"Aquascutum" is a UK-based luxury clothing and apparel manufacturer, owned by Japanese company Renown Incorporated since 1990. History Aquascutum was established in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, when tailor and entrepreneur John Emary opened a high quality menswear shop at 46 Regent Street. In 1853, after succeeding to produce the first waterproof wool, he'd his discovery patented and renamed the company ‘Aquascutum’, Latin for ‘watershield’. In 1901, Emary… (More on Aquascutum)