Desigual
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Desigual (); Catalan: ); meaning "unequal, uneven") is a Spanish fashion label. The company was founded by Thomas Meyer in 1984, and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. As of 2022, it had a presence in 109 countries, with different distribution channels and several partners.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Desigual
- Company.image
- Desigual Barcelona Headquarters.jpg
- Company.type
- Sociedad Anónima (S.A.)
- Company.founder
- Thomas Meyer
- Company.industry
- Fashion
- Company.genre
- Fashion brand, business, traditional company, retail firm
- Company.products
- Clothing, accessories, shoes
- Company.revenue
- €371 million (2021)
- Company.num_employees
- 2,600 (2022)
- Company.foundation
- Barcelona, Spain (1984)
- Company.location_city
- Barcelona, Catalonia
- Company.location_country
- Spain
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Spain
- Headquarters
- Barcelona
- Industry
- textile industry
- Employees
- 2700
- Revenue
- 360000000
- Official website
- www.desigual.com
- Image
- Desigual Barcelona Headquarters.jpg
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- Commons category
- Desigual
- inception
- 1984-01-01
- location of formation
- Barcelona
- product or material produced
- fashion accessory
- social media followers
- 52126
- native label
- Deƨigual
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Development
- Brand image
- Digitalization
- Innovation
- Sustainable production
- Commercial network
- Disputes
- See also
- References
- External links
Desigual (); Catalan: ); meaning "unequal, uneven") is a Spanish fashion label. The company was founded by Thomas Meyer in 1984, and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. As of 2022, it had a presence in 109 countries, with different distribution channels and several partners.
== History == In 1983, founder Thomas Meyer designed a jacket made from scraps of second-hand jeans, then known as the "Iconic Jacket". The following year, he launched the brand Desigual. The idea came from Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet. In 1986, the company opened its first own store in the harbor of Ibiza and included its first logo – a graphical representation of a naked man and woman holding hands – designed by Peret.left|thumb|194x194px|Thomas Meyer, Desigual founderIn 2011, Desigual started collaborating with French designer Christian Lacroix.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desigual” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.