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Joop GmbH, branded JOOP! (pronounced [joːp] in German, roughly: yope; known in English as dʒuːp) is a contemporary clothing and cosmetics company founded as a designer label by German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop in Hamburg, Germany, in 1986. Joop, who had been selling designer clothing under his last name since 1981, established a successful license business that eventually offered upscale womenswear, menswear, kid's clothing, accessories and home articles. To distinguish the brand from himself as an artist he added an exclamation mark to the name. A secondary denim and sportswear collection, Joop! Jeans, was created in 1988. The company is most notable for its vast fragrance range originally launched in 1987. In the mid-1990s, Joop! fragrances were introduced to the American market while its fashions were presented at New York Fashion Week and sold by American retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue.
In 1998, Wolfgang Joop and his estranged business partner sold 95% of their Joop shares to an investor while Joop remained the brand's creative director. In 2001, Joop sold the remaining 5% and left the company. The conglomerate investor, Wünsche AG of Hamburg, itself heavily in debted and unable to turn the Joop! brand into a Global player as it had planned, declared bankruptcy in the end of 2001. In 2003, Joop was sold by Wünsche AG's liquidator to three of Joop's former licensees in equal shares and business units (fashion, accessories/leather and fragrance/cosmetics). In 2006, the fashion licensee, Swiss-based Holy Fashion Group, paid off the accessories/leather licensee, Egana Goldpfeil, and now owns Joop's clothing and accessories business. The fragrance and cosmetics business remains with Coty, Inc. of New York. The Joop! Jeans and kidswear lines were discontinued in the late 2000s. Holy Fashion Group, whose owners are descendants and former owners of Hugo Boss, is based in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Dominee Gremdaat over Ramses. Ramses Shaffy is vertrokken, en wellicht weer samen met zijn vriend Joop Admiraal. Zij vormden volgens dominee Gremdaat ooit het meest ontwapenende liefdesduo, 'de droom van mening homomens om zo samen door het leven te kunnen'. http://extra.volkskrant.nl/opinie/artikel/show/id/4689/Dominee_Gremdaat_over_Ramses
RAMSES is een vierdelige dramaserie over de jonge jaren van Ramses Shaffy. Uitzending op zaterdag om 20:20 op Nederland 2. Meer op http://ramses.avro.nl RAMSES gaat over de jonge jaren van Ramses Shaffy en in zijn kielzog die van Joop Admiraal en Liesbeth List. Van begin jaren '60 tot eind jaren '70. Het zijn de jaren waarin Ramses de lieveling wordt van het Nederlandse toneel, Shaffy Chantant opricht en een nationale held wordt. Maar het zijn ook de jaren waarin hij uiteindelijk door drank en drugs ten onder gaat. En het zijn de jaren dat er veel in Amsterdam veranderde. De opkomst van de flower power, de vrije seks, de drugs en een veranderende moraal na de brave jaren '50. RAMSES wordt geregisseerd door Michiel van Erp, het scenario is geschreven door Marnie Blok. Acteur Maarten Heijm...
Youp over De dood, Joop Admiraal, Gerard Reve, Per Ongeluk Bekijk meer video's op http://www.FaceCulture.com en volg ons op http://www.twitter.com/_FaceCulture. Youp van t Hek video interview. FaceCulture sprak met cabaretier Youp van t Hek in het American Hotel in Amsterdam. Youp vertelde over zijn nieuwe cd Louterliedjes met het Matangi Kwartet, zijn samenwerking met componist Ton Scherpenzeel, zijn schooltijd, Jan en Youri Mulder, Herman van Veen, Gerard Reve, riooljournalistiek en veel meer! (20/04/2006)