French Connection
Type	Public company
Founded	London (1969)
Headquarters	London
Key people	Stephen Marks, Chairman & CEO Roy Naismith, Finance Director
Industry	Clothing [1]
Products	Clothing, cosmetics
Revenue	£265.7 million GBP (2005)
Employees	2,424 (2004)
Website	www.frenchconnection.com

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"fcuk"

In April 1997, French Connection began branding their clothes "fcuk" (usually written in lowercase). Large stores are in Leeds and London. Though they insisted it was an acronym for French Connection United Kingdom, its similarity to the word "fuck" caused controversy.^[1] French Connection fully exploited this and produced an extremely popular range of t-shirts with messages such as "fcuk this", "hot as fcuk", "mile high fcuk", "lucky fcuk", "Fun Comes Usually Kneeling", "fcuk on the beach", etc. There were also a number of regionally specific messages, such as "fcuk in hull" (bearing similarity to "fucking hell") and "no fcukin worries" (in Australia) and "fcuk off". "Chugging the fcuk" and "Munching on fcuk" were popular shirt titles but were later found as innapropriate. Apparently they first discovered the acronym when a fax was sent from their Hong Kong store FCHK to FCUK. For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 2001, during the introduction of French Connection in San Francisco, big banners hung on the front of the newly opened store saying "San Francisco's first fcuk." This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Distribution

French Connection shop

French Connection has distributing stores worldwide. It predominantly sells its clothing through its own stores, though many other shops stock its ranges. In the United States, the fcuk brand has been controversial; the American Family Association, for example, has urged a boycott of fcuk products. ^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3840x2160, 4207 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: London French Connection (clothing) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3840x2160, 4207 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: London French Connection (clothing) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... The American Family Association (AFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes conservative Christian values. ...

Legal cases and controversy

FCUK billboard in Melbourne, Australia.

French Connection launched a trademark infringement case challenging "First Consultant UK," a computer company, over its use of the fcuk acronym, but the judge in the case refused to grant an injunction, describing French Connection's use of it as "a tasteless and obnoxious campaign."^[3] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 976 KB) FCUK billboard. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 976 KB) FCUK billboard. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

The company also threatened legal action against the right-wing political youth organisation Conservative Future, which had briefly adopted the spoof abbrevation "cfuk" (short for "Conservative Future UK").^[4] Conservative Future is the youth movement of the British Conservative Party. ...

Another judge reportedly expelled a potential juror from his courtroom for wearing one of the fcuk range of T-shirts, saying that the "mis-spelt Anglo Saxon word" was a distraction and did not dignify the court proceedings.^[5]

Following years of complaints, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned a number of advertisements and ordered the company to submit all posters for approval before running them.^[1] The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the independent British self regulatory organisation (SRO) of the advertising industry. ...

In the United States, mayor of Boston, Massachusetts Thomas Menino told French Connection to remove their ads from billboards throughout the city, according to the Boston Metro. Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the current mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the citys first Italian-American mayor. ... For other newspapers with the same name, see Metro (newspaper). ...

Fashion vs Style

In February 2006 French Connection launched the Fashion vs Style campaign that replaced the previous fcuk advertising. The first advertisement in the campaign was directed by Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, and featured girls in the roles of Fashion and Style fighting. Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971), also known as Zowie Bowie or Joey Bowie, is a British advertising executive best known as the son of popular music icon David Bowie. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

It was reported in the national press that this advert received between 121 and 127 complaints in the first week of being broadcast and may become as controversial as the previous fcuk campaign. ^[6]

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