Hanes
John Wesley Hanes' brother Pleasant H. Hanes founded the P.H. Hanes Knitting Company in 1901. The brothers previously operated a tobacco manufacturing business, that they sold to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1900. The P.H. Hanes Knitting Company merged with Hanes Hosiery in 1965. The P.H. Hanes Knitting Company complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Consolidated Foods (later renamed Sara Lee) announced its purchase of Hanes in 1978.
Underalls
Underalls is a women's activewear brand. Relaunched in October 2018, the company is best known for its patent pending leggings with built-in underwear in two models: The Original and The Newbie. Underalls is based in New York City and retails its products via underalls.com. The company is committed to sustainability, with almost every pair of Underalls being made from recycled plastic bottles.
Originally Underalls was a brand of undergarments for women manufactured by the Hanes hosiery and underwear company of North Carolina and marketed in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from the introduction of the product in 1976 until the halt of production in the early 1990s. The product was noted for being a combination of pantyhose and panties together, presumably to prevent panty lines.