H Bar C California Ranchwear

H Bar C California Ranchwear is a western apparel brand with roots dating to 1897, when Brooklyn tailor Samuel Christenfeld began designing luxury clothing under the name 'Tailoring by Christenfeld'. After a 1906 partnership with Mel Halpern, the company became Halpern and Christenfeld, later renamed H-C and then H Bar C. Following Samuel's death in 1939, the brand focused on the western market and expanded internationally, with Seymour opening a Los Angeles office and establishing the Hollywood arm. H Bar C supplied clothing for stars such as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Elvis Presley, and John Travolta, and recruited Nudie Cohn to design shirts. Today the brand sells premium western apparel, including shirts, jackets, pants, skirts, and dresses, through its official website.

In 1897, a young tailor from Brooklyn named Samuel Christenfeld decided to start designing luxury clothing with an 'English riding flair' and called it 'Tailoring by Christenfeld' in Brooklyn, NY. Nine years later, in 1906, he formed a partnership with Mel Halpern and officially changed the name to Halpern and Christenfeld. After a few years of partnership, Christenfeld bought out Halpern, took controlling interest of the company, and changed the name to H-C for legal purposes. Shortly after, he changed the name again—this time to H Bar C. After Samuel's death in 1939, H Bar C focused on the western market and began to grow internationally. Seymour moved to California to open the Los Angeles office and established the Hollywood arm of the brand. As a maker of authentic western wear—and with the rise of western movies—many films began to feature H Bar C. Catering to the Hollywood elite, H Bar C supplied clothing for stars such as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Elvis Presley, and John Travolta, to name just a few. H Bar C recruited Nudie Cohn, the famous Rodeo Tailor, to begin designing shirts for the brand. H Bar C even produced some of Nudie's own production lines. They pushed the limits of the day with embroidery and appliqué work, and many of these advances became new standards in western wear. It was during these years that Nudie worked with a young man named Manuel Cuevas, who would later become one of the preeminent designers of men's western clothing. After Bernie's death in 1982, Seymour carried H Bar C on his own and directed garment design and manufacturing until his passing in 1996. By the late '90s, with NAFTA implemented, manufacturing in Los Angeles became unfeasible while maintaining the same quality at [text truncated].

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