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Gladson
New York's luxury fabric house since 1948 — proprietary cloths you won't find anywhere else, from Huddersfield to Biella.
Gladys + son = Gladson
The story starts in the late 1930s, when Benjamin Solomon and his four brothers sold English fabrics to wholesale manufacturers from warehouses on 4th Avenue in Manhattan. The name came from Ben's wife Gladys — plus ‘son.’ Sons Herbert and Mickey joined after textile design degrees, and in 1948 the company officially began as ‘Gladson of England.’
Gladson rode the mohair craze of the fifties and sixties — ‘the black mohair that was everyone's best dress suit,’ worn by Sinatra and the Rat Pack. In 2009 HMS International purchased Huddersfield Fine Worsteds in the UK — Royal Warrant holders — and today Gladson is known for ‘unique and proprietary luxury fabrics, only available from Gladson’: QX2, Fresco, Genesis, Bedlam, Bamboo and Flash.
4th Avenue — Benjamin Solomon and brothers sell English fabrics in Manhattan.
Gladson of England — The company officially begins; goods from Huddersfield's finest mills.
Mohair — The black mohair suit — Sinatra and the Rat Pack.
Fifth Avenue — Showrooms to the Crown Building; warehouse to Secaucus, NJ.
Huddersfield — HMS International purchases Huddersfield Fine Worsteds, Royal Warrant holders.
“Unique and proprietary luxury fabrics, only available from Gladson.”
— Gladson New YorkSignature Cloths
Proprietary bunches from New York — ask your clothier what's in our library now.
Bamboo · Jacketing
Bamboo Ensembles — lightweight 9/10 oz Italian jacketing, including the blue windowpane twill of Bamboo IV.
Como · Jacketing
Como Ensembles (670) — Italian jacketing in multicheck designs.
Fresco · High-Twist Suiting
The iconic high-twist breathable suiting — 2-ply, 3-ply and Fresco Lite.
Bedlam II · English Suiting
Ultra-sartorial suitings made in Huddersfield — including the glen check.
It starts with exclusivity
QX2. Fresco. Genesis. Bedlam. Bamboo. Flash. Gladson's proprietary cloths are developed for the house alone — English mills remain a vital source alongside Italy's finest, from Vitale Barberis Canonico to Reda. If it's a Gladson cloth, it exists nowhere else.
From the Bunches
Genesis · Made in England
Bamboo IV · Swatch
Como · Swatch
Feel Gladson in person.
Ask about Gladson cloth at your appointment — we'll pull the bunches and talk through what suits you.
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