Shagal Jeans first opened in 1978, created by president Ed Yhuda Tcherni.
Tcherni said Shagal Jeans was a smaller company but provided product throughout western Canada, from Winnipeg to Vancouver.
“Before I started my own company, I worked for about 10 years for other people,” Cerny said.  “I decided to leave this industry because it was very stressful and I went into construction with a friend of mine and winter came, I couldn’t stand the cold to work outside in the cold, so I decided to go back to this business.”
He said he was very focused on making quality jeans and his clothes always had different and unique designs, compared to other companies.
“I was very successful…I used to think of something that no one else would.”
Stock up on Shagal Jeans, a store that has reopened in Winnipeg after being closed for more than 30 years.  November 13, 2022. (Source: Zachary Kitchen/CTV News)
In 1991, Cherny decided he could retire at age 47.
“I like Hawaii, I’ve been traveling all over the place in the winter. I liked Hawaii the best to go. So I decided I’ve done pretty well and I’ve got enough to retire,” he said, adding that he’s been going to Hawaii every year. in the winter months.
Fast forward to 2022, Tcherni began to notice that the jeans the younger generation was wearing were the same kind of jeans he was making.  He said he still had a lot of stock packed away and decided it would be better if others could buy it.
Stock up on Shagal Jeans, a store that has reopened in Winnipeg after being closed for more than 30 years.  November 13, 2022. (Source: Zachary Kitchen/CTV News)
“Why should this sit there and collect dust? So I decided it would give me something to do. So I decided to open the store.”
Tcherni said that’s not something he has to do, rather it’s something he likes to do, adding that he likes being able to talk to customers.
Shagal Jeans has now set up shop at 87 King Street and is open Monday through Saturday from 11:30am.  until 4 p.m.
Cerny said he will be gone for the winter at the end of November until April, but said someone else will still be running the store and encourages people to stop by.
Stock up on Shagal Jeans, a store that has reopened in Winnipeg after being closed for more than 30 years.  November 13, 2022. (Source: Zachary Kitchen/CTV News)