verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message nine west type fashion wholesale and retail company founded new york city 1973 founder jerome fisher and vince camuto website www.ninewest.com nine west at south shore plaza in braintree massachusetts nine west in cf promenade nine west also 9 west is a fashion wholesale and retail company . the corporate headquarters are located in white plains new york . contents 1 brand history 2 references in popular culture 3 references 4 external links brand history edit nine west was named for its founding location in the solow building at 9 west 57th street in new york city . in 1983 nine west opened its first specialty retail store in stamford connecticut . in 1986 nine west launched its first national ad campaign . nine west first expanded internationally with the opening of a hong kong location in 1994 . it has since become a brand located in over 800 global locations in 57 countries . initially founded as a fashion footwear brand nine west expanded into handbags sunglasses legwear outerwear jewelry belts watches cold weather accessories hats scarves and wraps and eyewear . 1 after the launch of handbags in 1995 nine west expanded to dresses suits and kids footwear . through licensing agreements it also offers eyewear sunglasses legwear outerwear belts hats cold weather accessories scarves and wraps . in 1999 nine west was acquired by jones apparel group . 2 in 2006 nine west began collaborating with vivienne westwood thakoon and sophia kokosalaki on limited edition capsule collections . in 2009 nine west and new balance collaborated to develop a collection of footwear . fred allard served as creative director starting in 2006 . 3 on july 7 2015 the canadian distributor and retailer of nine west the sherson group filed for bankruptcy protection for the canadian locations . 4 references in popular culture edit in gwyn cready s comedic romance novel tumbling through time seph pyle is transported back in time to 1705 after trying on a pair of sandals at the nine west store in the pittsburgh airport . in the will and grace episode william tell karen makes a comment about will s office being below street level saying that all he could see from his window is bad shoes and then pointing at the window and saying see nine west . in the futurama movie into the wild green yonder a member of leela s ecofeminist group mentions that her man kicking shoes are from nine west . references edit nine west brand jones apparel group nine west inc. company history fundinguniverse.com jones apparel group names creative director for nine west brand allbusiness.com wednesday october 18 2006 nine west store owner in canada files for bankruptcy protection . cbc news . july 9 2015 . retrieved 2015 07 09 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to nine west brand . official site v t e high heeled footwear shoes court shoe mule peep toe shoe platform shoe slingback boots ballet boot beatle boot cowboy boot fashion boot kinky boots knee high boot platform boot thigh high boots winklepickers types of heel clear heels kitten heel spool heel stiletto heel wedge heel people brands companies aldo group manolo blahnik lionel bussey jimmy choo kenneth cole patrick cox salvatore ferragamo maud frizon cole haan hush puppies charles jourdan beth levine pura lopez christian louboutin steve madden bruno magli nine west beatrix ong prada sergio rossi yves saint laurent yotam solomon united nude roger vivier stuart weitzman giuseppe zanotti rachel zoe retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nine west & oldid 727748333 categories shoe companies of the united statesshoe brandshidden categories use mdy dates from february 2016articles needing additional references from march 2014all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 1 july 2016 at 00 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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