WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:04.519 This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The show is sponsored by 2 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:07.919 G three of Peril. The views expressed in the following program are those at 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:13.199 the sponsor and not necessarily the opinion of seven ten wo R or iHeartMedia. 4 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:19.239 Who is Mark Webber. He's a self made business executive here to help you 5 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:23.960 find your success, from the New York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne in 6 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:29.239 Paris. His global success story in the luxury world of fashion is inspirational. 7 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:35.840 He's gone from clerk to CEO twice. Mark is classic proof that the American 8 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:40.119 dream is alive. And well, here's your host of Always in Fashion, 9 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:45.000 Mark Webber. Mark Webber, New York City. It's a great city, 10 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:49.439 the city of energy, a city that never sleeps. The clubs, the 11 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:54.079 theater, of the restaurants, Wall Street, the financial district, opportunity for 12 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:58.640 anyone in the world. There's always something to do in New York City. 13 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:06.359 This plenty of great. But we're a stupid city. It's dirty. But 14 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:11.599 we've become a sanctuary city. Does that make sense. We're filled with migrants, 15 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:17.640 undocumented the people, illegal, immigrants, asylum seekers, call them what 16 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.640 you will. I'm sure there are nice people there. I'm sure there are 17 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:27.079 many, many good people, but we're inundated. There's no place to put 18 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:32.079 them. The streets are crowded. Their living in squalor. There's problems. 19 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:38.359 New York was already a city that was overcrowded. Drive through New York. 20 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.879 The lanes are blocked off. You can't get through, and if a sanitation 21 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:49.640 truck happens to appear, it'll hold up thousands of cars, blocking side streets, 22 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:55.120 making motorists late and frustrated. Then there are the bicycles. What a 23 00:01:55.239 --> 00:02:00.200 story. They're supposed to be a safe way to traverse the city. They 24 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:04.480 may be helping climate change with less busses, less cars, less strains needed. 25 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:10.080 How did that work out? Did anyone envision the electric bikes and creating 26 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:15.960 new hazards. We're dodging electric rocket ships every time we crossed the street, 27 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:23.000 yes, and also putting strains on the electric grid. Thnsday is the issue 28 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.840 of crime. Crime is rampant. We can't be comfortable, we can't be 29 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:34.520 safe, and we're victims or predators. Politicians they're great at creating problems yet 30 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:38.199 not solving them. That's our New York. But New York is still the 31 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:44.120 greatest city in the world. I remember making lifelong enemies at the boardroom table 32 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.719 in France saying that to my French counterparts. They didn't like it one bit. 33 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.199 They called me out. They said Paris was the greatest city in the 34 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.800 world. I stand by it. Paris may be the most beautiful, it 35 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:59.520 can't be the best because there's New York City. As I say it, 36 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:06.039 I have to admit I always believed uncategorically, with no reservation. My belief 37 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:09.919 was unconditional. There's no question what I believe in this city. Hey, 38 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:15.599 there are other American cities who could vie for the best. Good luck foreigners, 39 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:17.520 they can vie for the best. But let's be honest. Europe, 40 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.759 Paris, Rome, London, Milan, they got their own problems. The 41 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:27.439 Far East is congested, overpopulated, air pollution, the worst tensions. They 42 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.919 got issues. The Mideast is making a rebound. Money invested, new kingdoms 43 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.960 and rules always rules, but they seem to be changing for the better. 44 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:40.199 I read that cities on Australia have the worst pollution in the world. Go 45 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:45.199 figure Australia, No, I think about it. New York City, with 46 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.800 all of its down turns, is not alone. The rest of the world 47 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:53.479 doesn't seem to be much better. The point is, that's another Saturday night, 48 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:59.639 another Sunday in New York, another exciting week. Our city's a mess, 49 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.840 but it's ours. So let's tonight talk about another week in New York 50 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:09.080 City. Now, from a sports point of view, I've lost interest in 51 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:14.479 the Yankees. That's shocking. I was so invested last year. I watched, 52 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.759 I taped every single game. Halfway through the season, I realized there 53 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.279 was a lost cause they couldn't get arrested. They are a mess. What 54 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:26.560 happened to our Yankees? Can't watch him? I did get excited about Aaron 55 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.399 Rodgers, the great One, joining us with the Jets. A lot of 56 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:35.480 hype, lot of hype that lasted fifteen minutes in playing time. He got 57 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:40.480 injured. The US Open came and went, and I was amazing. Two 58 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:46.000 weeks in the city and now the world's celebrities, the world's power brokers, 59 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.240 the world's press is descending on New York City. It's fashion Week. With 60 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:54.759 this, there's lots to talk about. Now joining me and exploring New York 61 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:59.639 City another week as my lawyer, my son, my co host Jesse Webber 62 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.279 they're good to see you, good to speak to you. Yeah, New 63 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.959 York City not the New York City that we knew before the pandemic. I'll 64 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:10.319 tell you that much. It's not as bad as it was, but it 65 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:14.279 is not good. Let me tell you. Like sometimes remember that movie Escaped 66 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.839 from New York. That's what it kind of looks like. Yeah, and 67 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.560 look. Not to be insensitive, not to be insendive, but one of 68 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:25.040 the big issues is the migrant crisis in the city. Did you know that 69 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.480 New York has a right to Shelter law? What does it mean? It 70 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:30.839 means that if you come to New York and you are in need of a 71 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.439 home, if you're needing shelter, if you're in need of food, new 72 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:39.639 York has the supply to you no choice. New York is under an obligation 73 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.879 to shelter and feed all these people. How did they get here? They're 74 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:47.199 transported here? Why is that? Because we're a sanctuary city. We're trying 75 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:51.040 to do good things at who's expense. By the way, I read an 76 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.560 article the other day that the police are cutting back on overtime to pay for 77 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:00.480 the migrants. There's not enough money in the city budget and of course, 78 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:03.399 our beloved mayor said we're in deep trouble. Yeah, it's interesting you say 79 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:08.360 that because I can never find a police officer after eight pm any night. 80 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:12.720 And then, by the way, the governor was talking about giving work authorizations 81 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.399 to the migrants. You like that idea, giving them jobs. Yeah, 82 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:19.120 at the expense of other people that I don't know. That's the question. 83 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:23.920 Are there enough jobs to go around? I believe in giving work to people. 84 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:26.800 The more work you give people, the more dignity they'll have, the 85 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:30.000 better they feel about themselves. And yes, I would support giving them work, 86 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.639 but I wonder whether or not there are people looking for those same jobs 87 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:38.279 who can't find work now. It seems to me there are more jobs than 88 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:42.120 people right now, but who knows. So that's my answer. They're trying 89 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:45.560 to figure out something because they realize how much of how big of a disaster 90 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.439 it is. And you feel bad for all the people who are sleeping out 91 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:51.160 in tents and everything. But on a different note, on a lighter note, 92 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:55.639 on a more positive note, for New York City, New York was 93 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:00.319 the center because of the US Open and you mentioned the Open. I love 94 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.560 what we did on Sunday. Are you and me. That was great. 95 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:08.839 I want to explain it. So we taped the final match between Djokovic and 96 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:15.319 whoever Djokovic played, and we didn't watch it live. We taped it. 97 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.600 You and I went out to dinner at at a country club. We avoided 98 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.360 the television. It was all over the television. We avoided people. You 99 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:25.120 know, we're gonna get spoiled here. People are gonna ruin for We completely 100 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:29.360 put like headphones on. We didn't go near anybody. We go home and 101 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.360 then we watched the final together on a big screen TV. I thought that 102 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:35.759 was a great moment. That was awesome. Wait, that was priceless. 103 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:42.399 But what happened when your wife came back from her bridal shower. Yes, 104 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:47.439 this was not her finest moment. So we're sitting on the couch, we're 105 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:51.279 in the middle of the match. She first says to me, oh, 106 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:57.120 I just saw on Instagram who won? Shows It was posted forty five minutes 107 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.959 ago. And when she said it to me, it was after Djokovic had 108 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:05.199 already won two sets. He only needed to win one. More So, 109 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:09.000 the fact that she told me forty five minutes ago it was posted who won, 110 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.680 there was no way the other guy could win. So she basically ruined 111 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.600 the US Open for me, and then she ruined it for you. Well, 112 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.199 if you told her, why would she tell me? I don't know. 113 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:28.199 I don't know. I don't know either, Jesse. I think I 114 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.879 told her. She's banned from talking sports in this family, and she's not 115 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:33.440 the first one. I don't want to hear anything. They don't know how 116 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.879 it works. Why ruin it? It was still great and we did the 117 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:39.279 right thing, and I'm glad. But you know what ruined the Open for 118 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.320 me more than anything? What's that? The clothes? You mean the way 119 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.639 people were dressed or the way the players were dressed. No, the people 120 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:50.919 there were the mutants, and they were well dressed. It was divided, 121 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.440 maybe fifty fifty. There were people who knew how to dressed the people who 122 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.679 didn't. But no, the fashion at the Open, the professionals, the 123 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:05.159 clothes, the uniforms that they were were horrendous. Carlos Alcaraz was wearing no 124 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.799 sleeves cut off at the armholes. It was like terrible looking and print with 125 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:15.559 shorts that didn't match. And she was he was terrible. The women's dresses 126 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.960 were so frumpy, so unpleasant, so ugly, and again and strange colors. 127 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:26.200 None of them looked good. Coco Gough, amazing player, determined, 128 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:33.080 zeroed in beat the number two seed. Her outfit was horrendous. Djokovic every 129 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:37.679 day wore these colors that weren't normal to humankind. They were blues that nobody 130 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.600 would choose that color. The last day he picked a decent blue, but 131 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:46.200 everything looked horrendously bad. Other sense of the mean, it's better at Wimbledon. 132 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.320 All they do is wear white or versions of outfits and white. Maybe 133 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.120 that's the case. But the fashion at the US Open was terrible. By 134 00:09:54.120 --> 00:10:00.200 the way, it's funny that you say that, because you and Jared we're 135 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:05.039 all over the US Open on the jumbo troum, not once, but a 136 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:11.399 million times. Everybody saw you guys on television. I was getting tons of 137 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:16.399 messages on social media, text messages of you guys. Everybody saw you too. 138 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:18.080 It might have been the way that you guys looked, and maybe you 139 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:22.799 were dressed. The camera kept panning to you. I think it was the 140 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:26.039 white dress shirts, kind of the sophisticated look. Maybe they saw you as 141 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.840 like a father and son duo, the casual elegant, the long hair. 142 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.919 I don't know, but the camera kept panning on you. Guys, just 143 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.519 goes to show you. You got a lot of texts. Jared got a 144 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:39.440 lot of texts. I got none. It reinforces I used to be important. 145 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.960 I'm not anymore talking about important. This is funny. Did I tell 146 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.639 you about the sightings? The sightings? What do you mean the sightings? 147 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:54.639 So Jared and I are shopping around in the US Open boutique and three guys 148 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:58.600 come over to me. They looked of Indian descent. The one who was 149 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:03.799 the Olsen for the three says I know you. And I looked at him 150 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:09.200 and I said I don't think so he says I know you, and I 151 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:11.840 didn't think twice as I'm sorry, I don't know you. And the three 152 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:13.159 of them walked away. And you know what, they said, you're Jesse 153 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.879 Webber's father. No, not quite. They walked away and talked to each 154 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:24.879 other. That's Ralph Lauren. And two seconds later some other guy, American 155 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.120 guy and his wife come up and they said to me, it's great seeing 156 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.799 you shop in your own store. Two people thought it was Ralph Lauren. 157 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:37.360 Now I would trade Ralph Lauren for his money. I would trade him for 158 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.879 success. I would trade him for the brain power that he put. But 159 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.200 he's twenty years old. To me, I could do without that. And 160 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:48.399 by the way, do I look as old as Ralph Lauren? No? 161 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:50.159 No, no, no, no no no. And you're also taller than 162 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.759 him, by the way, Yeah, that goes without saying. But these 163 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:56.360 people don't know. But anyway, I was spotted as Ralph Lauren. Maybe 164 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:00.600 that's why they kept coming to Jared and I on TV. Anyway, I 165 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.279 made me think of that. It was an amazing night. I had a 166 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.360 great time in Queens. 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I love 210 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:13.320 what the brand represents, whether we're talking about color block or solid colors. 211 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:20.360 Always with the logo, ISOD brings a dimension to sportswear fashion at affordable prices 212 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.039 that you can't find anywhere. And at the same time, it's all color 213 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:28.679 related, from the woven shirts, from the knit shirts to the matching sweaters 214 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:33.840 or the sweaters that will look great layering over these shirts. Always matching pants, 215 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.720 beginning with the core color of khaki, working into the navies in the 216 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:45.519 blacks. Issod is a spectacular brand all about colors, and launching in full 217 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:50.159 are the new fall shades you'll see in the stores. Listen, guys, 218 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.600 Issod's a great brand. It's energetic, it's fun to be around, and 219 00:15:54.720 --> 00:16:00.480 it makes you feel and look your best. And now there's a color palette 220 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.679 change and you get to change with it. Isaot, Come take a look 221 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:10.240 J C. Penny calls and online. Isaot, what a history. How 222 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:15.519 much I enjoy this brand. Welcome back to Always in Fashion. Here's your 223 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.600 host, Mark Webber. Another week in New York. So much is going 224 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.120 on. I love New York, the greatest city in the world. So 225 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.440 much is going on. It's exciting. Is fashion Week. The entire world 226 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:32.559 is conversing and it's descending on New York City and we're showing our best, 227 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.639 or are we? It is insane how crowded the city is. Used to 228 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:41.679 take me in traffic an hour around fifteen minutes to get into New York, 229 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:47.679 it's now at least two hours. Crossing town is impossible by car. Now 230 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:52.519 it's amazing. But you know you have to figure all those bicycles, all 231 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:56.200 those electric bikes, all the cars now, the ubers, the lifts, 232 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.279 everything going on with the fear of the subway. A lot more vehicles in 233 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:06.519 New York City. But you know what I'm concerned about with the crowding COVID. 234 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:11.200 We're not alone. Oh you're talking about aliens? Do you think there 235 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:15.799 are aliens living amongst us? So you think they're so peculiar that we don't 236 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.240 even know? Or do you don't believe in it? I've met a number 237 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.799 of people who I thought are aliens, and I bet you a lot of 238 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:23.799 people think that you're an alien because you're an acquired taste. Do I believe 239 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.640 that they're aliens? Absolutely? But do I think that they're living among us? 240 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:32.960 Maybe I'll tell you what I don't believe. Did you see this past 241 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.880 week? I think it was in Mexico in front of the Mexican Congress. 242 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.519 They showed these mummified bodies of what they say are aliens. Did you see 243 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:45.240 that? I did. I don't believe it for one second. I think 244 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:51.680 that is totally fake. Why the guy who introduced these mummified bodies to the 245 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:56.160 Mexican Congress, he's already been known for false claims before, and they said 246 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:02.200 that these could actually be It's disturbing that think about these could be children that 247 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.720 were wrapped up years ago, and the way they're wrapped up elongates their faces 248 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:10.559 and distorts the body. I just can't believe if you think about it like 249 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:15.000 this, right, all the alien movies that we've had, the aliens look 250 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.799 like these mummified bodies. So how did the filmmakers know that? How did 251 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:23.119 we know what aliens would look like? Did someone see these bodies or is 252 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:27.480 it someone crafted these bodies to make it look like what we already think aliens 253 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.599 look like. Well as the rest of the world say he's out of place 254 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:34.359 and it's nonsense, I don't know. I haven't been following. It hasn't 255 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.279 been on the news, which is surprising. Yeah, you would think if 256 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.400 they found real aliens, the world would go wacko. But bottom line, 257 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:44.759 I don't think they're really either. I don't think they're living amongst us. 258 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:49.880 But there is enough going on that one has to wonder whether we have I 259 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:53.200 love the world's out there with life on them. It seems to be the 260 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.400 leading towards that, and I think we're going to get there. Oh, 261 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.960 I don't want to talk about this anymore. I want to talk about bicycles. 262 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.839 But before I go to bicycles, I want to talk about the driveway. 263 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:07.519 The other day, you talk about spotting before we ran into someone we 264 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.160 knew and he started to talk to us about listening to the show. He 265 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:15.799 said he was in WRS in his car and all of a sudden by accident 266 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.559 and he's driving and he hears you and I now and we know this guy, 267 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.799 and it bothers me. How many people we know don't listen to the 268 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.519 show. But this guy said, I couldn't believe how great the show was. 269 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:29.559 You two are amazing. Got me excited. And just to amplify that 270 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:33.039 a little bit, he's an example of somebody who doesn't even know we have 271 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.839 a show. He didn't even know. Yeah, maybe I don't scream about 272 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:38.400 it enough. Maybe you know when you guys kicked me. Every time I 273 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.079 meet someone, I asked them, if they listen to our show, you 274 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:44.519 don't like it, but too bad. Maybe that's the way I have to 275 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.279 do it, one by one, million by million people. But it excited 276 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.920 me more than anything was the driveway, because this is a reoccurring theme of 277 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.920 our show. Let me explain what the driveway is so people can understand what 278 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:02.440 it means. We have gotten comments before that when people are driving in their 279 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:06.119 car and listening to us live on either Saturday or Sunday nights, which is 280 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.880 our understanding. A lot of people do, and they pull into their home 281 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:12.319 and they have to go in for dinner or go to sleep or whatever it 282 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:15.160 is, but they want to hear the rest of the show. So instead 283 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.519 they stay in the car in the driveway and they wait for the show to 284 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:21.480 end. They want to hear the rest of it. And that's what this 285 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:25.480 guy said to us, and I loved it, So I guess that's a 286 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.880 great thing in the midst of all my complaining. But that's the one I 287 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:32.640 want to talk about. I want to talk about bicycles. New York City 288 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:37.880 is suffering from unintended consequences. Someone had the bright idea. I'm going to 289 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:42.480 give them credit for the idea to install these bike racks, make them easily 290 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:47.559 accessible. You stick your credit card in, you pay for the bike as 291 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:51.839 you drive, when you deposit the bike, and park it wherever else there's 292 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:55.160 a bike rack in this city. Your totals get totaled up. And it 293 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:59.480 was a very very convenient way to try and move people in New York. 294 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.119 Those people who don't want to walk, I don't understand walking is healthy. 295 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.400 But let's say you want the speed of the bike or to stop driving, 296 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:12.839 stop taking cabs, stop using gasoline. Great idea, but unintended consequences. 297 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:15.519 I'll come back to that in a second. I want to talk about intended 298 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:21.920 consequences. You know, it is fashion Week and I was very excited whenever 299 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.680 we were doing DK and why fashion advertising because Donna Karen New York dk N 300 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:33.119 Why Donna Karen New York was always about New York and all of Donna Karen 301 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:37.519 New York in advertising would take place in the city. It was the DNA 302 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.279 of the brand. It was the life brother of the brand. This is 303 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:45.279 who we are where Donna Karen New York. This is a statement on New 304 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.759 York. And one particular spring season, the clothes had a lot of orange 305 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:52.000 in them. They were bright, they were fun, they were active, 306 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:57.160 the women's clothes, the men's clothes, and the people working on the advertising 307 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:03.119 decided to put people driving in New York on bicycles, three women together, 308 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.359 a guy and a girl. It was very, very clever, and they 309 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.880 painted bikes orange so they matched the clothes. And it instantly hit me how 310 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:14.240 Energetica was clever. It wasn't striking. And I said to the marketing team, 311 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:17.240 here's what I want to do. I want you to go out immediately 312 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:21.559 by fifty bikes. I want you to have them painted orange, and I 313 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:26.039 want you to go to the coolest areas in New York City and put the 314 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:32.079 bikes, attach them to fire hydrants, attach them to street signs, buy 315 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.759 locks and chains and do it. Somebody wants the bike, they have to 316 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:37.599 cut the lock and make sure you have the DKM y logo on. Anybody 317 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:40.920 gets angry at us, they want to give us a fine, so be 318 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.599 it will pay the fine. But like this, we're gonna put our name. 319 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:47.440 It'll tie back into our advertised the orange. We'll catch their attention. 320 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:52.640 And what a great great marketing vehicle or three sixty vehicle that we are doing. 321 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.440 The advertising it includes the bikes. The bikes are all over New York 322 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.039 City. People are talking about the cops may be upset about it. A 323 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:03.440 people are stealing them. They're taking him home and they'll be driving DKM. 324 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:08.480 I thought it was a brilliant idea except for the unintended consequence. And I 325 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:12.440 don't mean people getting mad. I don't mean it was an inconvenience. I 326 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:17.240 don't even mean that it was stolen. You know what goes on with these 327 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:21.319 bikes Jesse, aside from them being annoying. Now do you know what a 328 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:25.440 white bike in New York City means? Now? Oh, interesting, I 329 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:29.480 didn't know. You didn't know that we ever talked about this. There are 330 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:34.680 a lot of people who die riding bikes in New York City, and as 331 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:41.200 a testament to them and is part of their bereavement, there is a group 332 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:48.720 that paints bikes white and puts them on the sites where the people got hit 333 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.680 or died riding a bicycle in the city. That's a nice gesture, yes, 334 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:56.839 but they took it as a personal affront that we were putting bikes in 335 00:23:56.880 --> 00:24:03.160 the city and doing technically what they were doing. So, as good corporate 336 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:07.720 citizens and students of American justice and what's right from wrong, we had to 337 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.559 remove all the bicycles. And it just shows you how in life, if 338 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:17.200 you don't think things through, if you don't do your homework, you don't 339 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:23.079 do your work, bad things can happen unintended consequences. But in all fairness, 340 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:26.920 could you have predicted that? Of course not. Who knew that. 341 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:30.119 You would think someone in the company would have known it, but nobody did. 342 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:34.920 But let's not where I'm going. I am going to unintended consequences because 343 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:41.559 motorized bikes are all over the city now. I said it earlier, the 344 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:48.400 little rocket ships. They are flying down the streets. They're in the bike 345 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.880 lanes that would decide for pedestrians who were driving bikes. And now they're moving 346 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.079 at ten miles an hour, twenty miles an hour, thirty they're fastest. 347 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:00.319 Hell, they have big engines in them. They're all electrified, so being 348 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.640 charged, they're using up the grid. It's not the idea that was intended 349 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:07.960 here. And all of a sudden, these bicycles are zooming past, and 350 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:11.000 I am sure why I don't hear about people got a beginning hurt just to 351 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.680 be you cross the street, you look one way, you saw if the 352 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.920 cars were coming and you cross. Used to be if you've got a green 353 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.799 light, you know you could cross the street. Not anymore, because there 354 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:26.759 is no regulations associated with these bikes. There's no speed rules, there's no 355 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:32.720 stopping and starting rules, there's no licensing route. Any mutant can get one. 356 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:37.240 There are hundreds or thousands of ten thousands of them, and they're flying 357 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:44.359 down the streets causing all kinds of problems and our genius politicians never anticipated what 358 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:49.000 would happen once we started creating all these bike lanes and creating bike accessibility. 359 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:55.079 Have you ever experienced any almost events with these bikes, Jesse. I've seen 360 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:57.680 the bikes go on the sidewalks, going between people. Yeah, what's that 361 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.640 about. I don't think that's a loud. I haven't checked the law on 362 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:04.880 that, but I can't imagine that's allowed. If the police are not arresting 363 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:10.079 people for theft, if the police are not arresting people for the terrible things 364 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:12.119 that go on, you think they're gonna bother with bicycles, and by the 365 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:15.119 way, how they're gonna catch them. They're flying, by the way. 366 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:19.519 I think the ones that I've seen have been delivery drivers, you know like 367 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:23.480 seamless caviare Uber eats, the ones that are trying to get to their delivery 368 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:26.079 fast. That's when I see them cutting corners, are cutting through people. 369 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:30.160 Well, it's become very dangerous. It's another thing in New York City that 370 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:36.599 makes me nauseous. It's another example how politics and politicians seem to create problems, 371 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:41.160 not solve them. And between our great New York mayor, has he 372 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:45.440 said anything about these rocket ships flying around our city. I have not heard 373 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:52.000 anything. Oh and before I get off our wonderful politicians, I can't stop 374 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:56.519 without talking about Schumer or the governor who's ever responsible for not supplying bags and 375 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:00.079 stores anymore? Now all of a s and you have to shop. You 376 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:03.720 have to bring your own bags, you have to buy bags. This is 377 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:07.680 crazy. You can go into a clothing store by ten items, you have 378 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:11.200 to carry them out under your arms unless you pay for bags. All they 379 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:15.440 did was make it uncomfortable for consumers, and they had expense, and nobody 380 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:21.759 says a word. Good job Schuma, Good job Kathy Hulkel, and good 381 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:26.039 job Eric Adams. You're really really impressive in New York City, and I 382 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:30.440 want to thank you for being a sanctuary city without a plan on what to 383 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:34.920 do with the people seeking sanctuary. Take a minute and we'll be back to 384 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:41.000 talk about some pleasant things in our great city, New York City. Always 385 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:47.279 in fashion, spent a lifetime of my career building the van usen Brand, 386 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:52.319 and I am so pleased that they're back with us now talking about suits. 387 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:56.039 Men, we're dressing up again, and it's become cool to wear a suit. 388 00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:00.359 Suits can be one on multiple occasions in multiple ways. You could wear 389 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:03.720 a suit formally to go out at night or to an event, to wear 390 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.000 a suit to the office with or without a tie. If you look closely, 391 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:12.200 now fashion trends, suits are being worn with turtlenecks or mocknecks. The 392 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:18.440 choices are endless and every one of them looks right. You can really really 393 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:22.640 look the part. I believe that packaging yourself this is important. Does the 394 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:27.119 products you package and wearing a suit is one of those things that make men 395 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:32.680 look their best. Venues and invented a new idea. It's called the cool 396 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:37.279 flex suit. It's been engineered with stretched technology, giving you the most comfortable 397 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:42.079 fit and mobility. It's wrinkle resistant fabric, it's cool moisture wicking. It 398 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:47.359 makes it perfect for all occasions. As we discussed just now, this new 399 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:52.000 style of looking shop while feeling cool and comfortable is amazing, and I'm so 400 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:57.799 excited that the venu using company is involved in this new technology and is embracing 401 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:02.799 the whole IDEA year of dressing up. Let's not forget van Usson made its 402 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:07.880 name with dress shirts. It's only proper that the suit business follows strongly in 403 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:11.279 its way. You can find van Usson cool Flex men's stretch suits at JC 404 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:17.359 Penny or online at JC penney dot com. Guys, they're great. You 405 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:21.920 should go look at them. Welcome back to Always in Fashion. Here's your 406 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:26.160 host, Mark Webber. To the world, to the fashion press, to 407 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:30.000 the buyers of retail stores here and around the world, to all the models, 408 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:34.960 to all the actresses and actors, to all the who's, who's anyone 409 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:40.759 who matters. Welcome to New York City. This is Fashion Week. It's 410 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:48.000 been so far amazing. I used to love fashion Week when I was important. 411 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.799 When I used to matter, I loved fashion Week. Now nobody cares. 412 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:56.680 When I used to be important, I was involved in runway shows, 413 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:00.920 and I'm at PVH. Philipson using we buy Calvin Klein. The tenure of 414 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:07.240 the company changed. We went from one of the world's great shirt companies that 415 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:11.279 made a lot of money but was not exciting. It wasn't energized. Now, 416 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:15.119 if I owned a company, my CEO at the time, or I 417 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.720 is CEO to our owned the company, we would have been billionaires. The 418 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:21.400 company made a ton of money. It was a great company, just didn't 419 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:25.240 grow. It didn't have the engine to grow the way other companies was supposed 420 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.200 to grow if you're on Wall Street. So as a public company, we 421 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:33.680 were good but not great. We bought Calvin Klein. The idea was to 422 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:38.440 create a transforming transaction that would take us from a company that grew at a 423 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:44.720 slow pace to rapid growth. And Calvin Klein was exactly what we needed and 424 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:48.279 we did that. The minute we bought it, Wall Street looked at us 425 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:55.039 differently. Our stocks started to appreciate dramatically. The excitement for us, though, 426 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:57.160 is we never had been in that kind of design of business. And 427 00:30:57.240 --> 00:31:03.000 the first runway show that was going to be held during the due diligence process, 428 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:07.839 Calvin put on a runway show. It was extraordinary for women, extraordinary, 429 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:10.480 great press, all the people in the world. We got seats that 430 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.799 were good, not front row. We weren't calling attention to the fact we 431 00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:15.799 were buying the company. We sat there and watched it. We loved every 432 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.640 part of it. And when Calvin took the bow at the end of the 433 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:23.319 show is extraordinary. We buy the company and this is what's going on. 434 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:29.960 We have the next runway show in Milan. Calvin Klein had a palazzo a 435 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:34.720 compound in Milan, and everyone in Milan will be at Calvin Klein because not 436 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:40.799 only will we have our runway show the evening of our show, the place 437 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:45.640 to be in Milan is Calvin Klein's compound because the jeans company throws a party. 438 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:51.640 Twelve hundred people came to that party. It was amazing. But that's 439 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:56.759 when the day before Calvin dropped a bomb show and told us that he's no 440 00:31:56.960 --> 00:32:00.440 longer going to be the front man for our runway shows. He won't stand 441 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:05.359 up and walk the show and take the bow at the end. What do 442 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:08.400 you mean? He said, Guys, haven't you noticed the designers are on 443 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:12.440 their own now. We trained them well, they really don't want to hear 444 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:15.759 what I have to say. They'll politely listen, but they don't take my 445 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:20.640 direction any longer. I can't stand up and take credit for work that isn't 446 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:24.079 mine. We were devastated. I mean, we just bought the company. 447 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:29.559 We're figuring. You know, Calvin Klein, his front man, no changes. 448 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:32.359 This will be amazing, but he wouldn't do it. And he said 449 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:36.559 to us, here's what we'll do, the three of us. This was 450 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:39.519 my boss was CEO. I'm the president and Calvin would be off to the 451 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:45.559 side. When Francisco would walk down the runway and be the fact that Calvin 452 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:49.519 was standing there, it would show that we're still involved. He's involved, 453 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:53.680 and he's passing the torch to Francesco Costa. We were panicked by it, 454 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:59.640 but it worked, and it was my first experience of runway shows. As 455 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:04.200 time would go on, I would be involved in other designer companies at LVMH 456 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:08.960 and Company. I was front and center at Louis Vuitton's runway show in Paris. 457 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:13.680 I loved it. I have been invited to all the Mark Jacobs shows 458 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:17.839 and that company are beyond belief how clever they are. But I had my 459 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:23.720 own responsibilities in running the Donna Karan Collection runway show and of course the DKNY 460 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:29.920 shows nothing short of amazing. And when I said you used to be important, 461 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.599 believe me, at those shows, I was important myself. There were 462 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:37.480 people from LVMH to a front row at every one of those shows, sitting 463 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:43.160 amongst all the celebrities enjoying the show. Now, what is a runway show, 464 00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.839 Jesse? What's a purpose of a runway show? Purpose of the runway 465 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:52.079 show is to promote the collection for the new season. In theory, yes, 466 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:54.240 that's as simple as you could say it. Who's invited to the Runway 467 00:33:54.279 --> 00:34:00.119 show. Buyers from all over the world, the press from all over the 468 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:05.160 world, all the buyers and press from the United States, And of course 469 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:10.800 the idea is if you have Bloomingdale's or Sacks or Nieman's or the finest websites 470 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:15.079 in the world that come in it's a front row or first and second row 471 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:17.239 in your show. They see the product, they get excited, and during 472 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:21.800 the week after the Runway shows, the buyers go to your showrooms to start 473 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:28.519 purchasing. And no question, that was ultimately the number two most important thing 474 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:32.239 that Runway shows do, but the number one reason you stage a show the 475 00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:37.559 fashion press around the world. Can you imagine all the activity when some of 476 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:43.440 the most famous actors or actresses are wearing your product at the Runway show boom. 477 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:47.000 The entire international press jumps all over and starts talking about who wore what 478 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:52.599 when, who is at what show? And it spirals from New York to 479 00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:58.559 Milan, to Paris to Rome, the entire world. Seize the effects of 480 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:01.079 your Runway show. If you ask me, I never thought about how to 481 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:07.599 spend two million dollars in fifteen minutes. But what you can you can spend 482 00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:10.599 two million dollars in fifteen or twenty minutes, is what we would spend as 483 00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:14.719 a designer. Some of the big designers, you know, some of the 484 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:19.559 global like Door or Fendor, some of the Europeans will spell far in excess 485 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:25.719 of that building of their sets fortunes because luxury brands, designer brands are built 486 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:32.000 with image and prestige, and they take these messages around the world. And 487 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:37.159 that's what's taking place in New York right now. Big and small, famous 488 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:44.039 and not famous are all gathered here showing their wares to people around the world 489 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:47.679 to build their brand, to build their cachet. For the end result to 490 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:54.920 sell more products at regular price to the most prestigious retailers in the world and 491 00:35:55.079 --> 00:36:00.239 sell them quickly and rapidly so you can make the most money having these brands. 492 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:06.920 And my experience firsthand with managing Calvin Client and managing Donna Karen was priceless 493 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.719 and I'd loved it. Let me ask you, do you think that a 494 00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:14.079 runway show is necessary? Like do you think that if you didn't have one, 495 00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:16.039 the company would still do well, you'd still sell the same amount of 496 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:20.559 product, how necessary as a runway show. Great question, and I'll answer 497 00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:24.159 you this way. There are things in life and in business that are nice 498 00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:30.199 to do. There are things in life and the business that you should do, 499 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:35.880 and then there are things in life and business that you must do. 500 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.880 Now the question you're asking, must you have a runway show? No? 501 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:45.400 Should you? If you're a good company and you'll have a designer brand. 502 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:50.760 Absolutely. The Europeans believe in them. The luxury companies believe that they have 503 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.920 to behave as luxury companies, and that's an important part of it. This 504 00:36:54.039 --> 00:37:00.159 is the way they build luxury brands. In reality, it's nice to do. 505 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:05.360 For some. It elevates brands, It makes them look more important than 506 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.920 they are. Should you do it? If you're a designer brand like Done 507 00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:13.079 a Care Okay? Absolutely? Must you do it? No, unless, 508 00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:16.480 of course you're do your Orfendi or Gucci or what have you. But either 509 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:20.719 way, when those brands are that strong, they'd be fine without it. 510 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:25.000 But people in the know believe that's the way to behave. I miss them, 511 00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:29.519 that's for sure. I miss them. Having said that, Welcome to 512 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:31.280 New York. It's a big week this week in New York City, back 513 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:37.920 in a moment. Always in fashion. I've been shopping for fun lately, 514 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.840 and while I'm out, I always look at men's and I look at women's 515 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:45.039 what's going on? And I was particularly interested in Decamy because of their sponsorship 516 00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:50.400 of the show. I went downstairs at Macy's thirty fourth Street to look around 517 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:53.239 and I saw dekmy active where And I promise you, ladies, it is 518 00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:59.000 sensational, from the sports braus to the crop tops, to the leggings and 519 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:01.800 the sweats. It really is a great look. And dk Andy had begun 520 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:08.280 as an all American brand dressing casual clothes engines, and the stuff looks incredible 521 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:13.800 and right now the colors and the styles is so exciting that I feel great 522 00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:16.320 about the company. I always do. I wear the men's wear all the 523 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:21.880 time. I've had situations where I've gone to big events and been interviewed in 524 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.119 TV or the radio and someone comes up to me and the microphone and like 525 00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:28.920 they always do, who you're wearing? And here I am, this big 526 00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:31.199 shot with big company and they say, well, I'm wearing a DKY and 527 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:34.559 they laugh and say, no, you're not. Actually have one on the 528 00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:37.079 internet where you could see me. They asked me what suit I'm wearing, 529 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:39.639 and I say DC and Y and open it up and there's the dk andy 530 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:45.000 label. Great fashion, it fits well, it looks right. It's designed 531 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:47.679 to make you comfortable in the city, goes from day in to night. 532 00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:51.079 You can wear it in the morning, wear in the afternoon, and you 533 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:53.119 look cool at night as well. It's great for the office as great Felisia. 534 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:58.400 But I'm talking about the DKNY active where the first time I really became 535 00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.639 aware of it, Jesse and I were up at Serious Radio. He was 536 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:06.599 doing a job for Serious he does Dan Abrams show, he fills in on 537 00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:09.639 the Potus Network and we're in the lobby and this hip hop group came up. 538 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:16.280 Well, this really great looking Latino singer girl young, beautiful, and 539 00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:20.400 she's wearing a dk and Y sports bar and I said to myself, this 540 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.519 is amazing. Actually went to Macy's to see it, and I'm excited about 541 00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:27.360 the brand. And I'll tell you what, ladies, dk Y always has 542 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:31.119 great fashion for work, always wonderful dresses and things that you'd wear. Their 543 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:37.159 accessories are great. The shoes are always very cool. But activewear in particular 544 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:40.199 right now looks sensational and being that everyone's athleisure in activewear, it's a great 545 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:45.519 time dk Andy go take a look. As one of the world's most celebrated 546 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:50.679 fashion designers, car Lagafeld was renowned for his aspirational and cutting edge approach to 547 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:55.000 style. His unique vision of Parisian ship comes to America through Carlagafeld Paris. 548 00:39:55.400 --> 00:40:00.440 He has women's collections, men's collections, ready to wear, accessory, shoes 549 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:04.239 and bags. The fashion house Carl Agafeld also offers a range of watches. 550 00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:09.360 I wearing premium fragrances. You can explore the Carlgafelle collection at Carlogafel Paris dot 551 00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:13.360 com. But it's more than that. I, for one, love to 552 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.719 shop. I love going around and seeing what's happening and what catches my attention, 553 00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:20.960 what would make me feel good to wear now. I don't wear the 554 00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:24.159 women's wear obviously, but I can appreciate it and they look amazing. If 555 00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:28.079 you want to look right, you want to have clothes that fits you well. 556 00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:32.639 You want to look like you're wearing something that's very expensive, that's exclusive 557 00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:37.360 for you and yours. You can find it at very affordable prices at Macy's. 558 00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:43.000 Socarlogafel dot com Paris. The women's ready to wear fashion is extraordinary, 559 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:46.360 as well as the handbags and the shoes. If one wear men's clothes, 560 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:52.320 and unlike my appreciation of women's clothes, I'm a modern guy. I want 561 00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.920 to look current, I want to look the way I want to feel. 562 00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:58.559 I go out at night, I'm in black and Carlagafeld is my buddy. 563 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:01.159 Clothes are great, The fit great, and they have little tweaks and touches, 564 00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:05.280 whether it's a stripe on the sleeve or button at the neck or on 565 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:08.960 the shoulder. There's a lot of details that go into Carlagafel because he's always 566 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:13.519 been, he always had been one of the world's great designers, and this 567 00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:16.480 legacy and goes on and on. I can't speak enough about it except to 568 00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:20.239 say to you, you want to feel good about yourself. You want to 569 00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:22.880 know that you're dressing properly. You want clothes that fits you well. Carl 570 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:30.360 Lagafeld Paris at Macy's or Carlgafel dot com. Welcome back to Always in Fashion. 571 00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:36.480 Here's your host, Mark Webber. I love New York. I love 572 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:40.320 Florida of California in the winter. But it's September. I'm not there yet. 573 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:45.239 But New York is arguably one of the greatest cities in the world, 574 00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:51.639 one of the most exciting cities in the world. And past couple of weeks 575 00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:54.599 I've been talking about New York because it deserves to be. This week is 576 00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:59.000 all about fashion. It's Fashion Week in New York last week, two weeks 577 00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:00.960 whether the US opens. It's a great time to be in New York. 578 00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:08.159 But it got me thinking, I have always done for my children. I 579 00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:14.159 used to be important. I'm not now. I told you about it all 580 00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:16.360 the time. It's hard getting used to it. I don't rate anymore. 581 00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:20.639 Aside from the fact that I'm on the radio and my list just seemed to 582 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:22.719 really love this show. I don't have enough of them. I want to 583 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:28.079 be millions. We're not millions. But that's another story. There's an element 584 00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:30.400 of the show that I'm always giving advice. It's career advice. It says 585 00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:35.599 it in the beginning, I want to talk to you about reading. As 586 00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:40.000 luck would have it. When I was thirteen years old, I got pneumonia. 587 00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:46.239 Now why would I say as luck would have it? Well during pneumonia, 588 00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:51.320 other than not feeling all that well, other than being home for three 589 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:54.639 months, I had to find something to occupy my time, even though it's 590 00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:58.639 young. I fell in love with what was then called million Dollar Movie, 591 00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:06.440 and every day million Dollar Movie would have old movies James Cagney, Humphrey Bogott, 592 00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:09.800 and I became a quasi expert as a kid in those movies. I 593 00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:15.480 saw them all multiple times, and I loved watching those movies to this day, 594 00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.840 when the right ones on TV, I look forward to it and I 595 00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:22.679 remember it. But what else happened while I was sick? I became an 596 00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:29.360 avid reader. I was too young for most novels, but I was mature 597 00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:35.079 enough to be able to read them. And I started reading everything, and 598 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:38.480 I discovered a whole lot of writers, Stephen Coonts, who I loved, 599 00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:45.639 Vince Flynn later on in life. I found these writers and these stories would 600 00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:50.760 transpose me. The great thing about reading it took you to different places. 601 00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:54.719 It told you stories you would never hear. It broadened your expertise on the 602 00:43:54.760 --> 00:44:00.280 world with the definitions and explanations of people in places. I am telling you 603 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:05.840 that reading changed my life. It made it more interesting. It gave me 604 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:10.079 something to do, It made me more worldly, and it made me more 605 00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:15.840 interesting. And I want to fast forward many years later. I want to 606 00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:21.599 take you to business. In my business, Womenswear Daily was the bible. 607 00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:25.559 If you were a Who's Who, or you wanted to be a whose who 608 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:30.840 in business, you had a look at Womenswear Daily. And I used to 609 00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:36.559 study the people I work with and work for and worked alongside to see whether 610 00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:40.679 or not they would read that newspaper every day. And I would see many 611 00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:45.920 of them would have them newspapers stacked up on their inbox. I knew my 612 00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:52.559 boss would peruse the headlines and the ones that interested in me, he digging. 613 00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:57.320 I also knew that if I read it cover to cover, I would 614 00:44:57.360 --> 00:45:00.480 have a leg up on everyone else, and I did. There was another 615 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:08.719 newspaper, DNR Daily News Record. A Daily News Record was the weak brother 616 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:14.039 the Women's Wear Daily. It was the men's Trade. And once again I 617 00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:19.039 walked around the company and watched the DNR pile up, and I read it 618 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:24.800 cover to cover. And I didn't stop there. I read every Fortune magazine, 619 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:30.880 every Forbes magazine, every single Business inc. New Yorker, everything that 620 00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:36.559 I could read to make me more interesting and have more knowledge than everyone else. 621 00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:39.280 And I can tell you my boss was ten times smarter than me, 622 00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:44.639 even if he wasn't because he was my boss, he was exposed to more 623 00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:47.199 things going on in the company, so he was always a step ahead of 624 00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:53.039 me. My reading clothes the gap. So my advice to any of you 625 00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:59.360 out there, the more you read, the more you have a chance to 626 00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:05.320 enhance your life and to be better at what you do. Now, I've 627 00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:08.880 always exposed my children to everything, and as time goes on, as I 628 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:14.559 become less important, they're becoming more and more important. And on the subject 629 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:21.000 of reading, this week, Jesse made something happen for me, one of 630 00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:23.960 the most exciting things that's happened for me in a long time. One of 631 00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:30.159 the greatest writers of all time, Nelson DeMille. I started reading his books 632 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:35.760 probably thirty years ago when he started writing them. I've read I think every 633 00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:40.199 single one he's written since he was famous as Nelson de Ville. Jesse is 634 00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:45.679 going to Crime Con in Orlando. He's going to be one of the guest 635 00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:49.559 hosts. He's going to be on a panel, he's going to be running 636 00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:52.639 a lot of things there and He's going to be interviewing Nelson DeMille, and 637 00:46:52.760 --> 00:47:00.480 this week Jesse arranged I get to know you conference call between the managing people 638 00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:05.559 of the event, between the publisher Nelson Demil and his son Alex Demil, 639 00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:08.679 and Jesse's going to be interviewing him. I was on the Zoom call, 640 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:15.079 so my children are paying benefits. They are now arranging those things because they're 641 00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:17.320 important, even though I'm not Jesse. I said it. Then I say, 642 00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:21.280 now, I can't tell you how excited I am. So I've been 643 00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:23.840 part of that Zoom call and took the Nelson Demill directly. That made me 644 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:28.559 so happy. You've done so many things in your career, given us so 645 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:31.360 many perks, things to go to just amazing. So this is something that 646 00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:34.800 I was able to do for you. It made me very happy. And 647 00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:38.239 watching your face, you had a smile on the entire hour, and he 648 00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:42.400 was very gracious. Him and his son. I think they were surprised to 649 00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:45.880 the depth of knowledge I had in his books, don't you think. Yeah? 650 00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:47.480 I think they were surprised at both of us, because there's one thing 651 00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:52.440 to be like, oh I'm a huge fan, but where we're describing details 652 00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:57.440 of certain interactions in the book and certain characters and exchanges. They were like, 653 00:47:57.440 --> 00:48:00.360 Oh, these guys are the real deal. They've been following they know 654 00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:02.920 exactly what we're talking about. It's called crime. Come yeah, what is 655 00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:09.400 it actually? So this is a massive event. They're expecting over five thousand 656 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:15.360 people. People are interested in true crime. There's going to be different panelists, 657 00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:20.719 different podcasts, different presentations, different shows. They present their materials to 658 00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:23.800 the audience, they hold special talks, they have special guests, and it's 659 00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:28.239 a three day affair. It's a three day convention and what gets you there? 660 00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:32.079 So I was invited through Law on Crime. I host a podcast called 661 00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:37.199 the Sidebar Podcast, and we are presenting we are actually doing a live recording 662 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:43.320 of our Sidebar podcast in front of an audience of about seven hundred people. 663 00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:46.599 I am also going to be one of the presenters at the Clue Awards. 664 00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:51.320 It's like the Oscars for true crime. And then, like you said, 665 00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:55.480 I'm going to be interviewing Nelson and Alex Demil for a special presentation. And 666 00:48:55.880 --> 00:49:00.559 I'm also promoting Prime Crime, which is my show that I host an executive 667 00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:05.280 produce through Law and Crime. It's a true crime documentary show. It's on 668 00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:10.159 YouTube, Facebook, NBC's Peacock to Be so it's I'm gonna be promoting that 669 00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:15.639 as well. So anyway, I love meeting those two guys. Keep getting 670 00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:17.719 more and more important. I like being exposed to stuff. It's great, 671 00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:22.559 makes us more interesting. But it all comes down to, as I said 672 00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:28.920 before, I want to wrap this up again talking about reading. You can 673 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:32.039 improve your career. You can be smarter than the next guy or gal next 674 00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:36.639 to you. You could be smarter than your boss if you get engaged in 675 00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:39.960 reading, and you'll improve your life. It's so interesting. There's so many 676 00:49:40.239 --> 00:49:45.440 wonderful things that come from getting smarter, getting exposed, being more worldly, 677 00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:50.960 being more interesting. And if that doesn't do it for you guys out there 678 00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:55.360 or you girls. When I was nineteen years old first started driving, I 679 00:49:55.480 --> 00:50:00.079 used to keep a book in my car was called The Profit by Hill Gabron, 680 00:50:01.760 --> 00:50:07.800 very well known book at the time about this author who had principles on 681 00:50:07.920 --> 00:50:13.000 life. Put that book on your dashboard or on your console. You're not 682 00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:17.760 going home alone at night, guys, And now and then I'm older, 683 00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:22.119 put always in fashion in the car. And boy, the women or the 684 00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:27.679 men, they can't control themselves. Ten million people in New York. Nobody 685 00:50:27.719 --> 00:50:30.039 should have to go home alone. Listen, this is arguably one of the 686 00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:34.119 greatest cities in the world. We could debate that with anyone. Bring them 687 00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:37.480 on. I'm ready. This is a great city until it's not. It 688 00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:42.039 needs to be protected from ourselves. I'm told thirty eight percent of the people 689 00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:45.519 in New York still believe there shouldn't be a wall. What are you talking 690 00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:51.159 about. Listen, Liberals, you could be smart. Republicans you can have 691 00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:55.320 a heart. Are politicians they need to be held accountable. We have to 692 00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:59.719 stop voting for idiots, people who don't have our best interests at heart. 693 00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:06.360 A great city, we need to protect it. I hope you enjoyed another 694 00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:08.639 week in New York, and I hope you've enjoyed our show to night. 695 00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:09.199 Good night,