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4 unusual facts about Kellwood Company


Jill Granoff

Jill Granoff is the CEO of Kellwood Company.

Kellwood Company

In 1961, fifteen independent suppliers of soft goods to Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Taking its name from two former Sears’ executives, Charles H. Kellstadt and Robert E. Wood, The first officers included Maurice Perlstein, president and treasurer; Fred W. Wenzel, vice president; Stanley M. Guthunz, vice president; Ovide de St. Aubin, Jr., vice president; and Howard Michaelson, Jr., secretary.

Phat Farm

Phat Fashions (itself a division of Kellwood Company), is touted as a symbol of men's contemporary American culture, mixing the urban aesthetics of the streets and the preppy culture of the Ivy League.



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