Latest additions: Macy's Inc., Forever 21, Aéropostale
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Over 900 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 25 Best Girls Clothing Brands, Ranked
As trends evolve and young fashionistas embark on their style journeys, the best girls clothing brands pave the way with irresistible charm and flair, so when it comes to dressing young fashion enthusiasts, the best girls clothing brands expertly combine style, comfort, and quality. Whether it's the playful designs found at Old Navy or the sporty chic of Nike, these brands blend creativity with practicality, making them a hit among girls and parents alike.
With the arrival of new collections each season, girls can explore endless possibilities and express themselves through fashion as these popular girl clothing brands understand the importance of style, comfort, and durability, offering a diverse range of options to suit every personality. As you browse through these delightful collections, don't forget to cast your vote for your top picks and help shape the list of favorite girls clothing brands.
- 1Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012. As of 2012, it employed more than 44,000 people worldwide. In 2014 the brand alone was valued at $19 billion, making it the most valuable brand among sports businesses. The company was founded on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports, by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1971. The company takes its name from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Nike markets its products under its own brand, as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Air Jordan, Nike Blazers, Air Force 1, Nike Dunk, Air Max, Foamposite, Nike Skateboarding, and subsidiaries including Brand Jordan, Hurley International and Converse.
Also ranks #1 on Outlet Stores That Are Actually Better Than The Real Thing- Also ranks #2 on The Best Logos In The World
- Also ranks #2 on The 35 Companies That Have The Best Branding, Ranked
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- Lululemon Athletica Inc., styled as lululemon athletica, is a self-described yoga-inspired athletic apparel company, which produces a clothing line and runs international clothing stores from its company base in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Champion or alternatively also stylized as Champion U.S.A is an American manufacturer of clothing, specializing in sportswear. The brand is a subsidiary of HanesBrands Inc., which was spun off by the Sara Lee Corporation. Champion is HanesBrands' second largest brand with the namesake Hanes brand in first place. Other brands owned by HanesBrands Inc. are Playtex, Bali, Just My Size, Barely There, Wonderbra, L’eggs, C9 by Champion, Duofold, Beefy-T, Outer Banks, Sol y Oro, Rinbros, Zorba and Ritmo. Champion produced uniforms for National Basketball Association teams during the 1990s. It has also produced sportswear for many major colleges. From 2008, Champion produced kits for Premier League side, Wigan Athletic, the Wales national football team and the jersey of the Greek basketball team., also Pallacanestro Cantù, in Italy. Champion supplied the athletic uniforms for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2001 Notre Dame signed a 5 year exclusive agreement with Adidas, which ended a partnership Champion had with the university that spanned over 50 years.
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- American Eagle Outfitters is an American clothing and accessories retailer, headquartered in the Southside Works Neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by brothers Jerry and Mark Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear. The Silvermans sold their ownership interests in 1991 to Jacob Price of Knoxville, TN. American Eagle Outfitters is the parent company of Aerie and formerly of 77 kids. The brand targets 15- to 25-year-old males and females, with 911 American Eagle Outfitters stores and 158 Aerie stand-alone stores. In 1977, the first American Eagle Outfitters store opened in Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, Michigan. Some of the brand's more popular products are low-rise jeans, polo shirts, graphic T-shirts, henley shirts, boxers and briefs, outerwear, and swimwear.
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- The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap, is an American multinational clothing and accessories retailer. It was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates six primary divisions: the namesake banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Intermix, and Athleta. Gap Inc. is behind Inditex Group and H&M in the total numbers of international locations, however it remains the largest specialty retailer in the United States. As of September 2008, the company has approximately 135,000 employees and operates 3,076 stores worldwide, of which 2,551 are located in the U.S. The Fisher family remains deeply involved in the company, collectively owning much of its stock. Donald Fisher served as Chairman of the Board until 2004, playing a role in the ouster of then-CEO Millard Drexler in 2002, and remained on the board until his death on September 27, 2009. Fisher's wife and their son, Robert J. Fisher, also serve on Gap's board of directors.
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Tommy Girl is a line by Tommy Hilfiger, known for producing a range of apparel, including casual and preppy styles. The brand is part of the larger Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, which is a global retail company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by American multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its flagship stores, located in New York City, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, and Mexico City.
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- Ralph Lauren Corporation is a publicly traded, United States-based holding company headquartered in New York City. The company, through its subsidiaries, designs, markets and sells men's, women's and children's apparel, accessories, fragrances and home furnishings to customers worldwide. Ralph Lauren Corporation began with the 1967 founding of the Polo Ralph Lauren company by American designer Ralph Lauren.
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- Abercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for young consumers, and is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. It has over 400 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally. The company operates two offshoot brands: Abercrombie Kids and Hollister Co., in addition to two brands, Ruehl No.925 and Gilly Hicks, that closed in early 2010 and 2014. Abercrombie & Fitch's main competitors are Aéropostale and American Eagle Outfitters, though they are less expensive. Its younger subsidiary, Abercrombie Kids, competes with Aéropostale's P.S., and American Eagle Outfitters's 77kids.
- Also ranks #7 on Retail Companies that Offer the Best Employee Discounts
- Also ranks #8 on The Most Memorable Smells from the Mall
- Also ranks #12 on The 40 Best Teenage Clothes Websites, Ranked
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- Nordstrom is an American chain of department stores headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1901 by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin, the company began as a shoe retailer and expanded its inventory to include clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, and fragrances. Select Nordstrom stores also include wedding and home furnishings departments.
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- 11Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports shoes, clothing and accessories. The company is based in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company, Rockport, and 9.1% of FC Bayern Munich. Besides sports footwear, Adidas also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear and other sports and clothing-related goods. Adidas is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the second biggest in the world, after Nike. Adidas was founded in 1949 by Adolf Dassler, following a family feud at the Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik company between him and his older brother Rudolf. Rudolf had earlier established Puma, which quickly became the business rival of Adidas. Both the Adidas and Puma companies still remain based in Herzogenaurach, Germany to this day. The company's clothing and shoe designs typically feature three parallel bars, and the same motif is incorporated into Adidas's current official logo. The company revenue for 2012 was listed at €14.88 billion.
- Also ranks #1 on The Top Clothing Brands For Men
- Also ranks #1 on The Best Sport Brands
- Also ranks #2 on Outlet Stores That Are Actually Better Than The Real Thing
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- Aéropostale, Inc. is an American shopping mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, principally targeting 14-to-17-year-old young women and men through its Aéropostale stores and 4-to-12-year-old children through its P.S. from Aéropostale stores. Aéropostale maintains control over its proprietary brands by designing, sourcing, marketing and selling all of its own merchandise. The company operates 914 Aéropostale stores in the U.S. and about 75 stores in Canada. P.S. from Aéropostale operates 97 stores in 22 U.S. states. Aéropostale's licensees operate 20 Aéropostale and P.S. from Aéropostale stores in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Mexico, and Panama. The first Aéropostale store was opened in 1987 in the New York area. The company has grown from 119 stores in 1999 to the current 914 nation wide.
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- 13H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing for men, women, teenagers and children. H&M exists in 57 countries with over 3,500 stores and as of 2015 employed around 132,000 people. The first store was opened on the high street of Västerås, Sweden in 1947. It had 2,325 stores at the end of 2011, 2,629 stores at the end of August 2012 and opened its 3,000th store in September 2013 in Chengdu, China. It is ranked the second largest global clothing retailer, just behind Spain-based Inditex, and leads over the third largest global clothing retailer, United States based Gap Inc. The design team in the company’s Sweden office controls the steps of production, from merchandise planning to establishing specifications, and production is outsourced to approximately 800 factories in Europe and Asia. These facilities are used for horizontal division of labour, rather than being integrated.
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- 14Guess is an American upscale clothing brand and retailer. Guess also markets other fashion accessories besides clothes, such as watches, jewelry and perfumes. The company also owns the line Marciano.
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- 15Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group, the world's largest apparel retailer. The fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Uterqüe, Stradivarius, Oysho and Bershka. It is claimed that Zara needs just one week to develop a new product and get it to stores, compared to the six-month industry average, and launches around 12,000 new designs each year. Zara has resisted the industry-wide trend towards transferring fast fashion production to low-cost countries. Perhaps its most unusual strategy was its policy of zero advertising; the company preferred to invest a percentage of revenues in opening new stores instead. This has increased the idea of Zara as a "fashion imitator" company and low cost products. Lack of advertisement is also in contrast to direct competitors such as Uniqlo and United Colors of Benetton. Zara was described by Louis Vuitton Fashion Director Daniel Piette as "possibly the most innovative and devastating retailer in the world." Zara has also been described as a "Spanish success story" by CNN.
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- 16ASOS.com is a British online fashion and beauty store. Primarily aimed at young adults, ASOS sells over 850 brands as well as its own range of clothing and accessories. Sales for the financial year ending 31 August 2013 were £753.8 million. As of August 2013, ASOS PLC has an estimated net worth of £159 million. In May 2012, it reported a jump in pre-tax profits from £15.7 million to £30.3 million, with sales up 46% at £495 million. ASOS.com is a global online fashion and beauty retailer, offering over 50,000 branded and own-label product lines across womenswear, menswear, footwear, accessories, jewelry and beauty. The warehouse has new products coming in each week. ASOS has websites targeting the UK, Australia, USA, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Italy and China. It also ships to over 237 other countries from its two distribution centres in the UK. ASOS has over 21.3 million unique visitors a month and as of 31 August 2013 had 7.1 million active customers from 160 countries. As of October 2013, it has 7 million active users worldwide. ASOS's headquarters are in Camden Town, within a building known as Greater London House.
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- Under Armour, Inc. is an American sports clothing and accessories company. The company is a supplier of sportswear and casual apparel. Under Armour began offering footwear in 2006. Under Armour's global headquarters is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Its European headquarters is in Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium; additional offices are in Denver, Colorado; Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; Toronto, Canada; and Austin, Texas;
- Also ranks #3 on The Best Sport Brands
- Also ranks #3 on The 15 Best Basketball Shoe Brands for Women, Ranked
- Also ranks #4 on Outlet Stores That Are Actually Better Than The Real Thing
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- Forever 21 is an American chain of fashion retailers with its headquarters in Los Angeles, California and sales of $3.7 billion in 2013. Forbes ranked Forever 21 as the 122nd largest private company in America. From the initial, small, 900 square ft. Los Angeles store in 1984 to over 480 locations in the United States and abroad today, Forever 21 has experienced immense growth. The stores themselves have also expanded, with an average size of 38,000 square ft. and 24,000 square ft. XXI flagship stores. According to Adrienne Tennant, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, and Andrea Chang of the Los Angeles Times, Forever 21 is known for its trendy offerings and its economical pricing. Women’s, men’s, and girls’ clothing, accessories, and beauty products are sold. The company has also been involved in various controversies, ranging from labor practice issues and copyright infraction accusations to religion.
- Also ranks #1 on The 40 Best Teenage Clothes Websites, Ranked
- Also ranks #3 on The 35 Best Websites for Women's Clothes, Ranked
- Also ranks #3 on The Best Juniors Clothing Stores
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Free People is a brand under Urban Outfitters, Inc., offering a lifestyle collection aimed at young women who appreciate a bohemian style. The company is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and sells clothing, accessories, and footwear.
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- 20L.L.Bean, Inc., branded as L.L.Bean, is an American privately held mail-order, online, and retail company founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean and currently based in Freeport, Maine, United States. It specializes in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment. Its annual sales were USD $1.52 billion in 2012.
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- Macy's, Inc., originally Federated Department Stores, Inc. or R.H. Macy and Company, Inc. is an American multinational holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the owner of department stores Macy's and Bloomingdale's, which specialize in the sales of clothing, footwear, accessories, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. As of January 23, 2015, the company operated approximately 840 stores in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico; its namesake locations and related operations account for 90 percent of its revenue. The company is well known for its prominent flagship stores located throughout the country, most notably those of Macy's in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and also operates the former flagship locations of chains including Jordan Marsh in Boston, Dayton's in Minneapolis, Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh, Burdine's in Miami, Rich's in Atlanta, Wanamaker's in Philadelphia, Marshall Field's location in Chicago, G. Fox location in Westfarms, and Famous-Barr in St. Louis. Each store is home to many unique and beloved city traditions.
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Roxy is a brand owned by Boardriders, Inc., specializing in clothing, accessories, and gear aimed at young women. Roxy is known for its connection to an active, beach-oriented lifestyle. The company is based in Huntington Beach, California.
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- 23Boden is a British clothing retailer selling womenswear, menswear and childrenswear online and by mail order founded by Johnnie Boden in 1991, Johnnie Boden is now worth £300 million. Originally a mail-order business, 90% of sales are now generated online, with 50 million printed catalogues also distributed each year. The company sells in several countries, with websites for the UK, US, Germany, and Australia.
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Hanna Andersson is a retail company based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in clothing for children and babies. The brand is recognized for its focus on comfort and durable fabrics, offering designs influenced by Swedish fashion.
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The Children's Place is a retailer based in Secaucus, New Jersey, focusing on children's clothing and accessories. It operates retail locations and an online store, targeting value-conscious parents with affordable and trendy clothing options.
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