Dents
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | Worcester, England (1777) |
| Founder | John Dent |
| Headquarters | Warminster, England, United Kingdom |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Deborah Moore (CEO) Robert Yentob (Owner) |
| Products | gloves, handbags, small leather goods |
| Website | dents |
Dents is a British company that crafts luxury leather gloves, handbags, small leather goods. Dents is known for its hand cutting, sewing, and stitching techniques, which are still practised today on some limited top end products, most merchandise being purchased from third-party factories.
Dents was established in Worcester in 1777 as a manufacturer of fine leather gloves by John Dent (1751–1811). It is possibly Britain's oldest existing fashion manufacturer. Dent's sons, John and William, helped the company expand throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1845, mechanical sewing was introduced to the company to assist craftspeople.
In 1847 the business became Dent, Allcroft & Co. when John Derby Allcroft ran the company. Under Allcroft, annual production quadrupled to over 12,000,000 pairs in 1884 and Dents became the premier glove producer in the world.
The firm now exports to Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, and has expanded to include belts, handbags, hats, serapes, and other small leather goods in the Dents Collection.
Dents is also known for historically providing leather gloves to the British Royal Family, such as George VI and Elizabeth II's coronation gloves. Other notable historical figures that wore Dents gloves include Lord Nelson, and Queen Victoria. In addition, Dents gloves have been featured in several movies. Examples include the unlined black gloves worn by Daniel Craig portraying James Bond in the 2012 movie, Skyfall, the black gloves worn by Michael Keaton portraying Batman in 1989 film, Batman, and the purple suede gloves worn by Jack Nicholson portraying the Joker in the same film.
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