sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message j & j crombie ltd. type private industry apparel accessories founded 1805 founder john crombie headquarters leeds united kingdom number of locations 3 flagship stores 40 stockists worldwide products coats suits fashion accessories website www.crombie.co.uk j & j crombie ltd. is a british fashion company which produces high end clothing and accessories under its crombie brand . crombie is most famous for its luxury coats so much so that the word crombie is sometimes used by other companies to refer to their own coats produced in the style of crombie s most famous three quarter length usually wool overcoats although the crombie company has been known to take legal action to prevent this trademark word from being used generically . 1 history edit j & j crombie ltd. was founded by john crombie and his son james in aberdeen scotland in 1805 making it one of britain s oldest brands . crombie has manufactured from several different mills in scotland and england for over two centuries initially at cothal mills in aberdeen and most famously from 1859 at grandholm mill also in aberdeen . in 1990 production at the grandholm mill ceased and was moved to other mills in scotland and england . the a listed grandholm factory site was converted into a residential project in 2005 . part of the mill is now an indian restaurant called the spice mill which has maintained the original elements of the factory . 2 crombie began as a producer of luxury cloth which it sold to cloth merchants and direct to london tailors . by the 1850s crombie had won quality awards from queen victoria and napoleon iii at the great exhibition in london and the exposition universelle in paris respectively . later crombie expanded from simply manufacturing the fabric for other producers to creating coats under its own name . a key factor in crombie s expansion from the 1860s onwards was the receipt of military contracts . crombie supplied rebel grey cloth for the confederate army in the american civil war and also supplied officers uniforms to the british army and royal air force in world wars one and two . starting in the late 1960s or early 1970s crombie style coats were popular within the skinhead and suedehead subcultures although very few skinheads would have been able to afford a brand new crombie coat . crombie coats were also fashionable among mods who saw them as a stylish item of clothing that enhanced their clean cut image . it was an alternative to the popular fishtail parka or trenchcoat . crombie has long marketed itself at international statesmen and royals . it has enjoyed particular success in russia where crombie began supplying to the tsarist court from 1880 and even in 1984 it was observed that soviet president mikhail gorbachev was wearing a crombie coat when he visited britain that december . crombie lists king george vi winston churchill cary grant dwight d eisenhower and john f kennedy among its historic customers . from 1995 2004 crombie also held the royal warrant as a supplier to the prince of wales . in 2014 it was announced the new twelfth doctor as played by peter capaldi will wear a crombie with a red lining . citation needed 3 the founding crombie family sold their interest in the company in 1928 to another british textile family the salts famous as the founders of saltaire in west yorkshire . after the second world war crombie became part of illingworth morris at that time britain s largest woolen textile company of which british actress pamela mason was the majority shareholder . in the 1980s the company was taken private by its chairman . crombie is also known to hold the rights to savile row suit tailor tommy nutter s brand name having backed him financially in the 1980s and early 1990s . 4 the company continues to trade today and currently has three stand alone stores in london manchester and edinburgh . crombie is also sold through independent retailers such as harrods in britain and comparable department stores in north america europe and east asia . crombie also sells worldwide over its website . citation needed references edit crombie coats maketh the man . the huffington post uk . retrieved 16 may 2016 . mencyclopaedia crombie telegraph . fashion.telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 16 may 2016 . graham john . where to wear london . where to wear international ltd. isbn 9780976687740 . j & j crombie limited quotes & news google finance . www.google.com . retrieved 16 may 2016 . external links edit official crombie website website of crombie parent group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crombie clothing & oldid 738097596 categories british brandsclothing companies of scotlandclothing brands of the united kingdomcompanies established in 18051805 establishments in scotlandhidden categories articles lacking 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