Guess is a luxury American name-brand clothing line. Guess also markets other fashion accessories besides clothes, such as watches and jewelry. The company also owns the line Marciano.
Guess was founded by Georges, Armand, Paul, and Maurice Marciano, four brothers born in Debdou village, Morocco. They moved to California from France in 1977 and founded the company in 1981.
In the 1985 Robert Zemeckis movie, back to the Future, Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) wore distinctive Guess denim clothing, reportedly designed specifically for the film. During the 1980s Guess was one of the most popular brands of jeans. The company was one of the first companies to create designer jeans. While the first jeans were for women, in 1983 a men's line debuted. In 1984 Guess introduced its new line of watches known as "Guess", "Guess Steel", and the "Guess Collection" The watch line is still in existence today, and has been joined by a number of other accessory sidelines.