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The Menswear Brand That Ships a New Wardrobe Every Single Day
Siddharth Dungarwal turned a shut-down B2B clothing business into a menswear machine that launches around 35 designs a day - and got all five sharks to write a cheque.
Coolmate Made Men’s Shopping Boring - Then Built a Growth Machine
The Hanoi startup removed the browsing, bargaining and return anxiety from buying basics. Now it is testing whether a frictionless menswear formula can travel across categories, storefronts and borders.
The $8,000 Bet That Put a Pink Whale on American Prep
Two brothers quit jobs they disliked, borrowed $8,000 on credit cards and started selling neckties from a Jeep. Twenty-eight years later, their most valuable product may still be the feeling stitched into a smiling pink whale.
PAIGE Built a Global Fashion Business One Millimeter at a Time
A former fit model turned the fitting room into a research lab. Two decades later, PAIGE sells denim, tailoring, footwear and wardrobe staples through more than 1,000 retailers in over 80 countries.
Billy Reid
Billy Reid is an American luxury fashion house based in Florence, Alabama, founded by four-time CFDA-winning designer Billy Reid. Known as 'American luxury built to last,' the brand blends Southern craft and hospitality with a New York sensibility, offering menswear, womenswear, custom tailoring, footwear and accessories through freestanding stores, wholesale partners and a direct-to-consumer site. Beyond clothing, Billy Reid is a culture brand - its Shindig festival brings together music, food, art and design in the Muscle Shoals region.
BYLT Basics
BYLT Basics is a Southern California premium apparel brand that reengineers everyday wardrobe staples - tees, polos, joggers and outerwear - with heavier, longer-lasting performance fabrics and tailored fits. Founded in 2016 by Eric Mear, who was frustrated that basic black T-shirts fell apart after a few washes, the direct-to-consumer label built its reputation on its flagship Drop-Cut silhouette and has grown into an omnichannel business spanning men's, women's and kids' lines sold online, in retail stores, and at wholesale partners like Nordstrom, shipping to over 50 countries.
Eleventy USA, LLC.
Eleventy USA is the North American arm of Eleventy, a Milan-based Italian luxury label founded in 2007 by Marco Baldassari and Paolo Zuntini. Built on a philosophy of 'Smart Luxury' - understated, logo-free clothing that blends traditional Italian tailoring with modern comfort - the brand sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, sportswear, shoes, leather goods, eyewear and accessories. Since establishing its New York headquarters in 2016, Eleventy USA has grown its stateside footprint to eight flagships and become a leading example of the 'quiet luxury' movement in America.
Fabletics
Fabletics is a membership-based activewear brand founded in 2013 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. Built on a VIP subscription model that pairs monthly credits with data-driven personalization, it sells women's and men's activewear, footwear, swimwear, loungewear, and medical scrubs across e-commerce and 120+ retail stores. In 2025 the company crossed $1 billion in annual revenue with more than 3 million active customers, roughly 2.7 million of them VIP members.
J.Crew
J.Crew is a New York-based American specialty apparel retailer founded in 1983, known for preppy, versatile clothing for men, women and children sold through stores, catalogs and jcrew.com. Part of J.Crew Group (which also owns Madewell), the brand pairs updated wardrobe classics with quality fabrics and a run of buzzy cultural collaborations, and is executing a widely covered comeback under CEO Libby Wadle after emerging from a 2020 Chapter 11 restructuring.
Paul Fredrick
Paul Fredrick is a Pennsylvania-based direct-to-consumer menswear company founded in 1986 that built its name on well-fitting dress shirts and grew into a full men's wardrobe brand covering shirts, suits, sport coats, pants, knits, shoes and accessories. Known for non-iron and performance fabrics, signature contrast-trim details and a perfect-fit guarantee, the company sells online and by catalog, backed by human customer service based in Fleetwood, PA. It is majority owned by private equity firm ClearLight Partners and is led by CEO Erica Lee.
Peter Millar
Peter Millar is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based luxury lifestyle apparel brand founded in 2001 around a single cashmere sweater. It has grown into a full men's and women's collection spanning tailored clothing, sportswear, resort wear and technical golf apparel, sold through its own retail stores, e-commerce site, and premium wholesale channels such as golf pro shops and department stores. Owned by Swiss luxury group Richemont since 2012, Peter Millar pairs classic American style with performance fabrication and also operates the golf-lifestyle brand G/FORE, which it acquired in 2018.
PVH Corp.
PVH Corp. is one of the world's largest branded apparel companies, built around two iconic global lifestyle brands, Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER. Tracing its roots to an 1881 shirtmaking business in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the New York-headquartered company designs, markets and distributes clothing, footwear and accessories in more than 40 countries through wholesale, retail and direct-to-consumer channels. Under CEO Stefan Larsson's PVH+ Plan, the company is concentrating on brand-building, digital and DTC-led growth, generating roughly $8.95 billion in annual revenue with more than 70% coming from outside the United States.
Randa Apparel & Accessories
Randa Apparel & Accessories is a privately held, family-run fashion company and the world's largest men's accessories business. Tracing its roots to a 1910 Lower East Side neckwear shop, Randa designs, sources, manufactures and distributes belts, wallets, headwear, gloves, umbrellas, slippers, tailored clothing and sportswear across a portfolio of 30-plus owned and licensed brands - including Levi's, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Columbia, Dickies, Haggar and Totes Isotoner. Operating in roughly 11 countries with about 2,000 employees, the company topped $1 billion in sales and quietly supplies the accessories sold in more than 10,000 stores under names most shoppers recognize but rarely connect to Randa.
Rhone
Rhone is a Stamford, Connecticut premium performance apparel brand founded in 2014, best known for pioneering men's activewear that bridges the gym, the office and everyday life. Built around proprietary technical fabrics and its signature Commuter collection, Rhone sells direct-to-consumer online and through a growing retail footprint while championing men's mental health through its Mind & Muscle events and partnerships with the NBA and LPGA.
Vuori
Vuori is a Carlsbad, California-based performance apparel company that blends athletic function with casual style. Founded in 2015 by Joe Kudla, it started as a direct-to-consumer men's activewear brand rooted in the coastal Southern California lifestyle and grew into a broad athleisure label for men and women. Known for soft technical fabrics like its DreamKnit and Ponto lines, Vuori sells online, through its own stores, and via wholesale partners including Nordstrom, REI and Equinox. A 2024 secondary investment led by General Atlantic and Stripes valued the company at $5.5 billion.
Generation Tux
Generation Tux is an online suit and tuxedo rental company founded in 2014 by Men's Wearhouse founder George Zimmer. It rents and ships formalwear directly to customers by mail, using a data- and AI-driven fit model to size customers remotely, with free home try-ons, easy returns, and group-coordination tools for wedding parties. After acquiring rival Menguin in 2017, the company expanded from pure e-commerce into physical showrooms and retail partnerships with David's Bridal and Kleinfeld Bridal.
Taelor
Taelor is an AI-powered menswear rental subscription that pairs machine-curated outfits with human stylists so busy men can dress well without thinking about it. For a flat monthly fee, members take a short style quiz, receive boxes of real clothes to wear for weeks, return what they don't want in a prepaid bag, and buy favorites at a steep discount. Founded in 2021 by Anya Cheng and Phoebe Tan, the company positions itself as the 'Rent the Runway for men' and runs on a circular, lower-waste model.