George Henry Bass begins his career as a shoemaker by purchasing a share of E.P. Packard and Co., a shoe manufacturer in Wilton, Maine. In 1879, he becomes the sole owner and changes the name to G.H. Bass & Co.

PVH acquires The Warnaco Group, Inc., solidifying our position as one of the largest global branded lifestyle apparel companies in the world..

PVH acquires Tommy Hilfiger, one of the world's leading premium lifestyle brands companies.

PVH acquires the business of Superba, Inc., the world’s largest provider of men’s neckwear.

PVH purchases the worldwide rights to ARROW.

PVH Dress Shirt Group expands its license agreements to include MICHAEL Michael Kors, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, Sean John and Donald J. Trump Signature Collection.

PVH acquires Calvin Klein, greatly expanding its growth potential both domestically and internationally.

PVH acquires worldwide rights to the Van Heusen brand, previously owned by us only in North and South America.

PVH acquires IZOD, one of America’s top names in knit shirts.

Van Heusen becomes the top selling dress shirt brand in United States department stores.

PVH acquires G.H. Bass & Co., one of America’s top selling shoe brands.

PVH launches Geoffrey Beene shirts, which becomes and continues to be one of America’s top selling designer dress shirts.

G.H. Bass & Co. acquires Burgess Shoe Stores, renaming them Bass Factory Outlets and establishing the company in the retail outlet sector.

Long an innovator in apparel advertising, we employ celebrities including Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston and Mickey Rooney to promote Van Heusen shirts and place ads on the outfield fences of Ebbets Field and Yankee Stadium.

A Norwegian slip-on moccasin style shoe inspires G.H. Bass & Co. to introduce Weejuns. Bass' interpretation includes a strip of leather with a diamond cut out where wearers inserted pennies, leading to the popular name "penny loafers."

Charles Lindbergh wears Bass Aviation Boots on his historic transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Three years later, Bobby Jones wears Bass Sportocassins when he wins the only Grand Slam in golfing history.

A patent is granted for the Van Heusen "soft-folding collar". Two years later, this revolutionary new collar is introduced to the public and thereafter gained great success.

The Arrow trademark is first used for detachable collars for men’s dress shirts.

Moses Phillips and his wife Endel begin hand sewing shirts and selling them to local Pottsville, PA coal miners. The small pushcart operation would turn into today's PVH.