Lee discount codes, November 2026

Lee is one of the oldest names in denim. Henry David Lee set up the H.D. Lee Mercantile Company in Salina, Kansas, in 1889, and it began making dungarees and work jackets. The Union-All work jumpsuit followed in 1913, and in the 1920s Lee added a zip fly to its jeans and a line of children's overalls. By the 1930s and 1940s it was the leading maker of work clothes in the US, and the curved "Lazy S" stitching on the back pocket has been its signature since 1944.

From the 1950s Lee moved into casual wear, and from the 1970s into fashion fits for women and younger buyers alongside its classic jeans. It has a long link with Britain too: in 1981 workers at its factory in Greenock, Scotland, staged a seven-month sit-in against plans to close it, a protest still remembered there today. Lee was part of VF Corporation from 1969 and of Kontoor Brands from 2019, and in November 2026 Kontoor completed its sale of the Lee business to Authentic Brands Group.

The UK store sits on Lee's European website and sells the brand's jeans, denim jackets, shirts, tops and other casual wear for men and women. Buying direct means you see the full range of fits and washes in one place, rather than the smaller selection most other retailers carry.