Originally Posted: October 20, 2016
Dallas e-commerce fashion startup Edition Collective has been acquired by Q Fifty One, a Dallas-based clothing company that has stores in the southwest, the companies announced Thursday. They did not disclose the sale price, but said it’s a cash plus equity deal.
Q Fifty One owns and operates Q Clothier, which makes custom suits, and Rye 51, which sells trendy menswear like denim, custom shoes, leather tote bags, custom shoes and designer lapel pins. The two retail concepts are sold side-by-side in stores, with a complimentary whiskey bar in between.
Edition Collective owns and operates two online-only clothing companies — Imprint (formerly called Need), a curated retailer of men’s clothing, and Foremost, a line of American-made clothing for men and women. It was founded by Matt Alexander, a 28-year-old Brit who graduated from SMU. READ MORE