The company puts more emphasis on workwear than sports clothes.
Established fashion names have also looked to workwear for inspiration.
In the US, utility workwear was picked up by street gangs as no-nonsense, functional clothing.
In the late 1930s to the 1940s, students were forced to wear workwear.
The company originally produced workwear for export, and began to specialise in denim jackets and trousers in the 1930s.
They should rather be considered to be workwear or leisurewear for working-class men.
Chains that have made a commitment to the $1 billion and rising workwear business report steady 6 percent to 8 percent annual gains in men's workwear.
The assignment has involved planning a workwear collection for a predetermined case company.