Heritage

As a clothing brand, Closed dates back to the late Seventies, and originated out of Italy. They quickly captured the market with the now iconic Pedal Pusher denim jean. A significantly new idea at the time, it earned the company instant success.

Closed continued to innovate and deliver to an enthusiastic clientele. The brand is best known in this early period for their stone wash technique. A finish that every denim manufacturer adopted throughout the late Seventies and Eighties.

More recently, the brand was purchased by three industry professionals. Gordon Giers, Til Nadler and Hans Redlefsen initially met as friends and subsequently became business partners when they took on the company as a partnership. They are now responsible for its direction.

Closed is a family-oriented enterprise, proud of its heritage whilst always looking ahead to future innovations. Today, it is recognised as a high end clothing label that delivers a total look. The design signature fulfils its aim to provide sophisticated casual wear, combining relaxed functionality with emerging fabric research.

The core values that started Closed remain valid today, some thirty years on. Reliability, faith and stability.

Source.

Closed began with trousers. And, integral to every design is a deliberate harmony between utility and function. Form follows function is the primary focus for every garment that comes out of the Design Studio.

The X-Pocket.

The X Pocket represents Closed’s innovative direction. Created in the Eighties, the Design Studio had been researching postal worker’s uniforms and this resulted in the iconic Pedal Pusher trouser style. Involving 27 different fabric sections, rather than the standard 16, this new design featured the X Pocket. Discreetly angled at 33º, these pockets allow for easier access whilst remaining flat-fronted, thereby eliminating unnecessary fabric bulk.

Headquarter.

In 2006, Closed moved into its new headquarter – an expansive 1400 m2 space that had previously operated as a streetcar depot at the turn of the century. Situated in Hamburg’s fashionable Eppendorf district, the headquarters are open-plan to encourage creative flow, and currently houses 60 employees.

Designed by renowned architect, Carsten Roth, Straßenbahnring 6 is where you will find the design studio, showrooms, production and buying departments, as well as management, marketing, and accounting teams. Essentially, everything under one roof.