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Ksubi (formerly known as Tsubi) is an Australian fashion label, co-founded by Gareth Moody, Dan Single, George Gorrow, Paul Wilson and Oscar Wright. The brand, founded in 1999, was placed in the hands of receivers on 18 December 2013, leaving many staff sacked and with their final wages and entitlements including superannuation, in doubt. The receivers have kept the seven retail outlets, online shop and a wholesale business trading for the time being while they assess the label's financial situation. ==History== In 2000 Paul Wilson Oscar Wright Gareth Moody, Dan Single and George Gorrow were dissatisfied with the range of jeans on the market and could not find pairs that fit properly. Under the name ''Tsubi'', they started manufacturing their jeans and other denim clothing. In 2001 Tsubi made international headlines when they released 130 live rats onto the catwalk show at Australian Fashion week Tsubi made its international debut in London in 2002, with fashion displays held in an abandoned tube station at Aldwych. Following this, Tsubi was sold in a concession at Selfridges Department store in London alongside the likes of Stella McCartney, Martin Margiela, Givenchy, and Marc Jacobs. In 2006, Tsubi changed its name to Ksubi. Ksubi has three official stores, and their garments, jeans, and eyewear are sold in boutiques around the world. The Ksubi Group quickly grew to a turnover of A$19.7 million in 2007, prior to suffering major operational and financial issues in 2008. In 2010 Ksubi was purchased by the clothing manufacturer Bleach, who also own and produce Insight and Something Else. Despite Ksubi having a very successful 2013 Ksubi's parent company Bleach went into liquidation and ksubi was acquired in a hostile takeover by Saif Mansour from Californian-based Breakwater Capitol. Saif promptly removed all the founders of the business and began trading by replicating all the old ksubi trademark designs and prints. On 12 September 2012, co-founder George Gorrow announced his resignation as Creative Director. George noted that he was leaving Ksubi on good terms, but wanted take some time out to spend time with his wife and practise surfing. In 2014, Gorrow re-emerged founding an art based fashion label called (Cocurata ) with New York-based gallerist and curator George Benias (after they met through mutual friends in New York ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ksubi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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