Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp., the Irvine-based clothier that once epitomized the country’s surfing craze, will be acquired by Warnaco Group Inc., the companies said Wednesday. Warnaco -- the New ...

One of Orange County’s oldest surfwear companies is reinventing itself again. Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. of Irvine wants consumers to see it as an upscale brand, not something you would find in ...

Just two years after it was sold to Warnaco Group Inc., Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp.of Irvine is being snapped up by Iconix Brand Group Inc. New York-based Iconix said Tuesday that it agreed to pay ...

A local surf wear company is about to find out just how far guys will go to indulge their passion for vintage retro-wear. Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp., the Irvine company that caught fire 30 years ...

This is your dad’s Op. We’re talking collared knit tops with colorful stripes and wood buttons, old school surfers shredding on T-shirts and teeny-weeny corduroy shorts. Irvine-based Ocean Pacific ...

A Burlingame investment group announced Wednesday that it has sold its Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. to Speedo swimsuits and Calvin Klein jeans maker Warnaco Group for $40 million. The seller ...

(Photo courtesy of Surfing Walk of Fame) Jim Jenks, co-founder of Ocean Pacific apparel company, was an innovative in marketing and helped shape not just the surf culture, but professional surfing.

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Irvine-based Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. is diving into wetsuits. The apparel maker recently entered into a licensing agreement with Carlsbad-based Neoprene Tech Inc. to produce a line of ...

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The apparel brand’s co-founder ... On its website, the parent company paid homage to Jenks’ influence. “Ocean Pacific, previously a surfboard brand, became the first company to translate ...