Company Profile
In 1876 Samuel T. Cooper, a retired minister, decided to help when he discovered that lumberjacks were suffering from blisters and infections caused by their shoddy wool socks. He started his own hosiery business in a converted livery stable. Business boomed.
At the dawn of the 20th century, the Coopers brought their legendary quality to underwear for the first time. To keep up with consumer demand in 1902, they built a new underwear factory, the largest in the world at that time.
In 1909 one of their designers came up with a striking new underwear concept, eventually known as the Kenosha Klosed Krotch, the new design revolutionized the union suit business.
They changed the world’s underwear in 1934 when one of their designers created a strange, new kind of underwear called “the brief”. Unlike any underwear at that time, it provided men with “masculine support”, available at that time only through the use of an athletic supporter, a “jock strap”. To discretely describe the function of the new underwear, they called it the Jockey (JOCK-ey) brief. Today, Jockey is a recognized trademark in over 120 countries.
Jockey briefs sold out in every store almost immediately. Their success has lasted more than 65 years. To this day, the brief is the most popular style of men’s underwear in the US.
During the 60’s it was their continuing mission to deliver Jockey underwear to every person on earth. When they submitted their design to NASA, they began to reach for the stars. Their special astronaut underwear included special elastic straps around the cuffs to minimize “creeping” in a weightless environment.
In 1982 Jockey introduced their first complete line of women’s intimates.
Jockey International employs over 5,000 people around the world.
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