Bio
Ron Herman
Since 1976, Ron Herman stores have been hailed as an unrivaled shopping experience. A California native and life-long resident, Mr. Herman began his career in fashion in 1969 and began traveling throughout Europe and Japan in the early 1970's.
Throughout his international travels, Mr. Herman discovered many designers and influential brands that he subsequently helped integrate into the U.S. market. In 1976, he founded Ron Herman Inc. and opened his first store in the original Fred Segal Center on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Today, the business counts additional locations in California hotspots including Beverly Hills, Brentwood and Malibu.
In 2009, Mr. Herman brought the "California Dream" to Japan and now operates two stores in Tokyo and one in Kobe.
Today, Mr. Herman continues to travel the world searching for denim innovators and new merchandising ideas to bring home to Los Angeles.
Encyclopædia Britannica Article
- denim
Durable twill-woven fabric with coloured (usually blue) warp (lengthwise) and white filling (crosswise) threads, also sometimes woven in coloured stripes. The name originated in the French serge de Nîmes. Denim is usually all-cotton, though it is sometimes made of a cotton-synthetic mixture. Decades of use in the clothing industry, especially in the manufacture of overalls and trousers worn for heavy labour, have demonstrated denim's durability, a quality that, along with its comfort, made denim jeans extremely popular for leisure wear in the late 20th century.
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