Kangol
Sign in to saveKangol is a British clothing company famous for its headwear. The name Kangol reflects the original materials for production, the K coming from the word 'silK' (a recent attribution to 'Knitting' is incorrect), the ANG from 'ANGora', and the OL from 'woOL'. Although no Kangol hat has ever been manufactured in Australia, the Kangaroo logo was adopted by Kangol in 1983 because Americans commonly asked where they could get "the Kangaroo hat".
Key facts
- Company.name
- Kangol
- Company.logo
- Kangol.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 120
- Company.founder
- Jacques Spreiregen
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.location_city
- Cleator, Cumbria
- Company.location_country
- England
- Company.industry
- Textile
- Company.parent
- Frasers Group
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Cleator
- Parent organization
- Frasers Group
- Industry
- clothing industry
- Official website
- www.kangol.com
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- inception
- 1938-00-00
- product or material produced
- headgear
- floruit
- 1942-01-01
- Commons category
- Kangol
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Recent history
- Pop fashion
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
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