WWD Special Report: Spirit of Esprit

Esprit is founded as Susie and Doug Tompkins start selling clothes bearing the new brand out of the back of their station wagon in San Francisco.

If the next ten years are anything like the last, Esprit is in for a dynamic and successful ride, give or take a few bumps.

Youthful, sporty, utterly international: Esprit forever altered the junior sportswear landscape.

Doug Tompkins was an early innovator for in-store shop space.

Before Esprit became a symbol of California cool, its origins were in making minidresses with puffed sleeves under the label Plain Jane.

The Big Idea: WWD interviews Yagi about his collaboration with Esprit.

“It’s always summer somewhere.”