Thanks to so much support, we celebrate 20th anniversary of our founding. We really appreciate this great honor is supported by our customers, staff and factories. But “Glen Clyde” is still a young company. We hope to surprise, move and satisfy all our customers with our socks and keep making efforts to become a valuable company to produce valuable socks.

November 1992

The company started from one table and phone set in a workplace of a factory in Horihune Kita-ku, Tokyo, which we rented for 30,000 yen. No sales could be made for a long time without any clients. We had no knowledge on making products and always asked everything to a manager of the factory. Although he kept yelling at us “Get away!” we started establishing good relationship with him and he taught us a lot on machines.

April 1993

Thanks to the big hit of BIRKENSTOCK, our slub yarn mixed socks caught on in shops like “BEAMS” and “point”. Using this opportunity we had the company registered as a limited private company and it became possible to approach various big clients.

June 1993

The office was moved to a house owned by the factory next door. But we still got yelled at by the factory manager.

September 1993

With the start of the sneaker boom, we developed ankle socks thinking “make socks invisible!” although it was a style to wear Railroad Socks loosely. While many companies didn’t like the idea only BEAMS started selling them in shops in Tokyo. We had not named the socks until the buyer said “we can’t issue slips for products without names” at the business talk. Then we answered on site “these are socks covering ankle. So maybe ankle socks?”. But the sales didn’t go well with only few dozens of additional order a month. Facing piles of stocks we were whining “oh, it never works…”.

May 1994

When we almost gave up the ankle socks appeared in a magazine “Begin” as a recommended product of the month. Two days later we got a call from BEAMS for additional order. Now the history of Japanese socks changed. Our ankle socks became a big hit! We really appreciated we had never given up.

April 1996

The office was moved to Sendagi Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. No more lodging.

1999

Ankle socks were made in China in large numbers and this forced us to face cost issues as we stuck to domestic production.

2003

As only ankle socks prevailed in men’s socks market, which we found boring, we started focusing on products for women.

2004-2005

With increased attention to knitted tights and knee-high socks produced with a socks machine, the boom of the women’s legwear started. We enjoyed this opportunity as we had put more weights on women’s products.

2007-2009

Taking advantage of women’s natural boom we showed our specialty to make products utilizing each material. All our ideas using cotton, linen, wool, hemp and other natural materials and eco yarn were well evaluated.

March 2009

Our original brand “CHUP” was displayed at the combined exhibition “JUMBLE” where we received high evaluation from various customers and made a good start.

September 2009

Meeting our customers’ request, “CHUP” started producing products in lady size. This helped us acquiring recognition of CHUP in women’s sections as well.

January 2011

The company organization changed from a limited private company to a stock company.

March 2011

We brought out our new brands, “CHUP PEAKS” and “SOUKI” at the combined exhibition “JUMBLE”.

May 2011

We received the first order for “CHUP” from Australian and American customers.

September 2011

We announced our new brand “CRAFTS MAN CHUP” at co-exhibition JUMBLE.

November 2011

We started wholesale distribution overseas on a full scale.

January 2012

We announced our new brand “& LIFE SOX” on a monthly magazine “Free &Easy”.

March 2012

We announced our new women’s brand “Flidis” at co-exhibition JUMBLE.

May 2012

Becoming a member of West Indian Sea Island Cotton Association we started the research and development on producing made in Japan casual socks using the best cotton in the world, “sea island cotton”.

July 2012

20th anniversary of our founding

September 2012

A new brand “GLEN CLYDE SEA ISLAND COTTON COLLECTION” was announced at co-exhibition JUMBLE.

January 2013

“CHUP”, “& LIFE SOX”, “CRAFTS MAN CHUP”, and “GLEN CLYDE SEA ISLAND COTTON COLLECTION” will be exhibited at one of the biggest co-exhibitions for men, “PITTI UOMO”.