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Fjällräven (Swedish for arctic fox; pronounced [ˈfjɛ̂lːˌrɛːvɛn]) is a Swedish brand specialising in outdoor equipment—mostly clothing and luggage. The company was founded in 1960 by Åke Nordin (1936–2013) from Örnsköldsvik in Northern Sweden. [1] [2] The company went public in 1983 with an over-the-counter listing in Stockholm. [4]
Woolrich, Inc., founded in 1830 by John Rich and Daniel McCormick, is the oldest manufacturer of outdoor wear in the United States. The company was founded for the purpose of manufacturing fabric for the wives of hunters, loggers and trappers. Later, the company also outfitted clothing supplies to the American Civil War.
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.
Swedish brand Craft of Scandinavia is a producer of functional sports apparel. The company is based in Borås , an old and traditional textile industry town in the South of Sweden. The initial concept of its founder Anders Bengtsson was to develop underwear that propels moisture away from the skin during physical activity.
Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire. The region is mostly energy efficient compared to the U.S. at large, with every state but Maine ranking within the ten most energy-efficient states; [12] every state in New England also ranks within the ten most expensive states for electricity prices. [13]
Quiz is a British clothing business founded in 1993 in Scotland. [1] In 2017, it had more than 275 shops in the United Kingdom and more than fifty shops in other parts of Europe and Asia. [2] It is owned by Tarak International Ltd and is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. [3] In 2017 the company became public and floated on the London Stock ...
75-plus vendors from across New England will participate in the festival Sunday, Aug. 18, from noon-5 p.m. at Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth.
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.