About
Sells
Founded
January 1949
Founded By
Joe Kadison
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
Team Size
1-2 employees
Maker of timeless apparel for the sea-loving crowd. Since 1949. The company began as an outfitter specializing in marine hardware and clothing. Starting in the sixties, QMS became known for its long-brimmed caps, notably the Swordfish and the Oysterman, with its patent-leather bill. The latter was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, who wore it duck hunting in Idaho and sport fishing in Cuba and Key West.
Quaker Marine Supply (QMS) is a brand steeped in the grit and pleasures of life on the water. We make quality clothing for paddlers and navigators, dune walkers and wave runners; yachtsmen, anglers, islanders, and beach bums.
We offer a distinctive, irreverent take on classic East Coast summer style. For those who should be so lucky, QMS suits the aquatic life year-round. We salute the authenticity and tangibility of that life and the quality of experience that it represents, whether those moments close to the water are solitary or shared with friends and family. We try not to take ourselves too seriously. But QMS products and the QMS legacy are another story.
