Way Funky Company Pty Ltd (or Way Funky) is an Australian swimwear apparel manufacturing company based in Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 2002 by Duncan McLean,[1] and specializes in colorful chlorine resistant sports swimwear. The company also produces competitive swimwear approved by FINA.[2]
Way Funky manages three distinct brands of swimwear: Funkita for ladies, girls and toddlers; Funky Trunks for men, boys and toddlers; and Kiargo, a separate fashion line for women.[3]
Funky Trunks was launched in 2002, Funkita in 2004 and Kiargo in 2006.[3]
In the mediaedit
Way Funky signed a deal with Australian male model Craig Barnett in 2007 and was one of the first major brands to sign a major deal in March 2010 with an openly gay athlete, namely the Australian Olympic gold medalist diver Matthew Mitcham. Mitcham was announced as the new face of Funky Trunks. He will appear globally on advertising campaigns across Australia, Europe and the United States as the brand rapidly expands into international markets.[4][5] He is also spokesman and "swimwear ambassador" for the brand.[6]
funky, company, australian, swimwear, apparel, manufacturing, company, based, victoria, australia, founded, 2002, duncan, mclean, specializes, colorful, chlorine, resistant, sports, swimwear, company, also, produces, competitive, swimwear, approved, fina, comp. Way Funky Company Pty Ltd or Way Funky is an Australian swimwear apparel manufacturing company based in Victoria Australia It was founded in 2002 by Duncan McLean 1 and specializes in colorful chlorine resistant sports swimwear The company also produces competitive swimwear approved by FINA 2 Way Funky Company Pty LtdCompany typePrivateIndustryApparel industryFounded2002FounderDuncan McLeanHeadquartersAustraliaArea servedWorldwideProductsSwimwearSportswearWebsitewww wbr wayfunky wbr com Way Funky manages three distinct brands of swimwear Funkita for ladies girls and toddlers Funky Trunks for men boys and toddlers and Kiargo a separate fashion line for women 3 Contents 1 History 2 In the media 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editFunky Trunks was launched in 2002 Funkita in 2004 and Kiargo in 2006 3 In the media editWay Funky signed a deal with Australian male model Craig Barnett in 2007 and was one of the first major brands to sign a major deal in March 2010 with an openly gay athlete namely the Australian Olympic gold medalist diver Matthew Mitcham Mitcham was announced as the new face of Funky Trunks He will appear globally on advertising campaigns across Australia Europe and the United States as the brand rapidly expands into international markets 4 5 He is also spokesman and swimwear ambassador for the brand 6 See also edit nbsp Companies portal nbsp Fashion portal nbsp Australia portal List of swimwear brandsReferences edit DivingNSW Matthew Mitcham Dives Into Funky Trunks FINA Approved swimwear fina org Official FINA website www fina org Retrieved 6 August 2018 a b About Kiargo Swimwear Australia Retrieved 6 August 2018 The Australian Corporate world embracing Olympic gold medal winner Matthew Mitcham The Advocate Matthew Mitcham the World Is Not Enough Archived 2010 06 14 at the Wayback Machine The Advocate Matthew Mitcham Swimwear Spokesman Archived 2010 07 11 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editFunky Trunks website Funkita website Kiargo website nbsp This industry related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Way Funky amp oldid 1223437184, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
