Hudson Jeans

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Hudson Jeans
IndustryFashion Designing
Founded2002
FounderPeter Kim
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Website www.hudsonjeans.com

Hudson Jeans is a US-based premium denim manufacturer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

Hudson Jeans was founded in 2002 by Peter Kim with its base in Los Angeles, California. [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] Till date, Ben Taverniti has been the Creative Director/Designer of the brand. [9] [10]

In 2009, Fireman Capital Partners took a majority stake in Hudson Jeans. [11] Reebok founder; Paul Fireman and his son, Dan; were at the head of the investment fund during the period. [11]

In 2013, Joe’s Jeans brand signed an agreement to acquire Hudson Jeans for the sum of 97.6 million dollars. Hudson Jeans' CEO; Peter Kim remained as head of the company and also became a member of the board of directors at Joe’s Jeans. [11] [12] [13]

Products and services

Hudson Jeans offers denim line of designer jeans with trademark triangular back pockets, and a Union Jack logo. Customers known to wear Hudson Jeans include Cara Delevingne and Britney Spears. [2] [7] [14] [15] Hudson Jeans also worked with Georgia May Jagger as one of the brand's model. [16] [17] [18]

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References

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