What K-Way is known for
Packable nylon rain jacket invented in Paris in 1965 by Leon-Claude Duhamel. After a 1992 factory fire in Harnes destroyed the brand's archive, K-Way was revived in 2004 under Turin-based holding company BasicNet, led by Marco Boglione.
K-Way traces to 1965, when Leon-Claude Duhamel conceived a windproof, rainproof, foldable nylon jacket after watching Parisians struggle with umbrellas on a wet day. The jacket became a French cultural fixture through the 1960s-80s, but a 1992 fire at the Harnes factory destroyed the company's archive and the brand went into decline. In 2004, Turin entrepreneur Marco Boglione's BasicNet group acquired K-Way for roughly EUR 8 million and rebuilt it, driving growth through collaborations with houses including Comme des Garcons, Fendi and Versace.
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