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The Office of the United States Trustee announced the appointment of an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 bankruptcy case of The Wilkes Bashford Company . Wilkes Bashford, a high-end department store chain, filed for chapter 11 protection on November 9th in order to effectuate a sale of substantially all of the company's assets to Ed Mitchell West, LLC. The chain was founded in 1966 and operated its six-story flagship store in San Francisco's Union Square. Wilkes Bashford stores were also opened in Mill Valley , Palo Alto , and Carmel , California but the Mill Valley store and the Carmel store were closed in the last two months.

The members of the Creditors' Committee are:

(1) Brioni Roman Style USA Corp.
(2) Kiton Corporation
(3) Belvest USA, Inc.
(4) Oxxford Clothes XX
(5) Loro Piana USA LLC

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