What even is Brandy Melville?

Brandy Melville did not begin in the early 80s whatsoever and was only founded upon the merging of two individual companies; Brandy (owned by Stephan Marsan) and Melville (Owned by Dominici Marco). That was in 2004. This video aims to cut through the misinformation using legal filings, trademarkings and a lawsuit between the three sounders which is linked below. Admittedly not all the answers are found here, but the research isn't done yet... 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Ch. 1: A Perpetuated History 2:20 Ch. 2: The True Origin 6:20 Ch. 3: A Tale of Three Parties 11:44 Ch. 4: The Division of Brandy Melville 21:07 Ch. 5: The Expansion of Brandy Melville 28:40 Ch. 6: America 35:53 Ch. 7: Recap Lawsuit R1099/2008-1: https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearchCLW/#key/trademark/APL_20090723_R1099_2008-1_003849395 Beauty Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@underskinYT Patreon: patreon.com/understitch BUY MY BOOKS: CHANEL BOOK: https://amzn.to/3WGDyi3 Unless otherwise obvious, photos in this video are from Getty Images or Alamy under their editorial terms used for non-commercial websites, blogs and social media posts illustrating matters of public interest.