The following scans are from The New Yorker, June 13 and 20, 1942.
The second photo shows a jacket rarely seen anymore, a summer plaid. Two things struck me about the photo. View the photo below as you would as a first time customer. There is a simple dignity about the drawing, and elegance that BB no longer espouses. The more striking thing, 70 years on is how not unreasonable todays prices seem.
BB has always been a high price spread, but translate a $14.50 seersucker suit to today's dollar and the value is still there. Quality may be another matter.
Toad
Don't forget that Roosevelt stormed Cuba in Brooks Brothers.
ReplyDeleteI still, two years later, have a couple hundred bucks left unspent on a large Brooks Brothers gift certificate that a kind friend gave me, just as the giant decline in both quality and design began at BB. I think my unspent funds sums up the current state of affairs at our old friend.
ReplyDeleteThsse pictures eloquently point up the decline.
I like these:
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Flo: I prefer Ellie Stager's:
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I used to love Brooks Brothers as did my late husband.....alas....
ReplyDeleteI have a Luxurious New Giveaway on my site....Do come and enter!!
Xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
"I prefer Ellie Stager's"
ReplyDeleteMmmm yes; I was just trying to stay on topic & help DED redeem his gift certs ;)
Flo DED is perfectly able to both shop at Ellie's and send his card this way.
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