- Mavi Jeans
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Mavi Jeans Type Public Industry Textile Founded 1991 Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey Key people Sait Akarlılar, founder, CEO
Ersin AkarlılarProducts Denim
AccessoriesRevenue 
$138 million (2005)Website www.mavi.com Mavi Jeans is a brand of denim jeans founded in 1991, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mavi Jeans designs a full collection of jeans wear, for young women and men. Mavi sells 7.000.000 pairs of jeans a year and is now sold at over 4,600 stores in 50 countries including;
- Asia Pacific
Mavi has flagship stores in New York,[1] Vancouver, Istanbul, Berlin and Frankfurt. There are 15 Mavi showrooms worldwide located in Istanbul, New York, Vancouver, Montreal, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Copenhagen, Brussels, Sydney, Zurich, Paris, Toronto, Milano and Amsterdam.
Since being introduced in the US in 1996, Mavi has become one of the favorite fitting denim brands among young women and men. Celebrity fans include Kate Winslet, Juliette Lewis, Julia Stiles, Geri Halliwell, Annie Lennox, Sugababes, Billy Zane, Hilary Duff, and Jason Biggs.
The company's name derives from the fact that 'Mavi' is a Turkish word for blue. Its major factory in Çerkezköy-Tekirdağ Province
References
- ^ Fass, Allison (9 August 2001). "Two jeans makers want to capitalize on the All-American comfort and fit of denim slacks". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E6D7173FF93AA3575BC0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
Mavi is currently in BuddyLove Showroom in Dallas, Texas.
External links
Categories:- Clothing brands
- Jeans
- Clothing companies of Turkey
- Companies based in Istanbul
- Companies established in 1991
- Turkish brands
- Turkish company stubs
- Fashion stubs
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