Bench Clothing BENCH was born in the mid 1990's Initially bench clothing was a small menswear brand, Bench was a cool underground label with roots in skateboarding and BMX. Known for strong graphic based bench printed tees and sweats, Bench has now developed into an urban lifestyle brand with a broad exciting collection, appealing to the uber cool across a variety of urban sub-cultures bench clothing As the brand has developed throughout the years, Bench have maintained their now internationally recognisable logo, as well as adapting this graphic to incorporate trends and remain in tune to the cultural zeitgeist. Citing real people and real clothes as the inspiration for the wearable, timeless pieces, Bench clothing have become renowned as the brand that offers multifunctional, comfortable, urban street wear with a quirky finish.
Bench clothing moved to Manchester in the mid 90's and the close links the company had at the time to the up and coming Manchester music scene made the brand cool, arrogant, anti-fashion, individual and most of all 'wanted'. Bench was a favourite of those in the know, along with many celebrities 1998 saw the BENCH brand diversify into womenswear which has continued to grow steadily alongside the mens collections.