brand most commonly associated with designer luggage and travel accessories but it has also released sunglasses fragrances watches perfumes and in 2007 a mobile phone . in july 2011 e land a large korean retailer purchased the debt ridden mandarina duck . the company name and logo come from the mandarin duck aix galericulata a species that inhabits rivers and lakes in east asia . they opened a flagship outlet in malaysia since 2007 . its headquarters are in bologna italy and also has branches in paris barcelona d sseldorf berlin vienna and london also with outlets such as banbridge outlet in northern ireland . it was founded in 1977 by paolo trento and pietro mannato and its first collection was called utility . see also edit mandarin duck aix galericulata the bird from which the brand takes its name . external links edit mandarina duck official site mandarina duck shop official online store this article about a fashion brand house corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this italian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mandarina duck & oldid 705347249 categories italian brandsclothing companies of italyclothing brands of italyclothing brandscompanies established in 1977fashion company stubsitalian company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 fran aisitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 16 february 2016 at 23 23 . 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