Majestic Athletic is a maker of sports apparel. The company is also the current uniform provider for Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

. It has been a subsidiary of VF since 2007.

Origins

Majestic was founded by Faust Capobianco III in 1976. Capobianco learned about the garment business from his mother, Mary Capobianco, who owned a company called Maria Rose Fashions that made mostly women's clothing like blouses.

Entering the MLB market

Majestic became involved in the production of MLB batting practice jerseys in 1982 and they signed their first MLB National Licensing Agreement with MLB in 1984. Starting in 2005, Majestic became the sole provider of authentic jerseys for all 30 MLB teams.

Merchandising licensed manufacturer

Majestic has also been licensed to comercialize uniforms and apparel of the main sports leagues in USA and Canada. The following is a list of the products made and comercialized by the company:

Apparel

  NBA - all teams (official uniforms are licensed to Adidas

Adidas

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)   NHL - all teams (official uniforms are licensed to Reebok

Reebok

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