Wolford

This article is about marketer and manufacturer of hosiery and lingerie. For city in Pierce County, see Wolford, North Dakota.
Wolford AG
Company typePublic
WBAG: WLFD
IndustryApparel
Founded1950
Headquarters
Bregenz
,
Austria
Number of locations
approx. 60 countries, 260 stores[1]
Key people
Silvia Azzali (CCO), Doina Ciobanu sustainability advisor[2] [3]
ProductsHosiery, bras, panties, and lingerie
Production output
Austria, China and Slovenia
€137,22 million (2018/19)[1]
Number of employees
approx. 1,347 (FTE) [1]
ParentFosun International (58%)
Websitewww.wolford.com
Bodysuit with detachable blouse insert and tights from the Cosmopolitan collection of autumn / winter 2004
Wolford store, King's Road, London, 2022

Wolford, headquartered in Bregenz on Lake Constance in Austria, is a textile manufacturer of tights, bodysuits and underwear, as well as women's clothing and accessories.

Wolford has 16 subsidiaries and markets its products in approx. 60 countries through more than 260 own and partner-operated retail-stores, 3,000 trading partners and 17 online stores.[1] Listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995, in the fiscal year 2018/19 (May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019) the company generated revenues of 137.22 million euros.[1] Wolford has approximately 1,347 employees (FTE).[1]

The company is known for its seamless products such as tights, but also for its co-operations with photographers such as Helmut Newton,[4] Howard Schatz, Ellen von Unwerth,[5] Jean Baptiste Mondino and Rankin.[6] For its collections, Wolford has co-operated with designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Vivienne Westwood.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). Wolford AG. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ Cernansky, Rachel (1 September 2022). "Brands are tapping influencers to make sustainability fashionable". Vogue Business. Conde Nast. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ Deeley, Rachel (9 September 2022). "The Paradox of Kourtney Kardashian Selling Sustainability". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Tights up in lights: The gloves are on as new tights take off". The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia). 22 September 1996.
  5. ^ "Wolford Company" (in German). Wolford AG. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ^ "About Wolford". www.uktights.com.