Jameswinston Co.

[EtienneUS]

Is Jameswinston Co. available in U.S.?

Thanks

[deusex]

Welcome to the forums EtienneUS,

I moved your post/question to the General Underwear Talk forum. The Support and Suggestions forum is more for getting help with this site.

As you know from my email, I don't know the answer to your question, but hopefully someone here will be able to help you out.

anyone??

[deadgoodundiesdotcom]

JamesWinston is no longer in production.
They closed down late last year due to lack of investment (not their own fault).
The only company in the USA that stocked them was International Jock and they aren't showing them anymore.
Pretty much everyone has sold out now (we are down to last pair in size XL).

Unless something comes up on ebay i'd say you will be out of luck

This is a copy of their press release
Dear All, Since October 2006 Jameswinston Co. has been a real labour of love - and a gamble. We idealistically entered the men’s underwear market looking to improve the generally poor quality of contemporary offerings. With no industry experience whatsoever, there was ‘always’ something new to learn:- manufacturing; underwear construction; branding; PR, web-design; photography; dealing with retailers, magazines etc. It was also a sector that was exponentially more complex than it first appeared. And we were tackling all of this for the very first time…

We were lucky to receive some great support along our journey; from our manufacturing and packaging companies, through to international magazine editors and forward-thinking retailers. Crucial to our early (and continued) survival were the internet underwear blog sites who kept us ‘treading water’ while we went through an unbelievably steep learning curve.

Coming back for a third time in Apr ‘08 was in essence, to prove a point; that a small brand, with enough experience and talent, could do the ‘impossible’ :- i.e. innovate creatively and product - wise to a level above the most successful global competitors…and make it seem almost easy. Ironically, that success in itself became a disadvantage. We observed well - established underwear brands follow the lead of our design elements (e.g. check the number of single, centralised logos on brand waistbands these days) while they, alongside magazines, wider media and even renowned pro - photographers, took direct inspiration from our marketing / visual ideas…ideas many of you told us were amongst the most cohesively creative seen in any brand. Our far from market - leader status made for incredible frustration when we couldn’t adequately capitalise commercially and subsequently remained widely unacknowledged for that influence.

So, we’ve struggled through market naivety and higher than anticipated initial investment costs, especially those of an unscrupulous yet low on creativity, early web-designer (surely one of the most cynical business services outside of the legal profession!) In addition, the ‘hits’ taken by all start-ups when they make mistakes are multiplied tenfold in this particular market sector. Well now, and off the back of our most successful trading period by far, we’ve decided to bow out. As put simply, if we can’t get near the operational / financial set-ups of the larger players, everything we do next (in this ‘crunch’ dampened economy) will become a monumentally thankless task. Not great timing, admittedly, as there was so much more to come with our new styles and designs.

Ultimately, it’s of regret our small size and costly, early mistakes were the only obstacles to creating an enduring, competitive brand. And while ‘living the dream’ was often more akin to a nightmare, for four short months (Apr - Aug ‘08) our unique new range innovations were an incredible sell - out success. That meant we actually became ‘the undergarment of choice’ for a damn good few of today’s males worldwide. I think we can call that mission accomplished…

Sincerely,
Brian James - Director