New luxury clothing brand launches with name of historic Oxford shoemakers
A bespoke luxury clothing brand launched in Woodstock last week taking its name from an Oxford business that became an institution. Duckers Style takes its name from Ducker & Son – a traditional shoe makers in Turl Street that traded for 118 years. Ducker & Son was founded by Edward Ducker in 1898. A limited company was formed following the deaths of Ducker and his wife in 1947. It closed at the end of November 2016 and its archives are now held in the Bodleian Library. The shop was featured in the 2007 romantic war drama film Atonement starring Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumber...
Source: oxfordmail.co.uk
