parent n brown group website official website simply be is a brand of clothing designed by the n brown group headquartered in manchester . 1 contents 1 company history 2 designer collaborations 3 references 4 external links company history edit simply be is a womenswear brand and part of the n brown group . the catalogue initially only shipped its goods within the united kingdom . in 2011 the first physical locations for simply be were opened in liverpool and bury . the store locations are shared with menswear retailer jacamo . 2 3 4 5 6 4 7 8 the stores have a click and collect facility where goods purchased online can be picked up in store . 9 the simply be brand expanded into the u.s. market in 2010 . 10 designer collaborations edit simply be stocks sizes for its designs between size 12 and 32 and sells the world s largest strapless bra . 11 12 in 2012 gok wan partnered with simply be to design a line of 50s era inspired lingerie . 13 the people said of wan s line that if you want to achieve that mad men 50s silhouette then this is definitely the collection for you . 14 other design partners with simply be include project d london designers dannii minogue and tabitha somerset webb 15 16 gemma collins 17 and jeffrey and paula rogers . 18 the brand also released a collection in 2014 designed by the editors of look magazine . 19 20 21 simply be has also used fashion bloggers as models . 22 references edit store openings boost n brown . 1 may 2014 . retrieved 30 may 2014 . graham hiscott 11 january 2012 . catalogue firm n brown earmarks 2 000 jobs with simply be store move . the mirror . retrieved 30 may 2014 . rupert neate 13 october 2010 . plus sized designer outfits boost n brown profits . the telegraph . retrieved 1 may 2014 . a b graeme evans 11 may 2011 . n brown to launch simply be stores . the independent . retrieved 28 april 2014 . graham hiscott 11 january 2012 . catalogue firm n brown earmarks 2 000 jobs with simply be store move . the mirror . retrieved 28 april 2014 . rachel cooper 28 april 2010 . n brown targets the us plus size market . the telegraph . retrieved 28 april 2014 . rupert steiner 1 may 2014 . plus sized performance from n brown as profits rise . this is money . retrieved 2 may 2014 . jennifer creevy 1 may 2014 . n brown reports operating profit up 4.7 % driven by simply be and jacamo . retail week . retrieved 2 may 2014 . plus size retailer n brown upbeat as profits rise . reuters . 1 may 2014 . retrieved 30 may 2014 . n brown targets the us plus size market . the daily telegraph . retrieved 25 july 2014 . textile designer amber coppings and mixed media artist sandy vansuch . pittsburgh tribune review . 21 march 2013 . retrieved 2 may 2014 . a formidable 42k it s the world s biggest strapless bra daily mail . daily mail . retrieved 25 july 2014 . nicolette mason 1 february 2012 . recently viewed article new in store . . simply be . style . marie claire . retrieved 1 may 2014 . gok wan for simply be ; fashion news alert . the people london england . 19 august 2012 . retrieved 1 may 2014 . katy winter 28 february 2013 . tiny dannii minogue s fashion label project d london . daily mail . retrieved 28 april 2014 . fiona raisbeck 15 march 2013 . dannii minogue wows at project d and simply be launch party . marie claire . retrieved 28 april 2014 . towie s gemma collins launches clothing collection for simply be fashion news . reveal.co.uk . retrieved 25 july 2014 . paull jennifer . plus size british clothing line simply be heading for u.s. . main.styleist.com . stylelist . retrieved 29 june 2015 . simply be teams up with look magazine cheshire today news sport and fashion www.cheshire today.co.uk . cheshire today.co.uk . retrieved 25 july 2014 . bairbre power 13 june 2009 . we live in a sizeist world where major fashion labels insist on using size 8 or 10 models even though the reality of the market is that the first sizes to sell out on the high street are 14 and 16 . irish independent . retrieved 2 may 2014 . demelza de burca 1 november 2013 . i d love to do nursing and modelling if i can ; brainy beauty wins miss simplybe curvy . the mirror . retrieved 2 may 2014 . plus size bloggers shine in simply be s sparkly partywear no retouching required daily mail . daily mail . retrieved 25 july 2014 . external links edit simply be uk official website simply be us official website simply be euro official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simply be & oldid 725611575 categories retail companies of the united kingdomclothing retailers of the united kingdomonline retailers of the united kingdomcompanies based in manchesterhidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015 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 16 june 2016 at 19 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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