Dunhill (luxury goods)

Alfred Dunhill, Ltd.. is a named after its founder, British luxury goods company, which now belongs to the Swiss Richemont Group.

Dunhill began in 1907 with an exclusive tobacco shop in London and extended the dunhill range over the years from. The Tobacco Division - and the cigarette brand Dunhill - 1967 outsourced to British American Tobacco. Under the brand name dunhill London available today for men has an international network of own boutiques and upscale retailers high-priced leather goods, clothing, shoes, accessories, eyewear, perfume, pens, lighters and watches.

Company History

Alfred Dunhill (1872-1959) rose in 1887 as an apprentice in his father's saddlery operating in London, took this in 1893 and developed from 1904 onwards it first a car accessories company, Dunhill Motorities, under the slogan: " Everything for the car but the motor" ( about: "Everything for the car other than the engine "). In 1907 he gave up the car accessories and opened at London's Duke Street near Oxford Street a tobacco shop. The range consisted of exclusive tobacco blends in the upper price segment. 1910 Dunhill became a manufacturer of smoking pipes. In 1924, a Dunhill store in Paris was inaugurated. 1927 launched the first Dunhill lighter, dunhill unique, which could be operated with one hand. In the same year opened a Dunhill branch in New York.

1929 Alfred Dunhill retired and handed the business to his son, Alfred Dunhill Henry (1898 - 1971), who already worked for the company since 1912. In 1934 the company launched a men's skincare series, Dunhill 's Fragrances for Men with shaving and toilet waters on the market. From 1963, the tobacco product range to include the in-house brand of cigarettes Dunhill has been added. Was published in 1954 Alfred Henry Dunhills book The Gentle Art of Smoking, still a standard work on tobacco use ( German: The noble art of smoking, Munich 1971). In the 1960s, the expansion into the Asian market with its own shops in Hong Kong and Tokyo occurred. The tobacco business of the company (cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco ) was sold in 1967 and is today, with the exception of remaining in the group Pipe production to British American Tobacco.

In 1977 the Hamburg stationery company Montblanc was bought. 1985 Dunhill took over the French ladies fashion brand Chloé. The menswear brand Hackett London was added in 1991. 1992 Dunhill bought the fashion brand Karl Lagerfeld. 1993 Dunhill Holding was merged with Cartier and renamed Groupe Vendôme, whose main shareholder was founded in 1988, the Swiss Richemont Group. In 1998, Richemont Groupe Vendôme to 100 %. Montblanc and Chloé belong to today alongside other brands of Richemont Group. The Karl Lagerfeld brand was sold in 1997, and Hackett London in 2005 was sold to the Spanish Torreal group.

Although selected parts from the field Men's clothing, like leather jackets or vests, were from the beginning to the Dunhill portfolio, but has launched a complete menswear collection only for the autumn / winter season 1977/78. This was conducted from 2008 to 2010 by British fashion designer Kim Jones and presented during the international fashion weeks in Paris. Since then, a design team takes care of the designs. For several seasons beginning of the 2010s dunhill was present with the men's fashion at London Fashion Week. The British actor Jew Law was from 2007, the campaign face for Dunhill menswear. The company does not manufacture clothing for women.

The state in 2013 exist alongside Alfred Dunhill stores in London, Canary Wharf, Auchterarder, Paris, Milan, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Dubai, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, Monaco, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Belarus also shops -in-shop, among others at Harrods, Selfridges and the Galeries Lafayette and Outlets in Bicester, Marne -La- Vallée, New York, China and Hong Kong. In addition, maintains dunhill in Mayfair, Central ( Hong Kong), Huangpu and Ginza large flagship stores, which are all designed in the style of a gentleman's club include partially spa, restaurant and bar and are referred to by the company as Homes.

As a sponsor of golf tournaments to Dunhill made ​​in addition a name: 1985-2000 of the Alfred Dunhill Cup was organized, which is called since 2001 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and is held annually in St. Andrews.

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