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Britches Great Outdoors (BGO or Britches) is a clothing company originally founded in Georgetown, Washington, United States. It produces a full line of primarily men's clothing.

History
What originally started as The Georgetown Slack Shoppe in 1966 quickly evolved into a full line of men's dress clothes under a new name; Britches of Georgetowne. Britches of Georgetowne was one of the early retailers of Ralph Lauren ties and in 1972 outfitted the crew of Ted Turner’s Courageous, which won the America’s Cup that year. As the casual clothing side of the business increased it evolved into a new store called Britches Great Outdoors, eventually growing to over 60 stores by 1988.

Britches Great Outdoors helped usher in a revised era of preppy style to the Washington DC area and beyond with their irreverent and unique take on classics. This started with the Warthog logo embroidered on their polo shirts. Poking fun at the various animal logos appearing on preppy clothing such as Ralph Lauren's polo pony and the Lacoste alligator, Britches thought of the ugliest animal they could think of and started adding a Warthog logo to their shirts. What started as a joke quickly took hold as the 'anti-brand' or what many referred to as 'preppy with an edge.'

In the 1990s Britches was bought by CML then sold to Guess Inc where the brand was ultimately shuttered. In late 2019 Matt Carson purchased the rights to resurrect Britches and started working with many of the original team and manufacturers. Currently Britches operates two stores in Warrenton, Virginia and the The Wharf with plans to expand.