Nelly Don

The company was headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and had additional factories in that state.

They were one of the first companies to apply assembly line techniques to clothing manufacturing.

[4] After the sale of the company in 1956, the brand declined in popularity over the next 20 years and ultimately filed for bankruptcy in 1978.

A documentary film was made about this company titled Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time.

In March 2019, an original production, Nelly Don: the Musical, by the playwright and lyricist Terence O'Malley, debuted at the MTH Theater at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri.