Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler explained

Mel Ziegler and Patricia Ziegler are American businesspeople, whom are also married. They were the founders of Banana Republic, a clothing and accessory retailer.^[1] Alongside William Rosenzweig, they also co-founded The Republic of Tea. They eventually sold both companies.^{[2] [3]}

The Zieglers subsequently founded another apparel company, Zoza,^{[2] [3] [4]} but this was shut down in the dot com crash of 2000.^[5]

Their eldest son, Zio Ziegler, is a notable large-scale metal sculptor, painter, and street artist.^[6] The couple published a 2012 memoir titled Wild Company, The Untold Story of Banana Republic.

Bibliography

• Book: Ziegler . Mel . Rosenzweig . Bill . Ziegler . Patricia . The Republic of Tea : letters to a young zentrepeneur . 1992 . . New York . 978-0-385-42056-3 . 645832406 . Later re-published as: Book: Ziegler . Mel . Rosenzweig . Bill . Ziegler . Patricia . The republic of tea : the story of the creation of a business, as told through the personal letters of its founders . 1st Currency paperback . September 1, 1994 . 1992 . . New York . 978-0-385-42057-0 . 31302063 .

Notes and References

1. News: Rubin . lvia . October 10, 2000 . A New Republic / Banana Republic founders Patricia and Mel Ziegler are selling athletic-based clothing over the Web . SFGate.
2. News: AT HOME WITH/MEL AND PATRICIA ZIEGLER; About to Hatch Their Third Republic . Peter . Hellman . . New York . 0362-4331 . 1645522 . September 28, 2000 . April 9, 2011 .
3. Web site: Be present, not tense: Mel Ziegler . December 2000 . reveries magazine . reveries.com . April 9, 2011 . 'I was either going to be a curmudgeon, sitting on the edge of it, shaking my finger at it. Or I was going to go see what it was all about.' Mel Ziegler, who with his wife Patricia invented and sold Banana Republic and Republic of Tea, is explaining the end of a hiatus and the beginning of a new journey called ZoZa . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715175512/http://www.reveries.com/reverb/retailing/ziegler/index.html . July 15, 2011 . Interview with Mel Ziegler.
4. Web site: ZoZa Site Overview . Casey . Dunn . October 9, 2001 . What was ZoZa.com . April 9, 2011 .
5. Web site: ZoZa Summary . Casey . Dunn . October 9, 2001 . What was ZoZa.com . April 9, 2011 .
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