What city located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico has a Vilebrequin store?
Vilebrequin Vilebrequin is a French brand, specialized in both swimwear and ready-to-wear for men and women. The brand was created in 1971 in Saint Tropez by Fred Prysquel a photographer and sports automobile journalist. It has stores in Saint-Tropez, Paris, Beverly Hills, Cape Town, Milan, New York City, Washington DC, Beirut, Houston, etc. It was due to Prysquel's passion for automobiles that he named his brand, Vilebrequin, the French word for automobile motor, the crankshaft.
Gadzooks (retailer) Gadzooks, Inc. was a mall-based clothing retailer aimed at teenagers based in Carrollton, Texas. It was founded in 1983 as a T-shirt business owned by Texas businessmen, Jerry Szczepanski and Larry Titus. After achieving success, Gadzooks expanded its product line to sell a broader assortment of clothing aimed at teenagers, specializing in unique colors such as plum. The company logo included the Volkswagen Beetle and all stores had a life-size version of part of a Beetle inside. In 2003, it dropped its shrinking male clothing line to focus exclusively on female clothing. The store promoted this with ill-received ads with statements like "Proud to be Sexist" and "Stop Equality". Eventually, Gadzooks filed for bankruptcy twice. In March 2005, Forever 21 purchased the chain and closed underperforming stores, reducing the number of locations from 243 to about 150 before being phased out entirely.