fate acquired 2009 founded london england 1979 1979 founder jeremy hackett ashley lloyd jennings headquarters london england united kingdom number of locations 77 retail stores area served 16 countries products men s clothing boy s clothing services barbering shoe shining tailoring owner m1 group parent torreal s.c.r. s.a. website hackett.com hackett limited is a multi channel british menswear retailer specialising in formal men s shirts as well as other clothing . it was founded in 1979 in london by jeremy hackett . history edit hackett was founded in 1979 by jeremy hackett and ashley lloyd jennings from a stall on london s portobello road . 1 the first shop on the wrong end of king s road in london chelsea district was selling only used clothes . 2 the company gradually expanded over several years increasing the number of branches and moving from acquiring and selling second hand clothing to designing and selling its own items . international expansion began with the 1989 opening of a spanish branch in madrid . 3 in 1994 hackett opened a shop at the rive gauche in paris before adding children s clothes to its collection a year later . 3 in june 2005 richemont sold hackett limited to the spanish investment company torreal s.c.r. s.a. . 1 hackett appointed american creative director michael sondag who joined hackett from tommy hilfiger in 2005 . 4 5 hackett london is the official clothing supplier to the williams martini racing team from the 2015 season onwards . 6 in february 2015 hackett london part of the pepe jeans group has been bought by lebanese m1 group and by lvmh subsidiary l capital asia . the company were previously owned by torreal funds 31 percent art capital 16.4 percent l capital europe 11.5 percent and its managers . 7 external links edit official hackett website references edit a b butler sarah 2005 06 03 . spanish buy hackett for 15m . the times . london . retrieved 2010 05 04 . menkes suzy january 11 2010 . hackett a heritage that s oh so british . the new york times . retrieved 2010 10 15 . a b jeremy hackett interview gentleman s gazette . www.gentlemansgazette.com . retrieved 2016 04 19 . http www.drapersonline.com jeremy hackett 5004500 . article http www.brandrepublic.com news 730740 work new campaigns uk inveterate 13 march 2015 . hackett london x williams martini racing unique replica kit collaboration launch . inveterate . retrieved 13 march 2015 . pepe jeans group bought by lvmh subsidiary and lebanese group . fashionunited . february 11 2015 . retrieved june 18 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hackett london & oldid 716037887 categories british brandsclothing brands of the united kingdomclothing retailers of the united kingdomhigh fashion brandscompanies established in 1983suit makers 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 e tinadeutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 april 2016 at 13 40 . 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