BB Dakota Clothing, Fashions for women

B.B. Dakota was founded in 1986, in Laguna Beach, California by Gloria Brandes, a Canadian fashion designer from Montreal. Brandes brought her unique French sensibility to the clothes that she created which set B.B. Dakota apart from the mainstream of Orange County surf and skate lines. The brand has been an insider’s secret for many years with many devoted fans lining up outside the original store in Laguna Beach, for a chance to buy the clothes. In 2005 the secret was out as many fashion editors began to publicize this small exclusive brand in editorials in national magazines. Today B.B. Dakota is focusing on smaller independent boutiques to keep the brand from becoming over-exposed.