private industry fashion and leisure founded new york 1977 founder josie natori headquarters new york united states area served worldwide key people josie natori divisions josie natori natori josie cruz natorious website www.natori.com the natori company is a women s fashion designer and manufacturer based in new york . the company sells lingerie nightwear loungewear ready to wear underwear and other high end women s fashion to upscale department stores in the us and to at least 15 countries internationally . 1 in addition to women s clothing the company is also in the home furnishings industry and has signed a licensing deal to sell natori perfume . 2 natori started a limited men s line in 2006 . contents 1 history 2 the natori company today 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by josie natori a native filipino . after starting her career on wall street at merrill lynch where she rose the ranks to become the first female vice president in investment banking 3 she decided to pursue a childhood dream of being an entrepreneur . after considering a number of other entrepreuneurial ventures from opening a mcdonald s franchise to reproducing antique furniture she settled on fashion after a buyer at bloomingdale s suggested she lengthen some peasant blouses sent to her from her native philippines . the altered garments were sold as nightshirts . 4 the natori company today edit the company celebrated its 30th anniversary in november 2007 with a dinner that was attended by ceo s and top executives of the company s main vendors including saks nordstrom neiman marcus and bloomingdale s. 1 natori has expanded its product offerings and in may 2008 signed a global fragrance licensing deal with parlux fragrances . the perfume debuted in the us in september 2009 with international distribution to follow . 2 the company also launched natorious a new ready to wear line in the fall of 2008 expanding the company s apparel footprint beyond its traditional lingerie loungewear sleepwear and underwear . the collection is being rebranded josie natori in the fall of 2010 . references edit a b natori celebrates 30 years at breakneck pace . . new york sun . retrieved 2008 05 15 . a b parlux fragrances inc. partners with the natori company to launch luxurious new fragrance . marketwire . retrieved 2008 05 15 . the ellis island 2007 family heritage awards 2007 recipients . the statue of liberty ellis island foundation . retrieved 2008 05 15 . josie natori turns dressing inside out . time . 2007 09 21 . retrieved 2008 05 15 . external links edit natori official website josie natori blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the natori company & oldid 683399626 categories clothing companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2015 at 01 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view