Brooks Brothers, Hurt by Casual Fridays and Coronavirus, Files for Bankruptcy

[Jirel]

14. No loss.

I am an attorney. While the days of lawyers wearing full suits to the office every day are mostly over, I do wear suits to court. I would not be caught dead in anything from Brooks Brothers, either in the office or in the courtroom.

BB is the height of conservative, BORING dressing, the kind of clothes Charles and Buffy wear to signal they fit in at Martha’s Vinyard. Casual Friday’s didn’t kill BB - tons of more imaginative, high quality, more attractive suits and other office-appropriate clothing from designers from Ralph Lauren to Tahari, which often cost the same or less and can be readily tailored by the store or any number of third party businesses if needed, killed them.