 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Joseph Spiegel akashanda somudzidzi muzvitoro zvinoverengeka muNew York kusvikira muna 1862, uye muna 1863 akanyoresa mu120th Ohio Volunteers. Akashanda muuto raGeneral Ulysses S. Grant muLouisiana kwaakashanda semushandi wehama yake, akaona kufa kwemukoma wake muhondo, uye akazotapwa ndokuendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa vehondo kuFort Camp, Texas, kwaakagara kusvika muna Chivabvu 1865. Akadzokera kuChicago uko akapinda mubhizimisi remidziyo pamwe chete nomukoma wake, achivhura chitoro chiduku chemidziyo paWabash Avenue chinonzi J. Spiegel and Company icho chakatengesa midziyo yeLiebenstein. Muna 1870, akatora kutonga kwebhizimisi reLiebenstein mushure mekuroora munununa waLiebenstein, Mathilde Liebenstein. Moto weChicago wa1871rakaparadza bhizimisi rake, kunyange zvazvo akakwanisa kutangazve nokukurumidza sezvo zvizhinji zvezvinhu zvake zvakanga zvakachengetwa mumusha wake usina kukuvadzwa, izvo zvakatungamirira kukubudirira sezvo vanyajambwa vemoto vaida kutengazve fanicha. Muna 1886, vanakomana vake, Modie naSidney, vakabatana nebhizimisi racho. Muma 1890, sezvo vatengi vakapfuma vakatamira kumaguta uye vakatsiviwa nevapoteri, Spiegel akachinja zano rekambani kubva pakutengesa fenicha yemhando yepamusoro pamari chete kuenda kune fenicha yakachipa pachikwereti. Muna 1903, mwanakomana wake Arthur akabatana nebhizimisi racho uye Spiegel akatanga bhizimisi ravo rekutenga nokutengesa tsamba, achiva kambani yokutanga kutengesa fenicha netsamba. Pakazosvika 1925, mutengesi wemafashoni nemidziyo akanga ava nevatengi vane mamiriyoni 10. 