Austin Reed (retailer)
Flagship store on Regent Street, 2011 | |
| Austin Reed | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Founder | Austin Leonard Reed |
| Defunct | 2016 |
| Products | Clothing, bags and accessories |
| Owner | Edinburgh Woollen Mill (trademarks) |
Austin Reed was a British fashion retailer founded in 1900; the brand was acquired by Edinburgh Woollen Mill in 2016.
NKVD officer Vladimir Pravdin wore an Austin Reed suit he purchased from the Regent Street store, abandoning it in a Swiss hotel as he fled after his 1937 assassination of Ignace Reiss.