Onassis Clothing Launches E-Commerce Site—Marketing the First Time the Classic and Fashion-Forward Men’s Line
NEW YORK/TOKYO—March 31, 2016—Onassis Clothing / www.ona-ssis.com, the New York-based men’s lifestyle brand, announced today their expansion into e-commerce—making their apparel collection available for the first time nationwide with the launch of their online store. Onassis’ e-commerce launch will provide shoppers with a personalized and easily navigable shopping experience. By offering a complete product assortment, competitive pricing and an easy-to-use interface, Onassis aims to deliver both existing and new customers the ultimate in online shopping.
Since their concept store opened in New York’s SoHo neighborhood in September 2016, the Onassis brand has created a truly innovative men’s fashion story that marries cutting-edge style and quality with surprisingly affordable prices. From Head Designer Shigay Tajima’s global travels to the concept team’s excursions to flea markets and obscure locales, Onassis has pulled together a world-class amalgam of the best in style, fit, wash, fabrics, and trims. Onassis signature pieces give customers everyday wear with special thoughtful touches. The collection includes a full palette of perfectly tailored oxford shirts, jackets and blazers, knit pullovers, vibrant chino shorts, classic seersucker pants and premium denim pieces.
Onassis’ lifestyle collection houses a quintessential wardrobe of modern translations, experimenting with washes in all fabric categories to create garments that are easy to maintain and age well wear after wear. With thoughtful design as its hallmark, Onassis embraces a lasting tradition of timeless fashion and encourages its customers to participate by reinterpreting iconic American style with an international twist in the details —where casual meets creative.
“We’re enormously excited to bring Onassis to men nationwide,” said Michelle Li, Vice President, US Operations for Onassis Clothing. “NO OTHER brand of our size is offering what we’re offering in the U.S. market at the moment. So we’re thrilled that men everywhere can now be pleasantly surprised by what we have to offer: the best combination in product, price and the personal shopping experience, not only in our SoHo, NYC concept store but now also on the web.”
Shigay Tajima, Global Onassis Designer
Head Designer Shigay Tajima grew up in Japan but spent 16 years in New York City. He has successfully infused Japanese design innovation into American style by building on a foundation of classic design with modern silhouettes and details. After returning to his native Tokyo, Tajima grew increasingly frustrated with not being able to find well-designed, high quality clothing for himself at reasonable prices and saw there was a definitive miss in the market, both in Japan and the USA. Hence, the birth of the signature Onassis shirt, followed by the entire collection after years of painstaking research and development.
About Onassis
With design and concept teams in New York and Tokyo, Onassis began with a simple aim: to construct the perfect woven shirt for the modern man. It took over a year to perfect our washed shirt, and it is now the cornerstone of the Onassis brand.
Worldly, classic, confident and intelligent, Onassis embodies a lifestyle collection of distinguished essentials that express a unique sense of style at a smart price.
The history and vitality of New York City provides an endless source of inspiration for our collections and is the home of our concept store in SoHo at 71 Greene Street, where you can explore, shop, unwind in our café and enjoy a welcoming atmosphere full of pleasant surprises. As a global lifestyle brand, Onassis will soon be opening more stores in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia.
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