Kangol

Kangol
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTextile
Founded1938
FounderJacques Spreiregen
Headquarters
Cleator, Cumbria
,
England
ParentFrasers Group
Websitewww.kangol.com

Kangol is a British clothing company famous for its headwear. The name Kangol reflects the original materials for production, the K coming from the word 'silK' (a recent attribution to 'Knitting' is incorrect), the ANG from 'ANGora', and the OL from 'woOL'. Although no Kangol hat has ever actually been manufactured in Australia, the Kangaroo logo was adopted by Kangol in 1983 because Americans commonly asked where they could get "the Kangaroo hat".[1]

  1. ^ "Kangol". Bollman Hat Company. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2019.