The Gap
/ðə ˈɡæp/
/ðə ˈɡæp/
- any of a group of fashionable US clothes shops. The first was opened in San Francisco in 1969 and sold only jeans. The company later started developing its own range of clothes and opened shops in several other countries, including Britain, where they are called simply Gap.
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