Gap co-founder Don Fisher has died aged 81 following a long battle with cancer. Fisher, along with his wife Doris, opened the first Gap store in 1969 stocking jeans and music and - over the next forty years - helmed the company as it became a multi-billion dollar global brand.
"Today we lost a friend, a mentor and a great visionary," Gap chief executive and board chairman Glenn Murphy told Drapers Online. "Don and Doris took a simple idea and turned it into a brand a brand recognised as a cultural icon throughout the world and changed the face of retail forever."
The Gap 1969 initiative, launched this season, honours Fisher's original vision with a pop-up store in Kingly Court stocking limited numbers of classic Gap jeans and limited edition products.
Fisher stepped down as chairman of Gap in 2004 but remained a director and executive of the brand.
"Today we lost a friend, a mentor and a great visionary," Gap chief executive and board chairman Glenn Murphy told Drapers Online. "Don and Doris took a simple idea and turned it into a brand a brand recognised as a cultural icon throughout the world and changed the face of retail forever."
The Gap 1969 initiative, launched this season, honours Fisher's original vision with a pop-up store in Kingly Court stocking limited numbers of classic Gap jeans and limited edition products.
Fisher stepped down as chairman of Gap in 2004 but remained a director and executive of the brand.
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