{"id":570828,"date":"2025-11-14T23:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570828\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T23:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:23:15","slug":"u-k-based-72-million-online-clothing-brand-snag-set-to-grow-in-europe-asia-and-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570828\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K.-Based $72 Million Online Clothing Brand Snag Set To Grow In Europe, Asia And U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763162595_53_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Snag sizing for tights ranges from 0 to 38.\" data-height=\"2061\" data-width=\"4612\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Snag, a $72 million U.K.-based brand offers tights in a wide range of sizes.<\/p>\n<p>COURTESY OF SNAG<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Snag, an ethically designed and inclusively sized online clothing brand with $72 million  in 2025 revenue and 2.5 million consumers globally, is set to scale in Europe and the U.S. with predictions of $350 million in revenue in five years and stores on three continents. The brand\u2019s fans buy a pair of its transformative tights every 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The company, which is based in the U.K., will have in 2025 year-over-year growth of 10%. \u201cWe started in 2018, and went from $0 to $72 million,\u201d said founder and CEO Brie Read. \u201cIt\u2019s grown quite quickly. Our next big step next year is opening shops. We\u2019ll start in the U.K. In five years I\u2019d like to be at $350 million in revenue and building shops in Europe, Asia and the U.S.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This past year, Snag has been concentrating on profitability and growing its base of customers. Snag is sold on Amazon and via direct to consumer on its ecommerce site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSnag has exploded in growth by building one of the most connected communities in fashion,\u201d said Juan Pellerano-Rend\u00f3n, chief marketing officer of Swap. \u201cTheir powerful Instagram and TikTok presence has shaped a brand that\u2019s radically inclusive and universally resonant. The Snag Besties community Instagram channel alone has 2,400 superfans who sign up for daily updates \u2013 community loyalty most brands can only dream of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to tights, Snag offers a vast array of clothing, including leggings, underwear, tops, skirts, dresses, bottoms and jeans \u2013 which were three years in the making \u2013 all tested on real people sizes 0 to 34, with tights going up to size 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe revolutionized tights,\u201d said Read, whose inspiration for the company came when her tights fell down on a shopping trip in the U.K. \u201cIt was very embarrassing,\u201d she said. \u201cI tried to work out why tights don\u2019t fit people properly and I found out that they are all the same width and just vary in length.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are 40 different novelty styles of tights alone, including those with skull patterns and snake prints. Leggings include squat-proof varieties that are entirely opaque and soft with deep pockets and a thick waistband that won\u2019t roll down. The leggings are made from <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianneplummer\/2025\/10\/26\/what-is-sustainable-fashion-and-why-it-matters-for-our-planet\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianneplummer\/2025\/10\/26\/what-is-sustainable-fashion-and-why-it-matters-for-our-planet\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"sustainable fibers\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainable fibers <\/a>and designed to fit all sizes. They\u2019re stretchy and comfortable and won\u2019t sag or dig into the skin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe really focus on getting the fit right and that means there\u2019s less waste in landfills and less emotional difficulties,\u201d Read said. \u201cWhen it doesn\u2019t fit it\u2019s a really sad experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tights come in a range of sizes, colors and novelty prints.<\/p>\n<p>COURTESY OF SNAG<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There\u2019s <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sharonedelson\/2025\/10\/23\/viva-voce-gives-new-voice-to-large-size-women\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sharonedelson\/2025\/10\/23\/viva-voce-gives-new-voice-to-large-size-women\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"an economic opportunity\" rel=\"noopener\">an economic opportunity<\/a> to capture plus-size women that brands and retailers are acknowledging. \u201cIn the U.K., and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s the same in the U.S., 60% of people are over a size 16,\u201d Read said. \u201cFashion is really going to a small minority of people. The majority of consumers are larger. We like to help people that don\u2019t have a voice. They see themselves in product ads and they want beautiful clothes that fit them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Read said she\u2019s not interested in outside investment in the business. \u201cA couple of people invested a very small amount, a tiny fraction of what the business is worth,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any major investors.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt really is a passion and I don\u2019t want to leave it,\u201d she added. \u201cWe don\u2019t need the money because we\u2019ve been profitable from day one. We can make ethical decisions, whereas if you take a lot of someone else\u2019s money, you\u2019re beholden to them. It\u2019s very important for us to continue to operate with compassion and ethics and we\u2019re making enough money so that we can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brie Read is leading Snag to outsized growth with empathy.<\/p>\n<p>COURTESY OF SNAG<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSnag is my job and my hobby,\u201d Read said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of what I do 100% of the time. I have a team and I want to make the world a better place for them as they grow up. I don\u2019t want them to feel like their bodies are ever wrong. Clothes don\u2019t fit because your body is wrong, they don\u2019t fit because the clothes are wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Snag is completely virtual. The entire business is run from WhatsApp. \u201cWe don\u2019t operate like a normal business at all,\u201d Read said. \u201cThe business is filled with introverts who want to work from home. It\u2019s a very different business model and has a very flat structure. We make year-over-year gains by making our customers as happy as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The company is also focusing on durability and does extensive durability testing. The products \u201ccan be washed hundreds of times,\u201d Read said. \u201cIt\u2019s really important that you make clothing that will continue on and last. It\u2019s attention to quality details.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Snag uses a special knit that\u2019s resistant to lathering for peak performance and longevity. \u201cWe have a lot of doctors and nurses and teachers that wear our product and that\u2019s what they really love about it,\u201d Read said. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to worry about it falling down. We have great compression tights, which help if you\u2019re on your feet all day, beautiful wool tights, marino wool tights, and moisture wicking tights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Making consumers happy is Read\u2019s raison d\u2019etre. The industry average return rate is 40%, Snag\u2019s is 2%. Take denim, for example. \u201cEverything fits and is made with a special technique,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not stretch denim, its cloth denim and it\u2019s designed in a completely different way. They fit in a way that\u2019s really comfortable. Finally, I understand why women wear jeans and why they love them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pieces are designed in Scotland and ethically made in Italy. Despite a U.S. nationwide loyal fan base via Amazon and DTC, Snag gets more than 100 complaints a day that the models in its ad campaigns are \u201ctoo fat,\u201d Read said. \u201cPeople  like to talk a lot about other people\u2019s bodies. As you start talking to people about what inclusion means, you think, why shouldn\u2019t a fat person be able to buy the same clothes as a thin person.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snag, a $72 million U.K.-based brand offers tights in a wide range of sizes. 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