About VICTORY ESSENTIALS

In a different time, some might say a different world, George Lewis Hepworth, became part of a clothing manufacturing company with partners in Kolding, Denmark. We are back in the 1930's. George was the second son in an English family of clothes- and cotton manufacturers dynasty who migrated to Scandinavia in the early 1900, in particularly Sweden and Denmark, to expand the family trade from North England. George became the sole owner in 1939 and the factory focused on its own clothing brands with quality underwear at reasonable prices for the workers as its flagship products – amongst the in house designed and produced brands was Viking, men’s cotton and wool underwear. In 1945 however, due to infringement issues with the famous pencil maker the line had to change its name… With the wind of history blowing through the streets Victory was chosen, but with the iconic Viking-ship logo intact to stick to the brands roots, and for years on quality underwear flowed out the gates. In the 70ies, Danish clothing manufacturing waned and production in general moved to far away shores, Victory underwear vanished into oblivion, until now… Read their story