Paul Frank is renowned for their colourful clothing and accessories and their family of Paul Frank characters that are printed on them. It all began back in the mid 90's when he was a So-Cal art student. He began creating and making wallets out of vinyl while he wasn't in lectures with simple creatures on them.
When he started giving the wallets to his close friends as gifts, they loved them and especially the monkey character called Julius who featured on most of the designs. When he heard his friend's praises he started building the Paul Frank Industries brand.
Ten years later he had firmly established himself as a leading clothing manufacturer with worldwide distribution as well as stores in some of the biggest cities in the world. The range of characters has increased too and includes the likes of Clancy the Giraffe, Worry Bear and Mika the Cat. Paul Frank industries now produce a broad spectrum of products from Julius key rings and underwear to pyjamas and trousers.
Despite all their success Paul Frank have managed to keep their cult status whilst also achieving commercial success. This is something that is hard to do because once world wide commercial appeal has been achieved there is inevitably a backlash from fans. They also have cult status among musicians and artists and have designed custom guitar straps for bands like Weezer and the Foo Fighters. They have even designed special t-shirts for the Coachella music and arts festival, one of the biggest and most established festivals in the United States. The 2 people responsible for keeping Paul Frank Industries cool are the head honchos, Ryan Heuser (President) and John Oswald (Chief Executive Officer).
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