Equipment is a fashion label currently based in Los Angeles, California. Originally launched in 1976 by Christian Restoin, husband of former Vogue Paris Editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, the brand is currently carried in over 60 countries and 600 retail doors, including two Equipment retail stores. [1] [2]
Christian Restoin launched the brand in 1976. Restoin left the brand in 1998. [2]
Equipment was re-launched in 2010 by Serge Azria, the older brother of Max Azria, head of the BCBG Max Azria Group empire, [3] and has since been spotted on celebrities such as Kate Bosworth, [4] Diane Kruger, [5] and Anne Hathaway. [6]
The brand is currently headquartered in Los Angeles, operating under the parent company, The Collected Group, LLC, along with contemporary brands, Joie and Current/Elliott. [1]
Equipment opened its first freestanding flagship location in New York's Soho neighborhood in December 2012, followed by a West Coast location in West Hollywood's Melrose Place shopping district. [7]
Notable brand collaborators include Los Angeles-based accessories designer, Clare Vivier, and French illustrator/influencer, Garance Doré. [8] [9] [10]
In 2013, Equipment partnered with Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince of The Kills. [11] [12] [13]
In Fall 2014, Equipment partnered with model/photographer Daria Werbowy, giving her creative freedom to shoot and model in the brand's next three advertising campaigns. [14]
In 2016, Equipment enlisted Daria Werbowy to photograph Kate Moss for Equipment's Spring advertising campaign. [15] [16] [17] [18]
Equipment is a fashion label currently based in Los Angeles, California. Originally launched in 1976 by Christian Restoin, husband of former Vogue Paris Editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, the brand is currently carried in over 60 countries and 600 retail doors, including two Equipment retail stores. [1] [2]
Christian Restoin launched the brand in 1976. Restoin left the brand in 1998. [2]
Equipment was re-launched in 2010 by Serge Azria, the older brother of Max Azria, head of the BCBG Max Azria Group empire, [3] and has since been spotted on celebrities such as Kate Bosworth, [4] Diane Kruger, [5] and Anne Hathaway. [6]
The brand is currently headquartered in Los Angeles, operating under the parent company, The Collected Group, LLC, along with contemporary brands, Joie and Current/Elliott. [1]
Equipment opened its first freestanding flagship location in New York's Soho neighborhood in December 2012, followed by a West Coast location in West Hollywood's Melrose Place shopping district. [7]
Notable brand collaborators include Los Angeles-based accessories designer, Clare Vivier, and French illustrator/influencer, Garance Doré. [8] [9] [10]
In 2013, Equipment partnered with Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince of The Kills. [11] [12] [13]
In Fall 2014, Equipment partnered with model/photographer Daria Werbowy, giving her creative freedom to shoot and model in the brand's next three advertising campaigns. [14]
In 2016, Equipment enlisted Daria Werbowy to photograph Kate Moss for Equipment's Spring advertising campaign. [15] [16] [17] [18]