headquarters detroit michigan united states key people marc buchanan founder industry fashion products apparel and accessories website www.pellepelle.com www.pellepelle europe.com alexa rank 2 302 119 1 pelle pelle is an urban fashion brand designed by marc buchanan . 2 pelle pelle was launched in 1978 and started as a leather outerwear company . 3 4 5 the brand was also the first brand to launch the designer baggy pants . pelle is based in auburn hills michigan . 6 the company was recently asked by some founders of hip hop furious five and grandmaster flash to create a leather jacket for them to wear that was studded when they were inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame . this brand is also seen in notorious a 2009 motion picture that chronicles the life of rap artist biggie smalls . citation needed contents 1 history 2 pelle pelle product lines 2.1 leather 2.2 outerwear 2.3 handbags 3 celebrities 4 references 5 external links history edit pelle pelle is an urban fashion brand which originated in the 1970s when the hip hop era emerged . a revolution in fashion took the form of comfort in baggy pants and loose clothing for emcees and breakdancers . designer marc buchanan specialized in creating brightly colored highly embellished leather jackets and branched out to sportswear and other outerwear . in 2003 pelle pelle was fined 40 000 by the federal trade commission for placing inaccurate labels on several types of men s pants and jackets . the clothes were labeled as machine washable ; however the garments were damaged when washed . 7 pelle pelle product lines edit in the fall of 2009 threadless added women s handbags to their product line 8 leather edit pelle pelle leather jackets include a light leather jacket for spring or a heavy one for winter . most jackets have fur trimmings . bomber jackets made of leather are available in adult as well as children s sizes . 9 outerwear edit the company specializes in blending urban gear with street clothes . in 1978 this clothing line catered to only men but is now producing clothing for teenagers and women as well . 9 handbags edit pelle pelle launched its handbag line in fall 2009 . 8 celebrities edit many celebrities have worn pelle pelle such as 50 cent g unit dr. dre young dre the truth ludacris nfl player marques colston usher dru hill bobby brown fat joe and more recently mario . 10 11 in the cheers episode i m ok you re defective air date december 5 1991 ted danson portraying sam malone prominently wore a pelle pelle bomber jacket throughout the latter half of the show . 12 on january 10 2009 r & b singer mario ventured to be the face of pelle pelle s european spring summer 2009 campaign with various press shots for the campaign running throughout the next few months . gloria velez appeared in a pelle pelle promotion at a las vegas event signing autographs and posing for photographers wearing nothing but pelle pelle body paint . 13 on september 14 50 cent wore pelle pelle at the final show of eminem and jay z s home & home tour at yankee stadium . 14 15 in an official pelle pelle video shot by dukatti films dro man is shopping for pelle pelle and street dancing . 16 17 in an effort to get into the game pelle pelle created its own music video premiering pelle pelle apparel . 18 on june 9 2014 lil scrappy was shown wearing a pelle pelle jacket on an episode of love and hip hop atlanta . references edit pellepelle.com . alexa . retrieved september 29 2010 . givhan robin 1999 07 30 . menswear hip hops into spring ; bright colors and loose fit shake up the suit set . washington post . retrieved 28 november 2008 . the denim directory part 4 . daily news record . 2006 08 14 . retrieved 28 november 2008 . parties labels collections . der tagesspiegel in german . 2007 01 26 . retrieved 28 november 2008 . pallay jessica 2008 03 10 . urban legend ; pelle pelle has been streetwear s leather leader for three decades strong . daily news record . retrieved 28 november 2008 . pelle pelle makes the move . women s wear daily . 2001 02 01 . retrieved 28 november 2008 . pelle fined for improper labels . consumer affairs . 2003 02 04 . retrieved 28 november 2008 . a b 1 a b 2 pelle pelle s 30th anniversary party . socially superlative . archived from the original on july 16 2011 . retrieved 28 november 2008 . gill john 2000 02 04 . mary j. chilli rakim others come out for fashion week . mtv . retrieved 28 november 2008 . cheers episode 232 i m ok you re defective . retrieved 5 december 1991 . check date values in access date help 3 4 5 6 7 8 external links edit pelle pelle official website pelle pelle european website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pelle pelle & oldid 742989951 categories companies established in 1978companies based in metro detroitclothing retailers of the united statesclothing brands of the united stateshidden categories cs1 german language sources de cs1 errors datesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2011 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 7 october 2016 at 02 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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