A SYMBOL OF
INDIVIDUALITY
Back in the summer of ’67, two Swedes and an American living in Stockholm set out to build a different kind of clothing company.
Rolf Lind, Göte Huss and Jerry O. Sheets were adventurous, well-traveled, free-thinking entrepreneurs who shared a passion for
materials. With the world turning more and more to synthetic fibers at the time, they made it their mission to work with natural fabrics imported from the East.
THE NAME
All they needed now was a name for the company. The partners drew inspiration from Marco Polo, a fellow explorer who traveled the same trade routes centuries earlier. But for the name of their company, they wanted something with a twist. Then it hit them. People had often misspelled Jerry’s name with an O’, as if he were Irish. What about introducing an O’ to the name of their favorite explorer? In that Big Bang moment, MARC O’POLO was born. From the start was the O’ , a symbol of individuality, originality and the freedom to be yourself.
THE NAME
All they needed now was a name for the company. The partners drew inspiration from Marco Polo, a fellow explorer who traveled the same trade routes centuries earlier. But for the name of their company, they wanted something with a twist. Then it hit them. People had often misspelled Jerry’s name with an O’, as if he were Irish. What about introducing an O’ to the name of their favorite explorer? In that Big Bang moment, MARC O’POLO was born. From the start was the O’ , a symbol of individuality, originality and the freedom to be yourself.