GIII

G III Apparel Group Ltd /de/

A maker of clothing and outerwear behind some of fashion's most familiar names, G-III Apparel Group designs and sells apparel under owned brands like DKNY, Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld, and Vilebrequin, plus licensed labels such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. It grew from a women's leather-coat business that Polish-born Holocaust survivor Aron Goldfarb started in New York's Garment District in 1956, later run by his son Morris. Its odd name dates to 1974, when the family firm was reorganized as G-III Leather Fashions — a simple three-initial label it kept as it grew.