Bodyline

Bodyline
Founded	2001
Country	Japan
No. of locations	2
Owner	JC International Trade CO., Ltd. (2017 - present)
Website	website
Instagram	bodylineharajuku
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Bodyline, also known as Bodyline Yokoso, is a costume and import company known for their low prices.

Concept

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History

Bodyline started as a costume shop, factory and international trade company in November 2001.^[1] Their factory was established in December of 2001 in China about 30 minutes by car from Shanghai International Airport.^[1] Per their website, the factory was connected to the Japan office by videophone and they performed production control and quality control in real time. They employed 50 people and used industrial sewing machines from Japanese makers JUKI and YAMATO. Their staff designer previously worked at Wacoal (ワコール), a Japanese undergarment company, and they did both small batch and large batch sewing.^[2] The sewing factory also took outside orders, and was able to produce a variety of items from general clothing to underwear to dog clothing with a minimum of 50 pieces per order.^[3] In 2003 they incorporated under the parent company JC International Trade Co., Ltd. (株式会社ジェーシーインターナショナルトレード ).^[4]^[5]

In Late 2017, Bodyline's parent company JC International Trade Co., Ltd. was acquired by J-STAR Co., Ltd.^[6]^[4]

Notable Figures

Mr. Yan - Owner and public face of bodyline before the sale in 2017. Allegedly, asked a former model contest winner to sleep with him / marry him and when she refused, he filmed himself breaking a mirror and refused to provide her a return airfare ticket which had been part of her contest winnings.^[7]

Nadia - Model Contest Winner.^[8] Allegedly the 'Love Nadia' print was named after her.

Yoshiko - Designer / employee. Left Bodyline in 2012.^[9]

Characters & Design Motifs

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Locations/Sales Model

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Shop List

Directly Managed Shops

Shop	Country	Address	Status	Socials
Store 1	Country 1	Test Address 1	Test Status 1	Test Socials 1
Store 2	Country 2	Test Address 2	Test Status 2	Test Socials 2
Store 3	Country 3	Test Address 3	Test Status 3	Test Socials 3

External Distributors

Shop	Country	Address	Status	Socials
Store 1	Country 1	Test Address 1	Test Status 1	Test Socials 1
Store 2	Country 2	Test Address 2	Test Status 2	Test Socials 2
Store 3	Country 3	Test Address 3	Test Status 3	Test Socials 3