself up by its bootstraps is another. Its Ittierre unit makes youth collections for top fashion houses, including Versace and Roberto Cavalli. IT Holding offers youthful apparel and accessories under its own Extè name. The company also owns luxury clothing firm Gianfranco Ferre -- its marquee brand -- and cashmere company Malo. With manufacturing facilities in Italy, IT Holding sells its products in about 70 of its own stores and about 6,000 department stores and shops worldwide. IT Holding went into administration, the Italian equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, in February 2009 soon after its Ittierre subsidiary did the same.

Ivory International, Inc. company, formerly named Trends International, was founded in 1989. It merged operations with Ivory International in 2005. Ivory International designs, makes, and distributes men's and women's clothing, as well as children's and junior's apparel, for leading US retailers. Its lines have carried such labels as B.U.M. Equipment, Jimmy Z, Lee, l.e.i., and Trendy Kidz. The company has also produced junior apparel under license for the Ocean Pacific and Ecko Unlimited brands. Collections are sold through major department stores (such as J. C. Penney), mass merchants, and specialty retailers.

J & J Crombie makes clothes that will live on to tell the tales of their wearers. J & J Crombie manufactures woolen clothing and sells it at about 20 stores in Britain. The stores also offer other types of apparel, as well as accessories, such as jeans, shoes, handbags, and even luggage. Founded in 1805 as a woolen mill in Aberdeen, J & J Crombie boasts a storied heritage that includes making the coats worn by British officers in WWI. It also produced uniforms for the Confederate army in the American Civil War. J & J Crombie established its first shop in 1990. Chairman Alan Lewis owns the company.

Jaclyn, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of women’s and children apparel (collectively, apparel products), and vinyl, leather and fabric handbags, sport bags, backpacks, cosmetic bags, and related products (collectively, handbag products). Jaclyn, Inc. markets its apparel and handbag products primarily through general merchandise, retail chain stores and departmental stores. It sells its products throughout the United States using both its own salespersons and independent sales representatives. The Company does not own or operate manufacturing facilities. All of its products are manufactured by outside contractors. Finished merchandise is received at warehouses and or/at facilities the Company leases in Florida, California, New Jersey and Indiana. From these locations, products are shipped under different selling names to customers all over the United States.

Jacques Moret sounds like a French Impressionist but its business is in outfitting casual athletes rather than galleries. The company, which does business as The Moret Group, makes women's, men's, and kid's activewear and undergarments under the Jacques Moret, MoretUltra, and Jacques Moret Kids names. It also makes men's and women's undergarments marketed under the 2(X)ist and SBH Intimates monikers. Jacques Moret is the master licensee for Everlast Worldwide. The company also partners with the likes of Jockey, Mudd, DKNY, Spalding, Freestyle by Danskin, and Etonic. Jacques Moret's products are sold through department stores, mass merchandisers, and sporting goods chains nationwide.

Previously owned by Prada and Change Capital Partners (CCP), the minimalist fashion house is owned by GIBO, the European unit of Japanese apparel group Onward Holdings. GIBO acquired the company in 2008. Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons now fills Jil Sander's shoes as creative director. The company sells women's and men's apparel, as well as accessories, footwear, jewelry, eyewear, and fragrances. Established in 1978, it also operates about a dozen stores, in addition to 50 franchised locations worldwide, and sells its products in such high-end shops as Bergdorf Goodman and Barney's.

JLM Couture, Inc. company designs, manufactures, and markets bridal and bridesmaid gowns, veils, and related items in the US and the UK. Its bridal gowns, which boast price tags of several thousand dollars, are made under the Alvina Valenta, Jim Hjelm Couture, Jim Hjelm Visions, Tara Keely, and Lazaro names. JLM Couture markets its gowns through bridal magazines, trunk shows, and catalogs. The company's bridesmaid and flower girl collections are produced under the Jim Hjelm Occasions and Lazaro Bridesmaids labels; they're peddled through bridal boutiques and bridal departments in clothing stores. Its Party by JLM is a collection of evening wear.

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