Someone at Brooks-brothers is going to lose their job!

[Wily Whiskers]

Someone must be buying these... I just don't know who...

Well that is easy. The one on the Left is being purchased by the wannabe fashionable Jetsons cult being formed in the Castro district of SF, and the one on the Right is being purchased by Larry Craig to honor his granny and her cheer leading outfit he used to take out of the chest in the barn on her Idaho potato farm and put on when no one was looking.

 

[momo360]

sweet! I've always wanted a cape!

the effects of J.K. Rowling

 

[DMac]

the effects of J.K. Rowling

ha! I'm young, but I'm not that young. More like Sherlock Holmes, in my case.

 

[perry]

these clothes are actually shameful to the BB brand. ***

That's what I was thinking. I am by no means what one would consider fashion conscious, but, to me, Brooks Brothers is the definition of classy. I've always admired their clothes but have never had the need (nor financial resources..) to spend money there. I think blue blazers and pinstripe suits. Understated elegance. I think presidential. This line is about the opposite.

Look at some of their notable customers on the website in the About Us section. Clark Gable, Cary Grant, J.P. Rockefeller, Abe Lincoln, and the list goes on.

 

[Jim]

Just tripped on this thread!

Haha

 

[Badger & Bengall]

I agree with the sentiment; a few are good but the rest are atrocious! I find the fourth picture on the first row to be the most disturbing.

Thom Brown. You're doing it wrong.

 

[Badger & Bengall]

Someone must be buying these... I just don't know who...

Those two images are hilarious!

The bloke on the right looks hungry.

 

[Isaac]

Flashback to 2007. I still think that the cape could work these many years later.

 

[scottish steve]

There is little doubt that BB are trying to "go all Galliano" on us.
It.
Is.
Pathetic.

 

[camjr]

Some of those from back in 2007 made it appear as if The Great Gatsby threw up all over my monitor!!!!

 

[whavens]

I'd rather wear a thong backwards.

I bet they wouldn't publish that in their catalog. But really, why do you want to make me spit coffee at my monitor.

 

[dannymayo]

Cough, cough, what the heck?, cough.

 

[Sterling Cooper]

Some if it is actually pretty good. Some of it was brilliantly parodied on a recent Rules of Engagement episode.

 

[windrider]

This is just another joke that I don't get.....right????????

 

[ackvil]

Jim, are you arranging a group buy for a B&B Blazer with matching kilt?

 

[k2clones29]

They should have named it The Doctor Who Collection

 

[Rob72]

What the hell is the deal with this new trend of pants that aren't long enough? I've noticed this with Polo, too. Granted you can still buy pants that are proper length, but I don't know where people get their "fashion sense" nowadays. And you'd think Ralph Lauren would know better.

Grabbing one's ankles has become far more socially acceptable in recent years. No more embarrassing tugging at the hemline to get a good grip. Fashion reflects social models.

I do in fact wear a kilt, but not with a nanny-boy black trim, vomit-up 70's polyester, fawn "blazer".

 

[Rob72]

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"Mummy, I'm finished skinning the cat alive in the basement, and setting fire to the Wilson's barn. Do you think the cute little Smith girl would come over, so I can play with her...?"

 

[thIs6Nly]

 

[BrianL]

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My good man you must go home and find your socks.