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Brooks Brothers

October 18, 2023

For the English pop duo, see The Brook Brothers.

Brooks Brothers is an American high-end luxury fashion company founded in 1818, the oldest apparel brand in continuous operation in the United States.[2] Originally a family business, Brooks Brothers produces clothing for men, women and children, as well as home furnishings. Brooks Brothers licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear,[3] Paris-based Interparfums for fragrances,[4] and Turkey-based Turko Textiles for its home collection.[5]

Brooks Brothers Inc.
FormerlyH. & D. H. Brooks & Co.
(1818-1850)
TypePrivate
IndustryFashion
FoundedApril 7, 1818; 205 years ago (1818-04-07)
FounderHenry Sands Brooks
Headquarters1180 Madison Avenue,
New York City
,
U.S.
Number of locations
170 (2021)
Key people
Products
OwnersAuthentic Brands Group and
SPARC Group LLC[1]
Websitebrooksbrothers.com brooksbrothers.eu

As a result of store closures and poor online sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2020.[6] Brooks Brothers announced in August 2020 that it would be purchased by Authentic Brands Group and by SPARC Group LLC (Simon Properties Authentic Retail Concepts Group LLC), a joint venture between Authentic Brands Group and Simon Property Group.[1][7]

History Edit

Founding and 19th century Edit

On April 7, 1818, at the age of 45, Henry Sands Brooks (1772–1833) opened H. & D. H. Brooks & Co. on the northeast corner of Catherine and Cherry streets in Manhattan. He proclaimed that his guiding principle was, "To make and deal only in merchandise of the finest body, to sell it at a fair profit, and to deal with people who seek and appreciate such merchandise."[8] In 1833, his four sons, Elisha, Daniel, Edward, and John, inherited the family business and in 1850 renamed the company "Brooks Brothers."[9]

The Golden Fleece symbol was adopted as the company's trademark in 1850. A wooly sheep suspended in a ribbon had long been a symbol of British woolen merchants. Dating from the fifteenth century, the image had been the emblem of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, founded by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. In classical Greek mythology, a magical flying ram, or Golden Fleece, was sought by Jason and the Argonauts.[10]

 
The first Brooks clothier store, at Catharine Street in Manhattan, 1845

In its early history, Brooks Brothers was known for introducing the ready-to-wear suit to American customers. In the mid-nineteenth century, Brooks Brothers outfitted United States President Abraham Lincoln and considered him a loyal customer.[11] At his second inauguration, Lincoln wore a coat specially crafted for him by Brooks Brothers. Hand-stitched into the coat's lining was a design featuring an eagle and the inscription, "One Country, One Destiny." He was wearing the coat and a Brooks Brothers suit when he was assassinated.[12][13] As a supplier of soldiers' uniforms during the Civil War, Brooks Brothers became a target of outrage for its allegedly shoddy production. With a contract from New York State to supply uniforms for the New York Volunteers, Brooks Brothers took shredded and sometimes decaying rags, glued them together and stitched them into uniforms. They would fall apart in the rain and were the subject of ridicule from other regiments.[14]

According to James Murray (primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death in 1915) Brook Brothers were allegedly responsible for bringing "shoddy" into American usage. [15]

20th century Edit

The last member of the Brooks family to head the company was Winthrop Holly Brooks, who ran the company from 1935 until its sale in 1946, when the company was acquired by Julius Garfinckel & Co. Although Winthrop Brooks remained with the company as a figurehead after the acquisition, John C. Wood became the director of Brooks Brothers. Just prior to that, Wood had been the carrier of the papers for the Dumbarton Oaks Conference.[16] Under the leadership of Wood, Brooks Brothers became even more traditional. Wood notably stated "They call us conservative, but we think that our styles are simply lacking the bizarre. We deal in what a man should wear, not what some women think he should wear."[17]

 
Brooks Brothers logo, ca. 1969

By 1971, eleven Brooks Brothers stores were in operation and located in Manhattan, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis as an integral part of the retail conglomerate Garfinckel, Brooks Brothers, Miller & Rhoads, Inc., that held the company until 1981 when it was acquired by Allied Stores.

Ralph Lauren began his career as a salesman at the Brooks Brothers Madison Avenue store.[18] Brooks Brothers later sued Polo Ralph Lauren to retain its rights to the original polo button-down collar shirt.

Brooks Brothers was acquired by the British firm Marks & Spencer in 1988. In the mid 1990s, the company's executives removed the signature Golden Fleece logo from the brand's cotton knit polo shirts, though it was later restored.[19]

In 1998, Brooks Brothers launched its official website.

21st century Edit

In 2001, Marks & Spencer sold Brooks Brothers to Retail Brand Alliance ("RBA"), now known as The Brooks Brothers Group, a company privately owned by Italian billionaire Claudio del Vecchio (son of Luxottica founder Leonardo del Vecchio).[20] Along with Brooks Brothers, RBA comprised Carolee, a designer of jewelry for department stores and specialty stores.[21] In 2007, RBA sold its high-end women's brand Adrienne Vittadini.

As of 2015, there were 210 Brooks Brothers stores in the United States and 70 in other countries, including Australia, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile, Canada, Panama, Italy, the Philippines, Poland, Mexico, UAE, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland,[22] Indonesia, Malaysia, Greece, and Vietnam.

 
Brooks Brothers at 7 East 44th Street in Manhattan


In September 2007, Brooks Brothers's then CEO, Claudio Del Vecchio, announced the unveiling of a high-end collection of men's and women's wear named Black Fleece. Del Vecchio announced that the first star guest designer for the new collection would be New York menswear designer Thom Browne.[23] Black Fleece received so much critical and commercial success that Brooks Brothers opened a stand-alone Black Fleece boutique on Bleecker Street in the Winter of 2008. Brooks Brothers recently released a line of clothing catering to Asian clientele.[24]

 
Brooks Brothers store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California

In 2008, the company began an extensive renovation of its flagship store at 346 Madison Avenue.[25] In January 2009, Brooks Brothers closed a smaller location at Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan.[citation needed] In 2020, the 365 Madison Avenue store closed.[26]

In April 2010, Brooks Brothers launched a line of luxury home furnishings which includes bedding, bath towels, as well as living room décor and entertaining accessories.

In the mid-2010s, the company was headquartered on New York's Madison Avenue, with U.S. flagship stores in Manhattan,[27] San Francisco,[28] Chicago, Boston, and Beverly Hills.[citation needed] Most of its clothing was imported, but some suits, sport coats, shirts and accessories were manufactured in the United States. Many of its mid-range "1818" line of suits were manufactured at Brooks Brothers' Southwick plant in Haverhill, Massachusetts.[29] All Brooks Brothers necktie silk was woven in England or Italy, and the ties were still are "cut and piled" at the Brooks Brothers' tie factory in Long Island City, New York. Brooks also had a series of books on etiquette and manners for ladies and gentlemen. Its higher-end label was the Golden Fleece line which features suits that are tailored in the United States.[30]

Between 2017 and 2019, sales stagnated at around $1 billion due to business fashion turning more casual and online competition.[31] In May 2020, it was reported that Brooks Brothers was seeking a buyer. Reports also suggest the company was exploring a bankruptcy filing.[32] In June, the company proposed closing its three American factories, “a dramatic move for a brand that has really hung their hat on ‘Made in America.”[31] Del Vecchio, who was responsible for acquiring the factory in Massachusetts, said at the time that the U.S. factories never made any money and that the brand carried a debt of less than $300 million.[31]

On July 8, 2020, it was reported the company was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy primarily due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brooks Brothers planned to close 51 of its 250 locations in North America.[6] On August 11, 2020, Brooks Brothers announced that it would be sold for $325 million to brand development firm Authentic Brands Group and to SPARC Group LLC, a joint venture between Authentic Brands Group and shopping mall operator Simon Property Group.[1] The new owners committed to continue operating at least 125 Brooks Brothers retail locations in the US, and more worldwide (down from 424 global locations before the COVID-19 pandemic).[7] The transaction was completed in September 2020.[33][34] Ken Ohashi was also appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2020.[35]

On December 1, 2020, designer Michael Bastian was named as the brand's creative director.[36]

Innovations Edit

Brooks Brothers introduced many clothing advances to the American market throughout its history as a leader in the American menswear industry.

  • Brooks Brothers largely created the ready-to-wear clothing market, beginning in 1849.[37]
  • In 1896, John E. Brooks, the grandson of Henry Sands Brooks, applied button-down collars to dress shirts after having seen them on English polo players.[38][39]
  • English foulard ties were introduced by Francis G. Lloyd in the 1890s before he was made president of the corporation.[40]
  • The American "sack suit," which became a staple of the Ivy League style, was introduced by Brooks Brothers in 1895.[41][42]
  • Brooks Brothers popularized pink as a color for men's dress shirts, suggesting it be worn with charcoal-gray suits.[43][44]
  • Shetland sweater, introduced in 1904[45]
  • Harris Tweed, introduced to the fashion marketplace in 1909[46]
  • Polo coat about 1910[47][48]
  • Madras, introduced from India via Brooks Brothers to the public in 1902[49]
  • Argyles socks: in 1957, Brooks Brothers became the first American retailer to manufacture the article for men[50]
  • Light-weight summer suits: the first lightweight summer suits made of cotton corduroy and seersucker were introduced by Brooks during the early 1930s[51]
  • Wash-and-wear shirts: in 1953, the store pioneered the manufacture of wash-and-wear shirts using a blend of Dacron, polyester, and cotton that was invented by Ruth R. Benerito, which they called "Brooksweave"[52]
  • Non-iron 100% cotton dress shirt, 1998[53][54]

Brooks Brothers did not make an off-the-rack black suit between 1865 and 2003.[55] For many years, a myth circulated that the reason the company did not make black suits was out of deference to Abraham Lincoln, who wore a bespoke black Brooks frock coat, a gift from the company, when he was assassinated. It is not clear if this policy was the result or cause of the traditional American fashion rule that black suits in daytime for men are proper only for servants and when honoring the deceased.[56]

Notable customers Edit

 
A 2007 display in a Brooks Brothers store

Sports Edit

Brooks Brothers is a sponsor and the official suit designers and distributors of Italian football club Inter Milan.[57] From 2010 to 2019, the company was a sponsor and official apparel supplier of the Head of the Charles Regatta.[58]

Statesmen Edit

United States Edit

Brooks Brothers has outfitted every American president since James Madison, with the exceptions of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.[11][59][60][61][62]

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln wore a custom-made Brooks Brothers frock coat to his Second inauguration. Lincoln later wore the same frock coat on the evening of his assassination.[59]

In the late nineteenth century, Brooks Brothers tailored uniforms for elite regiments of the New York National Guard, as well as uniforms for New York state troops and Union officers during the Civil War.[63] Several Generals including Ulysses S. Grant, William Sherman, Joseph Hooker and Philip Sheridan purchased uniforms from Brooks Brothers.[64]

In 1881, after becoming vice-president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur went on a Brooks Brothers shopping spree.[65] Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt all wore Brooks Brothers to their respective inaugurations as well.

In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wore Brooks Brothers while on his way to meet Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference.[17]

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was wearing a Brooks Brothers’ grey suit when he was assassinated.[59]

In 2009, President Barack Obama wore a Brooks Brothers coat, scarf, and gloves during his inauguration in 2009 (this coat was later re-worn by Obama to Trump's inauguration in 2017).[66][67] In 2013, during his second inauguration, Obama wore a suit designed by Martin Greenfield, paired with a white shirt from Brooks Brothers.[59]

In 2017, President Donald Trump was inaugurated in a grey suit, white shirt, and dark blue overcoat. The white shirt and overcoat were believed to have been designed by Brooks Brothers. Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump have also been seen wearing items of clothing from Brooks Brothers at times.[59][60]

In 2021, President Joe Biden broke tradition by not wearing any items from Brooks Brothers at his inauguration, instead opting for a Ralph Lauren navy suit and winter overcoat. However, Biden does wear Brooks Brothers shirts and suits. He is also known to frequent casualwear from the brand such as polos and sweaters.[68]

France Edit

French former president Jacques Chirac bought his shirts at the Madison shop.[69]

Popular culture Edit

Music and fine arts Edit

Brooks Brothers is the official clothier of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.[70]

Andy Warhol was known to buy and wear clothes from Brooks Brothers. According to Carlton Walters: "I got to [know] Andy quite well, and he always looked bedraggled: always had his tie lopsided, as he didn't have time to tie it, and he never tied his shoe laces, and he even wore different colored socks, but he bought all of his clothes at Brooks Brothers."[71]

Film, television, and theatre Edit

The "white" shirts used for Archie Bunker's costumes in All in the Family were recut tan oxford shirts from Brooks Brothers.[72]

Brooks Brothers supplied clothes for the television show Mad Men; in October 2009, Brooks Brothers created a limited edition "Mad Men Edition" suit with the show's costume designer.[73]

Stephen Colbert had all of his suits for The Colbert Report and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert supplied by Brooks Brothers.[74]

Brooks Brothers frequently is sought out by costume designers in Hollywood, dressing stars in such films as Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor, Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums, and Will Smith in Ali.[75] The company produced made-to-measure period costumes for Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters.[76]

George Clooney wears Brooks Brothers throughout the film Up in the Air, and scenes were shot in a Brooks Brothers airport store.[77] The men of the film The Adjustment Bureau wear Brooks Brothers.[78] In November 2011, Brooks Brothers announced that it had designed a custom wardrobe for Kermit the Frog for the movie The Muppets. The stars of Slumdog Millionaire were all dressed by Brooks Brothers for the 81st Academy Awards.[79]

Brooks Brothers made all of the men's costumes, more than 500 pieces, for the 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby.[80] They also sponsored the premieres in New York City and Cannes Film Festival. This was followed by a limited edition collection designed with Catherine Martin and sold at Brooks Brothers stores around the world.[81][82]

In I Love Lucy, Brooks Brothers is referenced in "Changing the Boys' Wardrobe" (Season 3, Episode 9, 1953). The characters Ricky and Fred place their old clothes in Brooks Brothers boxes so their wives think they got new expensive clothing from Brooks Brothers.[83]

Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald on the Gossip Girl TV series frequently wear clothes from Brooks Brothers.[77]

Aziz Ansari's character Tom Haverford, on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, frequently mentions buying clothes from the Brooks Brothers Boys collection because, as he says, "the cuts are slimmer, and it's cheaper. Win win."[84]

Alec Baldwin's titular character in the 1994 film The Shadow was complimented on his Brooks Brothers tie by his adversary Shiwan Khan. At their next meeting, Khan is dressed in Brooks Brothers clothing.[85]

In Season 5 of Murder, She Wrote, main character Jessica Fletcher references Brooks Brothers suits.[86]

In the song “I’ll know” from the stage musical Guys and Dolls, in response to Sgt Sarah Brown's musings about her ideal husband, Sky Masterson scoffs: “You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Galahad, the breakfast-eating, Brooks Brothers type”.[87]

In the 2020 film Tenet, the protagonist played by John David Washington wore Brooks Brothers.[88]


In the movie The social network of 2010 when the winklevoss twins get into President Larry Summer’s office he makes a joke by phone saying: I got to go, I got students in my office, undergrads, I don’t know, for their appearance I think they want to sell me a Brooks Brothers franchise…

Fictional works Edit

The lead character Lestat de Lioncourt in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles often describes himself wearing suits by Brooks Brothers.[89]

F. Scott Fitzgerald refers to Brooks Brothers clothing in his debut novel, This Side of Paradise.[90]

Mary McCarthy's short story "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt," which can be found in her collection The Company she keeps, 1942, is one of the more famous literary references to the Brooks Brothers.[91]

Bret Easton Ellis refers to clothing from Brooks Brothers worn by Patrick Bateman and his colleagues in his controversial novel, American Psycho.[92]

James Thurber refers to Brooks Brothers shirts in some of his short stories.[93] Kurt Vonnegut also refers to a Brooks Brothers suit worn by the main character in his book, Jailbird.[94]

Writers John O'Hara, Somerset Maugham and J. P. Marquand incorporated Brooks Brothers into their stories as a means to draw out character traits.[95]

Richard Yates not only wore Brooks Brothers clothing throughout his life,[96] but he often referred to the brand in his writing, including in A Good School, in which one of the characters tries to hang himself with a Brooks Brothers belt.[97]

Novelist W.E.B. Griffin often mentioned Brooks Brothers military uniforms, Dress uniform and Dress Mess uniform in particular, in his best-selling Brotherhood of War[98][99][100] and The Corps book series.[101][102][103]

Writer Tom Wolfe makes repeated mentions of Brooks Brothers in his essays on style and status.[104]

In Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help, Skeeter wears one of her father's Brooks Brothers shirts.[105]

In the 2015 comic book Ms. Marvel #18 by Marvel Comics, the supervillain Kamran is derisively referred to by Kamala Khan's older brother, Aamir, as "that walking Brooks Brothers franchise."[106]

See also Edit

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For the English pop duo see The Brook Brothers Brooks Brothers is an American high end luxury fashion company founded in 1818 the oldest apparel brand in continuous operation in the United States 2 Originally a family business Brooks Brothers produces clothing for men women and children as well as home furnishings Brooks Brothers licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear 3 Paris based Interparfums for fragrances 4 and Turkey based Turko Textiles for its home collection 5 Brooks Brothers Inc FormerlyH amp D H Brooks amp Co 1818 1850 TypePrivateIndustryFashionFoundedApril 7 1818 205 years ago 1818 04 07 FounderHenry Sands BrooksHeadquarters1180 Madison Avenue New York City U S Number of locations170 2021 Key peopleKen Ohashi CEO Michael Bastian Creative director ProductsLuxury clothingaccessorieshome furnishingsOwnersAuthentic Brands Group andSPARC Group LLC 1 Websitebrooksbrothers com brooksbrothers euAs a result of store closures and poor online sales due to the COVID 19 pandemic the company filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2020 6 Brooks Brothers announced in August 2020 that it would be purchased by Authentic Brands Group and by SPARC Group LLC Simon Properties Authentic Retail Concepts Group LLC a joint venture between Authentic Brands Group and Simon Property Group 1 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 Founding and 19th century 1 2 20th century 1 3 21st century 2 Innovations 3 Notable customers 3 1 Sports 3 2 Statesmen 3 2 1 United States 3 2 2 France 4 Popular culture 4 1 Music and fine arts 4 2 Film television and theatre 4 3 Fictional works 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditFounding and 19th century Edit On April 7 1818 at the age of 45 Henry Sands Brooks 1772 1833 opened H amp D H Brooks amp Co on the northeast corner of Catherine and Cherry streets in Manhattan He proclaimed that his guiding principle was To make and deal only in merchandise of the finest body to sell it at a fair profit and to deal with people who seek and appreciate such merchandise 8 In 1833 his four sons Elisha Daniel Edward and John inherited the family business and in 1850 renamed the company Brooks Brothers 9 The Golden Fleece symbol was adopted as the company s trademark in 1850 A wooly sheep suspended in a ribbon had long been a symbol of British woolen merchants Dating from the fifteenth century the image had been the emblem of the Knights of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy In classical Greek mythology a magical flying ram or Golden Fleece was sought by Jason and the Argonauts 10 nbsp The first Brooks clothier store at Catharine Street in Manhattan 1845In its early history Brooks Brothers was known for introducing the ready to wear suit to American customers In the mid nineteenth century Brooks Brothers outfitted United States President Abraham Lincoln and considered him a loyal customer 11 At his second inauguration Lincoln wore a coat specially crafted for him by Brooks Brothers Hand stitched into the coat s lining was a design featuring an eagle and the inscription One Country One Destiny He was wearing the coat and a Brooks Brothers suit when he was assassinated 12 13 As a supplier of soldiers uniforms during the Civil War Brooks Brothers became a target of outrage for its allegedly shoddy production With a contract from New York State to supply uniforms for the New York Volunteers Brooks Brothers took shredded and sometimes decaying rags glued them together and stitched them into uniforms They would fall apart in the rain and were the subject of ridicule from other regiments 14 According to James Murray primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death in 1915 Brook Brothers were allegedly responsible for bringing shoddy into American usage 15 20th century Edit The last member of the Brooks family to head the company was Winthrop Holly Brooks who ran the company from 1935 until its sale in 1946 when the company was acquired by Julius Garfinckel amp Co Although Winthrop Brooks remained with the company as a figurehead after the acquisition John C Wood became the director of Brooks Brothers Just prior to that Wood had been the carrier of the papers for the Dumbarton Oaks Conference 16 Under the leadership of Wood Brooks Brothers became even more traditional Wood notably stated They call us conservative but we think that our styles are simply lacking the bizarre We deal in what a man should wear not what some women think he should wear 17 nbsp Brooks Brothers logo ca 1969By 1971 eleven Brooks Brothers stores were in operation and located in Manhattan Chicago Boston San Francisco Pittsburgh Los Angeles Atlanta Washington D C and St Louis as an integral part of the retail conglomerate Garfinckel Brooks Brothers Miller amp Rhoads Inc that held the company until 1981 when it was acquired by Allied Stores Ralph Lauren began his career as a salesman at the Brooks Brothers Madison Avenue store 18 Brooks Brothers later sued Polo Ralph Lauren to retain its rights to the original polo button down collar shirt Brooks Brothers was acquired by the British firm Marks amp Spencer in 1988 In the mid 1990s the company s executives removed the signature Golden Fleece logo from the brand s cotton knit polo shirts though it was later restored 19 In 1998 Brooks Brothers launched its official website 21st century Edit In 2001 Marks amp Spencer sold Brooks Brothers to Retail Brand Alliance RBA now known as The Brooks Brothers Group a company privately owned by Italian billionaire Claudio del Vecchio son of Luxottica founder Leonardo del Vecchio 20 Along with Brooks Brothers RBA comprised Carolee a designer of jewelry for department stores and specialty stores 21 In 2007 RBA sold its high end women s brand Adrienne Vittadini As of 2015 there were 210 Brooks Brothers stores in the United States and 70 in other countries including Australia India Hong Kong Taiwan Korea Japan China France Spain the United Kingdom Chile Canada Panama Italy the Philippines Poland Mexico UAE Peru Singapore Switzerland 22 Indonesia Malaysia Greece and Vietnam nbsp Brooks Brothers at 7 East 44th Street in ManhattanIn September 2007 Brooks Brothers s then CEO Claudio Del Vecchio announced the unveiling of a high end collection of men s and women s wear named Black Fleece Del Vecchio announced that the first star guest designer for the new collection would be New York menswear designer Thom Browne 23 Black Fleece received so much critical and commercial success that Brooks Brothers opened a stand alone Black Fleece boutique on Bleecker Street in the Winter of 2008 Brooks Brothers recently released a line of clothing catering to Asian clientele 24 nbsp Brooks Brothers store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills CaliforniaIn 2008 the company began an extensive renovation of its flagship store at 346 Madison Avenue 25 In January 2009 Brooks Brothers closed a smaller location at Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan citation needed In 2020 the 365 Madison Avenue store closed 26 In April 2010 Brooks Brothers launched a line of luxury home furnishings which includes bedding bath towels as well as living room decor and entertaining accessories In the mid 2010s the company was headquartered on New York s Madison Avenue with U S flagship stores in Manhattan 27 San Francisco 28 Chicago Boston and Beverly Hills citation needed Most of its clothing was imported but some suits sport coats shirts and accessories were manufactured in the United States Many of its mid range 1818 line of suits were manufactured at Brooks Brothers Southwick plant in Haverhill Massachusetts 29 All Brooks Brothers necktie silk was woven in England or Italy and the ties were still are cut and piled at the Brooks Brothers tie factory in Long Island City New York Brooks also had a series of books on etiquette and manners for ladies and gentlemen Its higher end label was the Golden Fleece line which features suits that are tailored in the United States 30 Between 2017 and 2019 sales stagnated at around 1 billion due to business fashion turning more casual and online competition 31 In May 2020 it was reported that Brooks Brothers was seeking a buyer Reports also suggest the company was exploring a bankruptcy filing 32 In June the company proposed closing its three American factories a dramatic move for a brand that has really hung their hat on Made in America 31 Del Vecchio who was responsible for acquiring the factory in Massachusetts said at the time that the U S factories never made any money and that the brand carried a debt of less than 300 million 31 On July 8 2020 it was reported the company was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy primarily due to the economic impact of the COVID 19 pandemic Brooks Brothers planned to close 51 of its 250 locations in North America 6 On August 11 2020 Brooks Brothers announced that it would be sold for 325 million to brand development firm Authentic Brands Group and to SPARC Group LLC a joint venture between Authentic Brands Group and shopping mall operator Simon Property Group 1 The new owners committed to continue operating at least 125 Brooks Brothers retail locations in the US and more worldwide down from 424 global locations before the COVID 19 pandemic 7 The transaction was completed in September 2020 33 34 Ken Ohashi was also appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2020 35 On December 1 2020 designer Michael Bastian was named as the brand s creative director 36 Innovations EditBrooks Brothers introduced many clothing advances to the American market throughout its history as a leader in the American menswear industry Brooks Brothers largely created the ready to wear clothing market beginning in 1849 37 In 1896 John E Brooks the grandson of Henry Sands Brooks applied button down collars to dress shirts after having seen them on English polo players 38 39 English foulard ties were introduced by Francis G Lloyd in the 1890s before he was made president of the corporation 40 The American sack suit which became a staple of the Ivy League style was introduced by Brooks Brothers in 1895 41 42 Brooks Brothers popularized pink as a color for men s dress shirts suggesting it be worn with charcoal gray suits 43 44 Shetland sweater introduced in 1904 45 Harris Tweed introduced to the fashion marketplace in 1909 46 Polo coat about 1910 47 48 Madras introduced from India via Brooks Brothers to the public in 1902 49 Argyles socks in 1957 Brooks Brothers became the first American retailer to manufacture the article for men 50 Light weight summer suits the first lightweight summer suits made of cotton corduroy and seersucker were introduced by Brooks during the early 1930s 51 Wash and wear shirts in 1953 the store pioneered the manufacture of wash and wear shirts using a blend of Dacron polyester and cotton that was invented by Ruth R Benerito which they called Brooksweave 52 Non iron 100 cotton dress shirt 1998 53 54 Brooks Brothers did not make an off the rack black suit between 1865 and 2003 55 For many years a myth circulated that the reason the company did not make black suits was out of deference to Abraham Lincoln who wore a bespoke black Brooks frock coat a gift from the company when he was assassinated It is not clear if this policy was the result or cause of the traditional American fashion rule that black suits in daytime for men are proper only for servants and when honoring the deceased 56 Notable customers Edit nbsp A 2007 display in a Brooks Brothers storeSports Edit Brooks Brothers is a sponsor and the official suit designers and distributors of Italian football club Inter Milan 57 From 2010 to 2019 the company was a sponsor and official apparel supplier of the Head of the Charles Regatta 58 Statesmen Edit United States Edit Brooks Brothers has outfitted every American president since James Madison with the exceptions of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan 11 59 60 61 62 In 1865 President Abraham Lincoln wore a custom made Brooks Brothers frock coat to his Second inauguration Lincoln later wore the same frock coat on the evening of his assassination 59 In the late nineteenth century Brooks Brothers tailored uniforms for elite regiments of the New York National Guard as well as uniforms for New York state troops and Union officers during the Civil War 63 Several Generals including Ulysses S Grant William Sherman Joseph Hooker and Philip Sheridan purchased uniforms from Brooks Brothers 64 In 1881 after becoming vice president of the United States Chester A Arthur went on a Brooks Brothers shopping spree 65 Presidents Ulysses S Grant Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt all wore Brooks Brothers to their respective inaugurations as well In 1945 President Franklin D Roosevelt wore Brooks Brothers while on his way to meet Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference 17 In 1963 President John F Kennedy was wearing a Brooks Brothers grey suit when he was assassinated 59 In 2009 President Barack Obama wore a Brooks Brothers coat scarf and gloves during his inauguration in 2009 this coat was later re worn by Obama to Trump s inauguration in 2017 66 67 In 2013 during his second inauguration Obama wore a suit designed by Martin Greenfield paired with a white shirt from Brooks Brothers 59 In 2017 President Donald Trump was inaugurated in a grey suit white shirt and dark blue overcoat The white shirt and overcoat were believed to have been designed by Brooks Brothers Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump have also been seen wearing items of clothing from Brooks Brothers at times 59 60 In 2021 President Joe Biden broke tradition by not wearing any items from Brooks Brothers at his inauguration instead opting for a Ralph Lauren navy suit and winter overcoat However Biden does wear Brooks Brothers shirts and suits He is also known to frequent casualwear from the brand such as polos and sweaters 68 France Edit French former president Jacques Chirac bought his shirts at the Madison shop 69 Popular culture EditMusic and fine arts Edit Brooks Brothers is the official clothier of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 70 Andy Warhol was known to buy and wear clothes from Brooks Brothers According to Carlton Walters I got to know Andy quite well and he always looked bedraggled always had his tie lopsided as he didn t have time to tie it and he never tied his shoe laces and he even wore different colored socks but he bought all of his clothes at Brooks Brothers 71 Film television and theatre Edit The white shirts used for Archie Bunker s costumes in All in the Family were recut tan oxford shirts from Brooks Brothers 72 Brooks Brothers supplied clothes for the television show Mad Men in October 2009 Brooks Brothers created a limited edition Mad Men Edition suit with the show s costume designer 73 Stephen Colbert had all of his suits for The Colbert Report and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert supplied by Brooks Brothers 74 Brooks Brothers frequently is sought out by costume designers in Hollywood dressing stars in such films as Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums and Will Smith in Ali 75 The company produced made to measure period costumes for Denzel Washington s The Great Debaters 76 George Clooney wears Brooks Brothers throughout the film Up in the Air and scenes were shot in a Brooks Brothers airport store 77 The men of the film The Adjustment Bureau wear Brooks Brothers 78 In November 2011 Brooks Brothers announced that it had designed a custom wardrobe for Kermit the Frog for the movie The Muppets The stars of Slumdog Millionaire were all dressed by Brooks Brothers for the 81st Academy Awards 79 Brooks Brothers made all of the men s costumes more than 500 pieces for the 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby 80 They also sponsored the premieres in New York City and Cannes Film Festival This was followed by a limited edition collection designed with Catherine Martin and sold at Brooks Brothers stores around the world 81 82 In I Love Lucy Brooks Brothers is referenced in Changing the Boys Wardrobe Season 3 Episode 9 1953 The characters Ricky and Fred place their old clothes in Brooks Brothers boxes so their wives think they got new expensive clothing from Brooks Brothers 83 Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald on the Gossip Girl TV series frequently wear clothes from Brooks Brothers 77 Aziz Ansari s character Tom Haverford on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation frequently mentions buying clothes from the Brooks Brothers Boys collection because as he says the cuts are slimmer and it s cheaper Win win 84 Alec Baldwin s titular character in the 1994 film The Shadow was complimented on his Brooks Brothers tie by his adversary Shiwan Khan At their next meeting Khan is dressed in Brooks Brothers clothing 85 In Season 5 of Murder She Wrote main character Jessica Fletcher references Brooks Brothers suits 86 In the song I ll know from the stage musical Guys and Dolls in response to Sgt Sarah Brown s musings about her ideal husband Sky Masterson scoffs You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Galahad the breakfast eating Brooks Brothers type 87 In the 2020 film Tenet the protagonist played by John David Washington wore Brooks Brothers 88 In the movie The social network of 2010 when the winklevoss twins get into President Larry Summer s office he makes a joke by phone saying I got to go I got students in my office undergrads I don t know for their appearance I think they want to sell me a Brooks Brothers franchise Fictional works Edit The lead character Lestat de Lioncourt in Anne Rice s Vampire Chronicles often describes himself wearing suits by Brooks Brothers 89 F Scott Fitzgerald refers to Brooks Brothers clothing in his debut novel This Side of Paradise 90 Mary McCarthy s short story The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt which can be found in her collection The Company she keeps 1942 is one of the more famous literary references to the Brooks Brothers 91 Bret Easton Ellis refers to clothing from Brooks Brothers worn by Patrick Bateman and his colleagues in his controversial novel American Psycho 92 James Thurber refers to Brooks Brothers shirts in some of his short stories 93 Kurt Vonnegut also refers to a Brooks Brothers suit worn by the main character in his book Jailbird 94 Writers John O Hara Somerset Maugham and J P Marquand incorporated Brooks Brothers into their stories as a means to draw out character traits 95 Richard Yates not only wore Brooks Brothers clothing throughout his life 96 but he often referred to the brand in his writing including in A Good School in which one of the characters tries to hang himself with a Brooks Brothers belt 97 Novelist W E B Griffin often mentioned Brooks Brothers military uniforms Dress uniform and Dress Mess uniform in particular in his best selling Brotherhood of War 98 99 100 and The Corps book series 101 102 103 Writer Tom Wolfe makes repeated mentions of Brooks Brothers in his essays on style and status 104 In Kathryn Stockett s novel The Help Skeeter wears one of her father s Brooks Brothers shirts 105 In the 2015 comic book Ms Marvel 18 by Marvel Comics the supervillain Kamran is derisively referred to by Kamala Khan s older brother Aamir as that walking Brooks Brothers franchise 106 See also EditJ Press Paul Stuart Ralph Lauren Izod J Crew Thom Browne Hickey Freeman Joseph Abboud Retail apocalypse List of retailers affected by the retail apocalypseReferences Edit a b c Brooks Brothers to Seek Approval of Sale to Authentic Brands Group and SPARC Group for 325 Million Business Wire August 11 2020 Retrieved November 20 2020 Friedman Vanessa Maheshwari Sapna June 5 2020 Brooks Bros Made in America Since 1818 May Soon Need a New Calling Card The New York Times The New York Times Brooks Brothers and Luxottica Renew Global Eyewear License Agreement for An Additional Five Years PRN News Wire March 31 2010 Retrieved September 3 2022 Mann Rebecca November 28 2007 Inter Parfums inks deal with Brooks Brothers 28 11 07 The 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2020 Retrieved August 9 2022 Great Events from History II 1897 1921 United States Salem Press 1993 pp 24 25 ISBN 9780893568085 Retrieved August 9 2022 American Heritage Volume 44 Issues 5 8 ed Published for the American Association for State and Local History 1993 p 42 Retrieved August 9 2022 The Rise And Fall Of The Ivy League Look Ivy Style April 17 2020 Retrieved August 9 2022 Granger David 2009 The Handbook of Style a Man s Guide to Looking Good United Kingdom Hearst Books p 46 ISBN 9781588167460 Retrieved August 9 2022 The Year Brooks Invented Pink Ivy Style April 6 2018 Retrieved August 9 2022 Blanco Jose 2015 Clothing and Fashion American Fashion from Head to Toe Volume 4 The Postwar Period into the 21st Century Denver Colorado ABC Clio p 21 ISBN 9781610693103 Retrieved August 9 2022 Plimpton George 1959 Gentlemen s Quarterly GQ United States Esquire p 75 Retrieved August 9 2022 Harris Tweed Unique Among Tweeds Brooks Brothers October 25 2019 Retrieved August 9 2022 The Polo Coat The Aristocrat of Topcoats Brooks Brothers Archived from the original on August 9 2022 Retrieved August 9 2022 Overcoat 1915 1925 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Retrieved August 9 2022 Schneider Sven January 5 2020 Brooks Brothers Their History amp A Brand Evaluation Gentleman s Gazette Retrieved August 9 2022 Blanco Jose 2015 Clothing and Fashion American Fashion from Head to Toe Volume 4 The Postwar Period into the 21st Century Denver Colorado ABC Clio p 22 ISBN 9781610693103 Retrieved August 9 2022 Keep Your Cool in Linen Seersucker and Madras Brooks Brothers June 23 2020 Retrieved August 9 2022 The Shirt We Love Brooks Brothers Archived from the original on August 9 2022 Retrieved August 9 2022 The Atlantic Monthly Under the Golden Fleece by George Plimpton April 1993 and reprinted in American Heritage November 1993 Cotton Inc A Pressing Matter Does wrinkle resistant cotton threaten to make ironing obsolete Archived October 26 2007 at the Wayback Machine Schneider Sven January 5 2020 Brooks Brothers Their History amp A Brand Evaluation Gentleman s Gazette Retrieved August 9 2022 Amy Vanderbilt Complete Guide to Etiquette 1956 Brooks Brothers and Inter Milan www inter it Inter Archived from the original on April 9 2018 Retrieved April 9 2018 Brooks Brothers to return as a Premier Sponsor of the Head Of The Charles Regatta for the 10th consecutive year hocr org O Neill amp Associates Retrieved October 13 2021 a b c d e Goyal Sandeep July 10 2020 The fascinating story of Brooks Brothers and America s presidents CampaignIndia in a b Palmieri Jean E Huges Aria January 20 2017 Donald Trump Goes Classic for Inauguration Day Attire Women s Wear Daily facebook com BrooksBrothers photos a 127922713896959 2187081374647739 type 3 amp theater publish date 18 feb 2019 Brooks Brothers has the honor of being worn by nearly every usa president since year 1818 Can you guess which 5 presidents were not patrons of Brooks Brothers brksb rs 6184TDrmK or magazine brooksbrothers com dressing presidents answer George Washington Thomas Jefferson John Adams Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Facebook magazine brooksbrothers com dressing presidentsDressing the Presidents of usaCultureHere at Brooks Brothers bb we have the honor of dressing almost every usa president since year 1818 Out of all illustrious patron of bb Hollywood royalty nobility titans of industry among them perhaps none have been of greater stature than many usa presidents who trusted bb for their sartorial needs John Fitzgerald Kennedy jfk was 1 of most prominent bb s clients of modern times and jfk is just 1 of 40 usa presidents who we can proudly claim as clients 1 of bb s most illustrious usa presidential patrons was Abraham Lincoln aL aL s usual stature height 6 foot 4 inch required custom tailoring which made aL a frequent visitor 1 of aL s most famous purchases was a frock coat worn to aL s 2 nd president inauguration that frock coat was custom made and featured a custom embroidered lining featuring american eagle and a banner which says 1 Country 1 Destiny Sadly aL wore same frock coat in evening of aL s assassination attack at Ford s Theatre The connection between bb and Office of President started early bb began creating military uniforms as early as year 1818 for veteran of year 1812 war then came to the attention of military commanders who would later hold Office of Chief Executive as well In bb s archives there is a handwritten order from formerly Quartermaster of Army Chester ALan Arthur caa caa later become 1 of usa s most respected presidents for 300 overcoats for a Union regiment dated year 1861 The tradition of dressing Chief Executive continued down through subsequent generations Hiram Ulysses Grant Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt tr all wore bb during their president inaugurations tr so admired bb s tailoring that tr ask bb to custom tailor uniform which tr wore as commander of 1 st usa Volunteer Cavalry regiment In more recent years usa presidents have different political vision but 1 thing most usa presidents have in common is their patronage of usa s original clothier having usa president as customer is a relationship which continue to present day and future Filed under Culture Abraham Lincoln Barack Hussein Obama 2 Chester Alan Arthur Dwight David Eisenhower JFK Presidential Fashion Presidents Theodore Roosevelt jr Hiram Ulysses Grant United States Presidents Woodrow Wilson Archived from the original on October 9 2022 Retrieved August 22 2022 Brooks Brothers New York Divided New York Historical Society Retrieved June 24 2010 Nydivided org Retrieved January 6 2012 William George 2008 The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation United States Crown Publishing Group p 209 ISBN 9780307449351 The History Channel s The Presidents Tschorn Adam February 16 2009 President s Day update Final Obama inaugural wardrobe details confirmed Los Angeles Times Retrieved January 9 2013 Gavin Patrick January 14 2013 Brooks Bros Puts bow on inaugural 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tragic honesty the life and work of Richard Yates New York Picador pp 108 121 251 ISBN 9780312423759 Yates Richard 2014 A Good School United States Picador ISBN 9781466853676 Griffin W E B 1986 The Colonels United States Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 9781440636097 Griffin W E B 1989 The Aviators United States Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 9781440635793 Griffin W E B 1986 Semper Fi United States Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 9781440634925 Griffin W E B 1999 In Danger s Path United States Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 9781440632549 Griffin W E B 1987 Call to Arms United States Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 9781440630330 Griffin W E B 1993 Line of Fire United States Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 9781440632976 Brooks Brothers An American Oxford Shirt In London Drake s Stockett Kathryn 2011 The Help United States Berkley Books p 83 Wilson G Willow w Alphona Adrian a Last Days Ms Marvel September 2015 Marvel Comics External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brooks 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