Dorinha Jeans Wear is a clothing company and label based in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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. Dale R. Reynolds is the company's co-owner, marketing director and promotional/fashion photographer.

The label has been featured in the Canadian media for its wide selection of low-rise jeans

Low-rise jeans

Low-rise jeans, worn by both men and women, are jeans intended to sit low on, or below, the hips. They are also called lowcut jeans, hipsters, hip-huggers and lowriders. Usually they sit at least 8 centimetres lower than the belly button...

, although it also carries more limited swimwear, leisurewear, lingerie

Lingerie

Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...

 and accessories

Fashion accessory

Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement and complement clothes, such as jewelery, gloves, handbags, hats, belts, scarves, wigs, watches, sunglasses, pins, stockings, bow ties, hand fans, leg warmers, leggings, neckties, suspenders, and tights....

 lines. The jeans are manufactured in Brazil from Brazilian cotton, and feature "The Original One Inch Zipper."

Dorinha Jeans Wear has its own stable of models, the Dorinha Girls who appear regularly in the label's various websites, television and radio spots, fashion shoots and fashion shows.

History

Founded in 2001, the company is named after its founder and clothing designer, Dorinha, who in 2005 was a Featured Entrepreneur at the British Columbia Forum for Women Entrepreneurs' Annual Gala Dinner.
Vancouver Fashion Week awarded Dorinha as the International Rising Designer 2006 award.

The Original One Inch Zipper

The first one inch zipper

Zipper

A zipper is a commonly used device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric...

 was invented by YKK

YKK

YKK may refer to:* Kitkatla Water Aerodrome , Kitkatla, British Columbia, Canada* YKK Group, a Japanese group of manufacturing companies, notably zippers* Yekîtîya Komunîstên Kurdistan, a former Kurdish communist group in Turkey...

in 2001 for Dorinha Jeans clothing line, they also made a one click zipper to prevent themselves from being bumped off as "the worlds smallest zipper”. The zipper itself actually made one click, and locked into place.

External links

• Official Website
• Made in Vancouver: Event features B.C. designers and Top Model's Brandi,http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/liveit/story.html?id=1221f6f2-3abf-4bff-ac0d-f71f84a30267 The Province, Friday, November 3, 2006