Matt Deckard
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Marc Chevalier said:I attack Brooks Brothers because it pretends to be what it no longer is. Brooks Brothers lost its way in the late '60s ... Ralph Lauren picked up the slack ... then Brooks Brothers got sold to a host of conglomerates ... and now it's trying to imitate Ralph Lauren (who is imitating Thom Browne!)
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I seem to remember saying that exact thing to someone a few days back.
Thom Brown though is emulating Eddy Munster who in tern was emulating a little schoolboy.
Now there are a few changes along the way to put it on adults though that's the look. It's fettish clothes made mainstream and Thom Browne gets all the credit.
I do think olo is doing it right by having better tailoring and a visual sense of what looks good. Neither thom Browne nor the Brothers Brooks have that eye. They just have ill fitting clothes.
Just wait. In a few years your baggy dress pants will be back in style. Durring that wait I'll be wearing mine out.