Orlebar Brown takes the short route from zero to acquisition
Men's swimwear founder Adam Brown says he had no vocation and no clue until he was 40, which makes his brand's purchase by Chanel nothing short of spectacular.
Orlebar Brown founder Adam Brown in the office of his dream home in Cornwall, England.
What would you do if you woke up one morning and suddenly realised you’d become rather rich? Those topping the Financial Review Rich List may feel free to skip that question. But for the rest of us, surely you’ve imagined it, and how you wouldn’t change much, but you would splash out on the house of your dreams…
Adam Brown, the founder and creative director of Orlebar Brown, has lived that morning. And right now, we are sitting in that house, its massive sweep of first-floor windows revealing a vista across one of the most wild and beautiful beaches in Cornwall, which is itself the most rugged and southerly county of England.
Marion HumeFashion WriterMarion Hume is an international fashion writer. She has been covering the fashion industry for more than three decades. She is based in London.
