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Paul Frank
During the 1990s, Paul Frank was an art student at Orange Coast College. He bought a sewing machine in order to complete small projects. One day, he used some spare orange vinyl to create a wallet and after seeing his work, his friends expressed interest in other accessories, so he began to sew items such as guitar straps and backpacks.
A few years later, Paul Frank formed Paul Frank Industries in order to keep up with the demand for his numerous clothing products such as mens t-shirts, womens t-shirts and womens bags and purses. He worked at another job during the day, but sewed and sold his Paul Frank clothing and accessory products during his spare time. The Paul Frank clothing brand grew from there. He developed characters which he incorporated into his clothing products, most famously Julius the monkey. His other characters include Clancy, Dic, Sheree and Worry bear.
In 1972, Paul Frank attended Sun View Elementary School in Huntington
Beach, California. The building was painted in bright colors—rusty
orange, light blue and gold-yellow—and Paul Frank acknowledges this
influence on his subsequent work. He also says that he is inspired by
industrial designers: "...artists who design schools, desks, chairs,
office furniture, bicycles, cars, blenders, toasters from the '40s
through '60s, stuff like public buildings." Further, Paul Frank says
that much of his style has developed as a result of his love for music
such as The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Velvet Underground. Many of his influences can be seen in the desings of his womens Paul Frank bags and wallets and his ever popular Paul Frank t-shirts.
Paul Frank's stores are extremely popular, with locations in Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, New York City, Las Vegas and Chicago. Internationally Paul Frank Industries has locations in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens, Seoul, Bangkok, and a group in Japan. Scene Preston stocks a wide range of the Paul Frank clothing range including Paul Frank womens t-shirts, Paul Frank PJs, Paul Frank Hoodies and a huge range of Paul Frank accessories.
Paul Frank also collaborated with many bands including Bad Religion, Every Time I Die, Radiohead, The Vandals, Alkaline Trio, Atreyu, Tool, Gorilla Biscuits, The Aquabats, and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Other Paul Frank clothing collaborations include those with the Coachella festival, Lollapalooza, and Los Angeles radio station KROQ.
Besides Paul Franks clothing co-branding and licensing affiliations with bands, Paul Frank Clothing has collaborated with other artists and companies, including Mattel, Oscar Mayer, Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol, Wahoo's Fish Taco, SHAG, John Deere, Nirve Bicycles, Obey Giant, ProKeds shoes, Mark Ryden, Thomas Campbell, Hello Kitty, and Lego. Paul Frank Clothing's product line includes handbags, wallets, t-shirts, hoods, denim, dresses, and many other accessories all personally designed by Paul Frank himself.
The Paul Frank clothing range now also incorporates a sub-brand called Her House that produces mens clothing, womens clothing and kids clothing along with a full range of mens and womens accessories.