Prior to that Jaeger had been owned by Jon Moulton's Better Capital and before than Harold Tillman.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe group has given notice of its intention to appoint an administrator, FRP Advisory, and has until tomorrow to secure its rescue deal, which is likely to result in the closure of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill chain. It seems likely the business will apply for an extension to this notice period to give it time to finalise the deal.<\/p>\n
Jaeger - a timeline of a British heritage brand<\/strong><\/p>\n1884<\/strong> Established by British businessman Lewis Tomalin as \u201cDr Jaeger\u2019s Sanitary Woollen System Co Ltd\u201d specialising in wool-jersey long johns<\/p>\n1910<\/strong> Receives a Royal Warrant and begins creating woollen suits<\/p>\n1919 <\/strong>Launches the first Camel Hair Coat<\/p>\n1935<\/strong> Opens its flagship store at 200-206 Regent Street<\/p>\n1950s<\/strong> Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn both appear in ads for the brand<\/p>\n1956<\/strong> Designer Jean Muir joins the company and is put in charge of the Young Jaeger brand and is credited with attracting a more youthful audience<\/p>\n1962<\/strong>\u00a0Jean \u201cThe Shrimp\u201d Shrimpton models for the brand in images shot by David Bailey<\/p>\n1967<\/strong> Coats Viyella acquires the brand<\/p>\n1980s<\/strong> Brand falls out of favour in face of European rivals entering the UK market<\/p>\n1996<\/strong> Brand enjoys a resurgence, wins a British Fashion Award under the direction of designer Jeanette Todd<\/p>\n2000<\/strong> Bella Freud appointed as designer; she stays for 2.5 years<\/p>\n2003<\/strong> Coats sells the brand to entrepreneur Richard Thompson who quickly sells it on to Harold Tillman<\/p>\n2004<\/strong> Belinda Earl, formerly of Debenhams, is appointed CEO<\/p>\n2005<\/strong> Tillman acquires Allders department store in Croydon<\/p>\n2008 <\/strong>Stuart Stockdale is appointed as creative director of Jaeger; Jaeger returns to London Fashion Week<\/p>\n2009<\/strong> Tillman\u2019s Jaeger team acquires Aquascutum (the heritage brand founded in 1851) from Renown<\/p>\n2012<\/strong> Tillman sells his Jaeger shares to Better Capital, owned by Jon Moulton. Acquascutum falls into administration and is subsequently bought by its Asia licensee YGM Trading. Allders of Croydon placed into administration and subsequently ceases trading<\/p>\n2013<\/strong> Colin Henry, formerly of Esprit, appointed Jaeger CEO; creative directors Jsen Wintle (menswear) and Sheila McKain-Waid (womenswear) also appointed<\/p>\n2015<\/strong> Colin Henry departs and Jaeger announces sale of Regent Street flagship. Alix Partners reviews its future<\/p>\n2017<\/strong> Better Capital sells Jaeger's debt to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, then places the business into administration. EWM buys it out of administration<\/p>\n2020<\/strong> EWM receives several approaches to buy the brand as it races to save its own future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":129450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10585,6,10494],"tags":[16180,10387,12454,7604,9824,10243,9825,12332,9724,4080,16179,16181],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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