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Wrangler is an American denim and westernwear brand launched by Blue Bell in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1947. It hired Rodeo Ben, a tailor who worked on costumes for Hollywood westerns, and began with jeans for cowboys. Today, its offerings center on jeans and also include shirts, jackets, westernwear, and accessories. Its signature features include designs emphasizing durability and functionality, cowboy cuts such as the 13MWZ, and details such as seven belt loops and W stitching. It continues to expand internationally as a heritage brand originating in the United States.

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10 brands
Founded
1947-2019
1947 Sub-brand
Cowboy Cut
Clothing

A classic line at the core of Western wear

Cowboy Cut is Wrangler’s core line of Western wear, dating back to the brand’s founding. I

Cowboy Cut is Wrangler’s core line of Western wear, dating back to the brand’s founding. Its three-dimensional cut designed for riding and rodeo, hem design suited to boots, and continued offerings of classic denim form the mainstream of Wrangler. Unlike the contemporary 20X, the more lifestyle-oriented Retro, and the function-focused RIGGS Workwear, it is positioned as the line that most directly represents the brand’s Western wear heritage.

1965 Sub-brand
Rustler
Clothing

A line serving the accessible everyday market

Rustler is a separately named denim and workwear line within the Wrangler brand family. Ce

Rustler is a separately named denim and workwear line within the Wrangler brand family. Centered on jeans for everyday work and outdoor use, it emphasizes functionality and a broad range of sizes, and serves mass-market and everyday consumers more than the Wrangler brand itself. It is not merely a sibling brand of Kontoor Brands; the company’s official Wrangler brand page and annual report explicitly identify Rustler as a Wrangler sub-brand.

1993 Sub-brand
Wrangler Rugged Wear
Clothing

A line focused on durable everyday wear

Wrangler Rugged Wear is a casual line that brings Wrangler’s durability to everyday wear a

Wrangler Rugged Wear is a casual line that brings Wrangler’s durability to everyday wear and outdoor living. Its offerings include relaxed-fit jeans, denim jackets, lined items, and carpenter jeans, serving a broad range of everyday uses unlike the western-specific Cowboy Cut or the work-oriented RIGGS Workwear. The official website continues to organize its products as a separate collection.

1994 Sub-brand
20X
Clothing

A men’s line focused on contemporary western wear

20X is a men’s western-inspired line within the Wrangler brand family. Based on the cowboy

20X is a men’s western-inspired line within the Wrangler brand family. Based on the cowboy cut, it offers styling that combines modern fits and washes with shirts and jackets, serving as an entry point to contemporary western wear distinct from the traditional core line, Cowboy Cut. It continues to be offered as an official Wrangler collection, and corporate materials from Kontoor Brands explicitly identify it as a sub-brand and product line within Wrangler.

2003 Sub-brand
RIGGS Workwear by Wrangler
Clothing

A specialist line focused on functional workwear

RIGGS Workwear by Wrangler is a workwear-specialist line derived from Wrangler. It is desi

RIGGS Workwear by Wrangler is a workwear-specialist line derived from Wrangler. It is designed with a focus on functionality for work sites, including reinforced construction, tool pockets, cargo pockets, and materials selected with durability in mind. In contrast to Cowboy Cut, which has Western style at its core, and everyday Retro, it is positioned as a line that clearly emphasizes practicality as workwear. It continues to offer workwear for men and women.

2004 Sub-brand
Aura from the Women at Wrangler
Clothing

A line offering fit options for women

Aura from the Women at Wrangler is a women’s line derived from Wrangler’s women’s division

Aura from the Women at Wrangler is a women’s line derived from Wrangler’s women’s division. It emphasizes fit designed to suit different body shapes and stretch, offering silhouettes specifically for women that differ from conventional Western staples. Wrangler’s official website presents it as a representative stretch-jeans line, and materials from Kontoor Brands also treat it as a sub-brand within Wrangler.

2008 Sub-brand
Rock 47 by Wrangler
Clothing

A decorative Western derivative line

Rock 47 by Wrangler is an independent line name that includes licensed offerings derived f

Rock 47 by Wrangler is an independent line name that includes licensed offerings derived from Wrangler’s Western context. Through Western shirts, jeans, accessories, and other items, it presented decorative Western clothing associated with rodeo and country music. Corporate materials describe it as a derivative line serving a more decorative, casual Western segment, distinct from Wrangler’s regular core denim and workwear lines.

2009 Sub-brand
Wrangler Retro
Clothing

A lifestyle line that modernizes heritage

Wrangler Retro is a line derived from Wrangler that extends Wrangler’s Western heritage in

Wrangler Retro is a line derived from Wrangler that extends Wrangler’s Western heritage into contemporary casualwear. It offers bootcut and straight jeans, snap shirts, and Western-inspired patterns and details for men, women, and children. While Cowboy Cut represents functionality and tradition, Retro’s role is to incorporate elements of past Western clothing into everyday styling.

2019 Sub-brand
ATG by Wrangler
Clothing

A derived line focused on outdoor functionality

ATG by Wrangler is a functional line that extends Wrangler's denim heritage into outdoor a

ATG by Wrangler is a functional line that extends Wrangler's denim heritage into outdoor and activewear. It offers cargo pants, utility pants, technical shirts, performance polos, and other items, emphasizing ease of movement and storage for outdoor activities. While RIGGS Workwear primarily targets work sites, ATG is positioned as an entry point for a wide range of outdoor uses, such as hiking and travel.

- Sub-brand
Wrangler Premium Patch
Clothing

A derivative line that serves as an entry point to the kids’ market

Wrangler Premium Patch is a line within Wrangler’s range of products for children. It focu

Wrangler Premium Patch is a line within Wrangler’s range of products for children. It focuses mainly on jeans for girls and adapts the parent brand’s denim designs to children’s sizes and fits. Unlike adult-oriented lines such as Cowboy Cut and Retro, it targets a different age group and serves to extend the Wrangler brand experience to junior customers. Kontoor Brands materials also include it among Wrangler’s sub-brands and collections.

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2025.08.08

MAISON SPECIAL

Wrangler’s denim and Western wear were reinterpreted through MAISON SPECIAL’s contemporary silhouettes. The collaboration featured denim vests with small floral embroidery, studs, washes, and mud treatments, as well as barrel-silhouette pants.

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