Fashion giant Zara didn’t always go by the name it does now.
The popular high-street brand is renowned for its stylish clothes, trendy accessories and affordable beauty products - making it a staple in the UK for years. Despite being loved by many, what some people don’t know is that Zara used to have a different name.
Zara was initially called Zorba, after the 1960s film, Zorba the Greek which starred Anthony Quinn as the title character. The multi-billion pound company started as just one shop in a city in northwest Spain - a far cry from where it is today with stores all over the world.
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In fact, the store in Liverpool ONE announced this week it is set to undergo a major expansion, almost doubling in size, to accommodate new facilities and technologies.
The clothing chain was started by a tailor named Amancio Ortega back in 1975 in A Coruña in Galicia, Spain. He named the shop after the popular film not realising there was a bar nearby also called Zorba, also named after the film.
Despite having the moulds for the original name, quick-thinking Ortega fiddled with the letters and spelt out the name Zara – and the rest is history. As the story goes, the extra 'a' came from an additional set of letters that had already been moulded for the company.
US social forum Quora agrees with this theory, saying the bar owner even tracked down Mr Ortega. One user said: "In 1975, the brand's founder, Amancio Ortega, opened a small store selling his housecoats and robes in north-western Spain. Ortega called the store Zorba, after the film Zorba the Greek.
"However, Zorba the
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