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Models wear creations by Thomas Pink during a showcase of the Autumn Winter 2015 collection in London. Getty Images
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The Jermyn Street Thomas Pink shop in London. Getty Images
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Modesl wearing fox masks pose for a quirky promotional campaign from Thomas Pink in Canary Wharf, London in 2016. Alamy
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Thomas Pink showcases its Autumn Winter 2016 collection in London. Getty Images
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Frederick Willems, Head of Design, Florence Torrens, Creative Director and Jonathan Heilbron, President and CEO of Thomas Pink, attend Thomas Pink's Spring/Summer 2016 collection presentation in London in 2015. Getty Images
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Thomas Pink unveils its Spring/Summer 2016 collection at the Institute Of Contemporary Arts in London. Getty Images
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Martin Bayfield, Lewis Moody, Warren Gatland, Andy Irvine and Phill Vickery attend the opening of The Pink Lion as Thomas Pink launches the new Lions Collection for the British and Irish Lions rugby team in London in 2012. Getty Images
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A Thomas Pink shop in Hayes. Getty Images
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British and Irish Lions rugby players speak to the crowd during a Thomas Pink event in 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
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Models wear creations by Thomas Pink during a showcase of the Autumn Winter 2015 collection in London. Getty Images
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The Jermyn Street Thomas Pink shop in London. Getty Images
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Modesl wearing fox masks pose for a quirky promotional campaign from Thomas Pink in Canary Wharf, London in 2016. Alamy
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Thomas Pink showcases its Autumn Winter 2016 collection in London. Getty Images
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Frederick Willems, Head of Design, Florence Torrens, Creative Director and Jonathan Heilbron, President and CEO of Thomas Pink, attend Thomas Pink's Spring/Summer 2016 collection presentation in London in 2015. Getty Images
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Thomas Pink unveils its Spring/Summer 2016 collection at the Institute Of Contemporary Arts in London. Getty Images
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Martin Bayfield, Lewis Moody, Warren Gatland, Andy Irvine and Phill Vickery attend the opening of The Pink Lion as Thomas Pink launches the new Lions Collection for the British and Irish Lions rugby team in London in 2012. Getty Images
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A Thomas Pink shop in Hayes. Getty Images
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British and Irish Lions rugby players speak to the crowd during a Thomas Pink event in 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
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Models wear creations by Thomas Pink during a showcase of the Autumn Winter 2015 collection in London. Getty Images
How famous British shirt maker Thomas Pink can reawaken from retail hibernation
Go-to brand for City slickers has shut its London shop and placed online business on hold – but its success story is not over yet
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Alice Haine
20 February, 2021
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