Oshkosh B'Gosh - Wikipedia Oshkosh B'Gosh It has been requested that the title of this article be changed to Oshkosh B'gosh. Please see the relevant discussion on the discussion page. Do not move the page until the discussion has reached consensus for the change and is closed. OshKosh B'Gosh Type Subsidiary Founded 1895 Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, United States Number of locations 297 ( January 2017 ) Products Clothing Parent Carter 's, Inc. ( 2005 -- present ) Website www.oshkosh.com Corporate headquarters OshKosh B'Gosh is an American children 's apparel company founded in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1895. It is a subsidiary of Carter 's. Originally a small - town manufacturer of adult work clothing, it has become best known for its children 's clothing, especially bibbed overalls. The original children 's overalls, dating from the early twentieth century, were intended to let parents dress their children like their fathers. According to the company, sales of the product increased after Miles Kimball, an Oshkosh - based mail - order catalog, featured a pair of the overalls in its national catalog in 1960. As a result, OshKosh began to sell their products through department stores and expanded their children 's line. Children 's clothing made up 15 percent of the company 's sales in 1979 ; by 1993 that number was 95 percent. An example Oshkosh shortalls in the train engineer 's style Oshkosh B'Gosh clothes are no longer made in Oshkosh. Downsizing of domestic operations and a massive increase in outsourcing and manufacturing at Mexican and Honduran subsidiaries saw the domestic manufacturing share drop below 10 % by the year 2000. The company was sold to Carter 's, another clothing manufacturer in 2005 for $312 million, though it still operates under the original name. Today, the company sells accessories, jeans, pants, shirts, sweaters, t - shirts and tank tops, and its trademark overalls. The company produces clothing for babies, infants, toddlers, kids ( 4 - 7 ), and youth ( 5 - 14 ) ; however, it no longer manufactures clothing in adult sizes due to poor sales. The company also has over three hundred stores in the United States of America. The company now has its headquarters in Suite 1800 at Phipps Tower in Atlanta 's Buckhead district. References Jump up ^ Carter 's, Inc. reports First Quarter 2011 results Jump up ^ `` OshKosh B'Gosh Inc ''. answers.com. Jump up ^ `` Carter 's to buy OshKosh B'Gosh for $312 million ''. milwaukee.bizjournals.com. 10 May 2005. Jump up ^ `` 2014 Annual Report. '' Carter 's, Inc. `` Phipps Tower 3438 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1800 Atlanta, Georgia 30326 ( Address of principal executive offices, including zip code ) '' External links Official website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OshKosh_B%27Gosh&oldid=806553789 '' Categories : Clothing companies of the United States Children 's clothing brands Clothing brands of the United States Clothing manufacturers Manufacturing companies based in Atlanta Oshkosh, Wisconsin American companies established in 1895 Manufacturing companies established in 1895 Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Norsk Edit links This page was last edited on 22 October 2017, at 19 : 45. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where did the name osh-kosh b'gosh come from
Answer: company founded in Oshkosh, Wisconsin