founded 1961 headquarters new york ny key people joe lombardi ceo ; marc babins president western region ; caren belair group president lifestyle & juniors ; keith grypp general counsel ; patricia zabita vice president human resources products apparel owner sun capital partners website kellwood.com kellwood company is one of the leading apparel manufacturers in the united states providing great fashion for over 50 years . known industry wide for the ability to identify a white space and design into it with market precision kellwood develops builds and manages brands for success . kellwood s portfolio includes rebecca taylor parker devlin briggs ny democracy jax sangria jolt rewind and my michelle as well as licensed brand xoxo . this diverse portfolio of womens juniors and girls apparel covers a wide range of demographics and price points that enable kellwood to keep pace with the ever changing fashion industry . throughout the years kellwood leadership has continued to refine the company strategy to leverage its strength of building contemporary and fast fashion brands as well as private labels . kellwood became an affiliated company of sun capital partners inc. in february 2008 . contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 brands owned by kellwood company 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1961 fifteen independent suppliers of soft goods to sears roebuck and co. merged to form kellwood company . the largest of them being ahoskie manufacturing co. owned and operated by george b. smolen a company once known as smolen manufacturing run by his father jacob smolen . with its formation the new company had 22 plants in 10 states and 7 000 employees . the original product lines included a wide variety of apparel camping equipment and bedding . taking its name from two former sears executives charles h. kellstadt and robert e. wood the first officers included maurice perlstein president and treasurer ; fred w. wenzel vice president ; stanley m. guthunz vice president ; ovide de st. aubin jr. vice president ; and howard michaelson jr. secretary . 1 the company experienced its greatest success under the leadership of william john mckenna who served as coo and later ceo from 1982 to 1996 . for kellwood company mckenna acquired smart shirts cape cod cricket lane american recreation products ltd. crowntuft manufacturing corporation slumberjack inc. d corporation inc. california ivy inc. a.j. brandon inc. parsons place apparel now sag harbor e z sportswear now melrose en chant e inc. now enc goodman knitting company inc. dotti and sierra designs and launched a kathie lee gifford clothing label . also under mckenna s term kellwood s sales surpassed 1 billion . 2 the 15 original companies were ahoskie manufacturing co. albert of arizona biltmore manufacturing co. calhoun garment co. garver manufacturing co. greenfield manufacturing co. hawthorn company mccomb manufacturing co. monticello manufacturing co. ottenheimer bros. manufacturing co. oxford manufacturing co. rutherford garment co. siler city manufacturing co. southern foundations spencer manufacturing co. 3 in february 2008 kellwood company became an affiliated company of sun capital partners inc. 4 5 november 22 2013 kellwood and sun capital partners complete the ipo of vince . under the ticker vnce on the nyse acquisitions edit in january 2010 kellwood company acquires isis an award winning outdoor company focused on women s performance and casual apparel . 6 in january 2011 kellwood company acquires rebecca taylor a contemporary sportswear brand created by new zealand born fashion designer rebecca taylor and her business partner elizabeth bugdaycay . 7 in july 2011 kellwood announced its acquisition of zobha a high performance yoga and fitness apparel and accessories company . 8 in july 2014 kellwood holding llc announced its acquisition of parker . brands owned by kellwood company edit parker as of july 2014 parker devlin devlin jolt jax sangria my michelle democracy briggs ny rebecca taylor as of january 2011 see also edit companies portal list of outdoor industry parent companies references edit kellwood company company history . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2012 02 20 . profile kellwood . apparelsearch.com . retrieved 2012 02 20 . international directory of company histories vol . 8 . st. james press 1994 mcdermott press releases kellwood company acquired by sun capital securities group . mwe.com . retrieved 2012 02 20 . kellwood company private company information businessweek . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 2012 02 20 . business wire 2010 01 11 . kellwood acquires isis . business wire . retrieved 2012 02 20 . kellwood acquires rebecca taylor st. louis jan. 5 2011 prnewswire . missouri prnewswire.com . retrieved 2012 02 20 . kellwood acquires zobha st. louis july 27 2011 prnewswire . missouri california prnewswire.com . retrieved 2012 02 20 . external links edit official website v t e sun capital partners portfolio as of august 10 2013 retail catalog and direct marketing hickory farms department stores shopko grocery & convenience marsh supermarkets specialty and apparel bonmarch dreams gordmans jacques vert the limited sharps bedrooms restaurants boston market friendly s johnny rockets smokey bones souplantation consumer products apparel american rec kelty kellwood company general kraco loud technologies food and beverage creekstone farms premium beef industrial coveris advanced coatings retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kellwood company & oldid 742712117 categories private equity portfolio companiesclothing companies of the united statesamerican companies established in 1961hidden categories articles created via the article wizard 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 5 october 2016 at 09 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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