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The KANGOL brand is an English clothing company famous for its headwear. The name Kangol reflects the original production where the K was for knitting, the ANG was for angora, and the OL was for wool.
View moreThe KANGOL brand is an English clothing company famous for its headwear. The name Kangol reflects the original production where the K was for knitting, the ANG was for angora, and the OL was for wool.
The Kangaroo logo was adopted by Kangol in 1983 because Americans commonly asked where they could get "the Kangaroo hat."
Founded in 1920 by World War I veteran Jacques Spreiregen, Kangol produced hats for workers, golfers, and soldiers. They were the major beret suppliers to the Allied armed forces during World War II Famously worn by General Montgomery.
The global rights to Kangol hats have been held by American hatmakers Bollman Hat Company since 2002. Mountcastle PTY LTD (established 1835) is the exclusive licenced distributor for KANGOL, as well as Bailey of Hollywood & Western Wear, as well as the licenced manufacturer for its Australian raffia fashion brand Helen Kaminski. Mountcastle's in house headwear label is Statesman Hats.
After World War II, In the 1960s, designers Mary Quant and Pierre Cardin worked with the company, whose products graced the heads of the rich and famous, including The Beatles and Arnold Palmer and later Diana - Princess of Wales.
In the 1980s Kangol berets entered a new phase of fashion history with their adoption by members of the hip-hop community, such as Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Kangol Kid of UTFO, and The Notorious B.I.G.
The brand was popularised even more by the 1991 movie New Jack City. The release of more consciously stylish products in the 1990s such as the furgora (angora-wool mix) Spitfire, was helped by its presence upon the head of Samuel L. Jackson in 1997. Kevin Eubanks, bandleader for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, sported a Kangol beret on an almost nightly basis.
In 2009, Eminem wore the Cotton Twill Army Cap Kangol hat on his Beautiful video.
Kangol is commonly sited on the heads of many movie and music stars.
Today, Kangol has a global footprint, having expanded well into the Asian hub, embraced and continuing with its Heritage style, as well as high fashion and also successfully being welcomed into the younger and trendy street & skate market.