WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:04.559 This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The show is sponsored by 2 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:08.080 G three Aparo. The views expressed in the following program are those of the 3 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:15.400 sponsor and not necessarily the opinion of seven ten wor or iHeartMedia. Who is 4 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:19.879 Mark Weber. He's a self made business executive here to help you find your 5 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:24.559 success, from the New York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. 6 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:30.000 His global success story in the luxury world of fashion is inspirational. He's gone 7 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:36.520 from clerk to CEO twice. Mark is classic proof that the American dream is 8 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:41.359 alive. And well, here's your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Weber. 9 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:48.079 Mark Webber. I've been thinking. I've been thinking how it's impossible to 10 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:52.920 get anyone to agree on anything. Now I can tell you, from my 11 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:57.520 point of view, I'll agree on anything as long as anything is my idea. 12 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.359 Now I get it. We're all entire to have our own opinions, 13 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:04.640 but we're not entitled to our own facts. But I can tell you mine 14 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:10.200 are always right common senses. It work with me, Yet common sense is 15 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.159 not so common in the rest of the world. I can't help, But 16 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:19.359 wonder wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all get together and agree on anything. 17 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.359 Would it be nice if we were older and didn't have to wait so 18 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.719 long? Said the beach boys. Why can't we all just get along? 19 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:33.000 Said Jack Nicholson Mars attacks. It's a wonderful world, said Louis Armstrong. 20 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.519 And then, of course there's no I in team. It is so simple 21 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:42.480 to agree to agree? Why not find common ground? The world should be 22 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:47.879 simple when you think about it. There's no world order or worldview. Every 23 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.879 country puts themselves first, and yet some of our moronic politicians have a problem 24 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.079 with that. I don't get it. I've been thinking about reaching across the 25 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.920 aisle and taking the high road. Let's agree to agree. There are agreements 26 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:06.159 in this world. There are treaties, they are collaborations. This healthy dialogue. 27 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:10.120 There's the un You must come to conclusions in business, otherwise you don't 28 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:15.520 have a business. Yes, there is healthy dialogue, until there isn't. 29 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:21.960 Funny Man's best friend. Dogs get it. They know how to behave they 30 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.919 know how to make agreements with their masters. We not so much. There 31 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:30.280 are still enemies in this world. I don't get it. But I've also 32 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.360 heard that they're on their own worst enemy as long as they are alive. 33 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:39.000 There's climate change believers and climate change deniers, Republicans, Democrats, independents, 34 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:45.159 all races, all religion that believe God and those that don't. One hundred 35 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:51.039 and thirty seven countries, last count eight billion people sharing a planet. We 36 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.400 have so many things in common, food, water, air, shelter, 37 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:58.879 education, jobs. This is a simple thought. Would it be nice if 38 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.759 we all could get along? Go figure? No one agrees with certainty, 39 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:08.879 not anything, how about anything? Nope, pretty much nothing is universal. 40 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.439 Then your throne. Politics is the worst, self interest, greed, anger, 41 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:19.560 a touch of hate. We're not together ever, maybe forever. It's 42 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:23.919 such a shame. Let's face it. There are a lot of people paid 43 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:28.280 big bucks to manage through the lack of agreement, the lack of cooperation. 44 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.599 That's what I had to do in my job. Create consensus, lead from 45 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:38.120 the front, make things happen. Leadership is getting together to get things done. 46 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.560 Some of us are successful, most of us aren't. We need to 47 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:46.639 be together, and that's my plan tonight. I'm not unhappy. I'm not 48 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.520 fatalistic, nor discourage or for that matter, giving up. We all have 49 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.280 to try that. Some of the parts are greater than the whole. Tonight 50 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:01.039 we're managing the together, and now we we're always together. My lawyer, 51 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:06.280 my co host, my son, Jesse Weber. I feel depressed. I 52 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:11.120 feel depressed, And don't blame me. I'm just reporting the facts. What 53 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:14.879 am I missing? Well? You know, look, we do see eye 54 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.959 to eye at times, then there's times we don't. I think we have 55 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:21.600 to try to say the least now, of course, but I'm listening. 56 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:26.079 You prove me wrong. Where am I wrong about nobody agreeing on anything and 57 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.360 getting together? It's kind of hard, you know. There used to be 58 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:33.720 like universal truths that everyone could agree on. Not the case. Anytime something 59 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:40.759 happens. It's now become political and everybody loves taking sides. It's us versus 60 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:44.639 them. We're right there wrong. We can't even agree on facts anymore. 61 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:46.720 You don't hear something crazy talking about politicians. Sure, I was on the 62 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:51.800 radio the other day and I made the point that President Biden is old. 63 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.680 And I don't just mean the age. I mean the fact that he's struggling, 64 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:00.680 he struggles to get out words, he struggles to stay up straight, 65 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.480 he's incoherent. And I got yelled at I got people on the left saying, 66 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:09.120 you don't know what you're talking about. He's fine, he's totally good. 67 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.600 You're making more of it than it is. You're the problem. It's 68 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.000 like, if you can't even accept that. I like the guy Wait a 69 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.240 minute, I like the guy who got up and say you're denigrading the old, 70 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.199 and you handled that brilliantly. I said to them, this is not 71 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:26.040 about the old. It's about the fact that you have Donald Trump, who's 72 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:30.160 what four years younger than Joe Biden, but he acts like he's twenty years 73 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.680 younger. It's a real problem. And it's not just me saying it. 74 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.480 Look at the polls, look at what people care about, and it's like 75 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:38.920 we have to live with our head in the clouds and not accept that that's 76 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:42.879 a real problem. And so you know, when they if Biden loses or 77 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:46.240 Biden doesn't do well, what are they gonna say that it's everybody's racist. 78 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.120 Everybody doesn't. It's like a real guess the guy who's basically saying to you 79 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:55.399 that I don't care what condition he's in anybody but Trump. And the problem 80 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:59.279 I've always had with that is I'll say it for the thousandth time. There 81 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:01.879 are a million reals like Donald Trump. Every time he opens his mouth, 82 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:05.759 you have to like take deep breath and hope he doesn't say the one thing. 83 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:10.000 By the way, well what he is? His policy's worked well. 84 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.600 Forget even politics for a second. You asked me about people agreeing. What 85 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.040 do I do? I'm the host of the Long Crime Network. We cover 86 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.680 trials all the time. No one ever agrees on the verdicts, even though 87 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:21.959 they were jurors. Right. People disagree with everything. People disagree with the 88 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:27.920 Supreme Court constantly. They don't believe in the election results. They're creating situations 89 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:31.199 that they have distrust of our law enforcement, our courts. And you know, 90 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.639 God forbid you make a statement, God forbid you say something, You 91 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:39.040 get blackballed, You get blacklisted, You're done. Your career's over forever. 92 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:41.920 All right, let's get off of this. I want to talk a little 93 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:45.240 bit of current events, all right, and see whether or not in current 94 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:49.199 events we can come together. First up, Ninal White this week, big 95 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:54.600 story. Let's tell the audience what happened. So there's a fighter named Sean 96 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:58.800 Strickland. Now let me preface this by saying, I think the guy is 97 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.879 out there, okay, has some pretty radical stuff. What happened was in 98 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.759 a press conference, he was asked about homosexuality. He was asked about if 99 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:09.120 he had a gay son. He goes, wait a minute, let me 100 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.600 get this straight. You'd be okay with having a gay son? And the 101 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.680 reporter goes, yes, I would, and Sean Strickland starts chastising. He 102 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.639 goes, you're a weak person. That shows you who you are. That's 103 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:23.639 the problem with this country. Really disgusting stuff to say the least. Okay, 104 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:25.959 I don't know, I mean, it's horrible what he said. Dana 105 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:29.360 White is the head of the UFC, and he's asked in a press conference 106 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.000 about Sewn stricklands statements and whether or not you give your fighters a long leash 107 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:38.560 to say whatever they want. And he's like, a leash, I don't 108 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:42.160 tell anybody what to say or not say. It's called free speech. They 109 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.120 can say whatever they want. And he didn't weigh in one way or another 110 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.519 about what Shawn Strickland said, but he basically was like, he's allowed to 111 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:50.040 say whatever he wants, whether I agree with it or not. And so 112 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:54.040 he took the free speech line, and that's what he basically said, I 113 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.040 thought he was brilliant. I thought he was brilliant. He cut right to 114 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.000 the chase. People are allowed to talk. You don't have to agree with 115 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.680 him. Guy said disgusting things. Prejudice thinks, so be it. He 116 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:09.480 shouldn't tell people what to say. Anyway, let's continue with current events. 117 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.800 Trump wins in Iowa, Win's in New Hampshire. I have a question for 118 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:18.079 you. Can Donald Trump be president of jail? What's going on with this? 119 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.720 Is that really a possibility? So first of all, can he be 120 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.800 convicted and be the president? Yes, he could technically be president from prison. 121 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.959 It's a reality, it's the truth. Now, I don't think any 122 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.720 of his criminal trials are going to happen before the election. I think there's 123 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.679 too many delays, there's too many issues in each one of these cases. 124 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.240 I think there's a strong likelihood that none of these cases actually happen. I 125 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.639 think there's a strong likelihood that he won't even be a verdict won't even happen 126 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.519 before the election. So if he becomes the president, he can make the 127 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:50.559 two federal cases go away, and the state cases will be pushed out till 128 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:56.320 twenty twenty nine. Donald Trump could be wearing an orange jumpsuit inside prison running 129 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.679 the country. Technically, yes, Now I've been asked, I have been 130 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:03.720 asked about how would that actually work. Here's what I would suspect. Tell 131 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.639 me if I'm totally wrong, because, by the way, your guess is 132 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.039 as good as mine. We're an unprecedented territory right here. I would imagine 133 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:16.000 if he was convicted, and let's say he was sentenced to I'm just giving 134 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.960 you a number. Let's say he was sentenced to eight years in prison and 135 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.639 he becomes the president. I think he would serve the first four years like 136 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.200 confined to the White House like it was house arrest, and then once he 137 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.519 leaves the office, he spends the remainder of the four years behind bars. 138 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.039 Just saying, so you go there, that's what I think you're saying. 139 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:37.360 He wouldn't be allowed to travel while he was the president. I mean, 140 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:43.279 maybe he'd be have to travel with marshals or or jail personnel. Possibly. 141 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.480 I just feel like he'd be under house arrest. I could be wrong, 142 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:52.480 but maybe the first year's the eight year sentence you gave him should be time 143 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:54.639 served for what they put him through when he was president. Last time. 144 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.120 Doesn't work that way. Sorry, doesn't work that way, But I think 145 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:05.519 that's a possible or if he really is sentenced to prison, he's in a 146 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.440 jail cell by himself, with his secret service, and his aides are coming 147 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:13.240 to visit him. I don't know. I guess that's what I who knows. 148 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:15.720 I would have thought. I wish they'd leave him alone already, But 149 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:20.240 you have said these are legitimate cases, So I'm gonna move on current events. 150 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:26.360 I don't know if you've been watching all the awards shows, but I've 151 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:30.279 been watching the speeches. Don't get me started with the clothes, but uh, 152 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:33.200 the speeches. I want to talk free speech. You can say what 153 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:37.639 you want. I don't care. You want to be derogatory, you pay 154 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:43.600 the price. This country is multicultural, therefore many accents foreign, and for 155 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:50.120 that meta domestic accents. The Southern accent versus the Deep South. Texas has 156 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.120 the sound of their own Midwestern people are perhaps the basic ones. Then of 157 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.519 course it's New York City accents. And don't get me started with Brooklyn, 158 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.879 but go ahead, go for it. Good with them all, but when 159 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:07.679 I'm not good with the flaws in speaking, namely the terrible habits. We 160 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.480 Americans seem to be picking up these speaking patterns. The people are using them 161 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:16.279 are driving me crazy. Now, there always been excellent speakers, refined, 162 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:22.000 elegant in command. There have always been people on the other side are uncomfortable 163 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:26.279 to speak publicity. I get it by what I don't get is speech defaults 164 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:33.679 in everyday life, particularly for everyone with that discomfort of speaking. There are 165 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:39.559 comes some help in the form of fillers. What are fillers? Pausing? 166 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.759 Uh? There's a big one though, that's starting with a sentence. So 167 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.480 you ever hear that one? So what did you do last night? So 168 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.080 I went to explain where I was. So is crazy? It's a new 169 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:58.240 filler that I literally bothers me. Great deal. But there's one that has 170 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:03.360 reached epidemic purpose. It's spread like COVID, but for talking. During the 171 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:07.679 summer, I played a tape of Aaron Judge and Aaron Boone talking baseball to 172 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.159 make the point. Now, you could say, well, they're baseball players, 173 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:16.559 but these guys are smart, they're articulate, they're accomplished. They are 174 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:20.639 trained to speak in public and be interviewed. But what I'm referring to the 175 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:26.120 use of the two words you know, if you listen to those two guys 176 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:31.279 speaking about baseball, every single sentence it starts with you know, and it's 177 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:33.919 not just the beginning, it's the middle, it's everywhere. You know. 178 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.840 You know, I might get hits tonight. You know, there's no y 179 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:41.960 in team my case. I've been thinking, you know, I do a 180 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:45.960 radio show, podcast and radio. It's on every week, you know, 181 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:50.480 anytime of the internet, you know, Saturday and Sunday nights. Wouldn't it 182 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:52.679 drive you crazy if you listen to it all the time? And you know 183 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:58.000 what you know is in every sentence. The problem is you're doing it and 184 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.600 you're so used to it you don't even notice what's going on. It's epidemic 185 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:07.480 proportions. And you know what we need to do, you know, we 186 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:13.440 need to get together to fix this terrible problem before we ruin the English language 187 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.559 together. Now, well, what got me sorted on this? Leonardo DiCaprio 188 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:22.080 is interviewed crazy one of the world's great actors, someone who's trained to speak, 189 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.559 someone comfortable speaking in interviews, a public sentence, I have to play 190 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:30.840 this with you. I couldn't believe I want you. When you hear him 191 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:33.320 talking, count do you know, count the number of them. Listen, 192 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.960 how disturbing is what's it like as a kid? I mean, how do 193 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.879 you handle that rejection? You know, it's interesting because I remember, you 194 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:45.080 know, you're sort of set up and you're put into this system where I 195 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:48.440 think that you're supposed to be a jack of all trades and you're eleven, 196 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:52.159 twelve years old, and you're sort of conditioned to say, well, you 197 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.360 know, the casting directors there and say, well, can you juggling? 198 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.000 You're like, absolutely, I can juggle, you know, you know, 199 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.600 can you ski? Hell? Yeah, you know, I'm your man. 200 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:05.600 You know the tap dancing shows. So you're supposed to like set yourself up 201 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:09.559 as somebody that can you know, you know, basically do anything that they 202 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.840 want. 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The great thing about ISAOT if you're fortunate enough to 250 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.880 be able to go on holiday this season to warm weather and you play golf, 251 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:53.440 ISESID always has a very definitive golf collection twelve months a year that will 252 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:59.680 satisfy your needs of getting things done and being represented in a brand that is 253 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:03.400 energetic and fun. I love the Isaac brand. You should look at it, 254 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:07.920 guys. I think it'll answer a lot of your questions. My interesting 255 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.839 thing about being comfortable in your clothes. One is the obvious, how does 256 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.200 it fit? How do you feel? Are you comfortable? Isaad's always there 257 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.319 if it's a generous the design to make you comfortable. But at the same 258 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.240 time, the second usage for comfort is in your head. You should know 259 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:27.000 that isaid makes you feel good and you're always looking good and dressed for whatever 260 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:33.359 ocasion you might have. You could find Isaac at JC Penny Coohle's or on 261 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:37.039 Amazon. Guys, go take a look. I think you'll be satisfied and 262 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:42.240 excited. ISID Welcome back to Always in Fashion. Here's your host, Mark 263 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:48.240 Webber. I've been thinking tonight about why we can't come together on anything. 264 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.680 This might be the worst time in the country's history, if you think about 265 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.960 it, no one agrees on anything. There are wars all over the place, 266 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:00.000 skirmishes, people bombing each other. Just this week, one of the 267 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.519 most interesting things with Donald Trump. You want to talk about him, what 268 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.839 will you be your position on Ukraine. If you become president, will you 269 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:11.680 stop the war? He says, I'll stop the war on the first day. 270 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:15.960 The reporter goes back at him and says to him, well, do 271 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:18.480 you support Ukraine or Russia? He says, I don't want a war. 272 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.319 People are dying on both sides. The numbers are crazy. I don't want 273 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.960 people to die. Now, how could there be a follow up question to 274 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:32.160 that? It's so simple and elegant. He's on the right side of this 275 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:36.279 one, and still nobody agrees on anything. Is it that they don't agree 276 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.240 or are they to feel like? How to actually think he's going to stop 277 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:42.000 the war day one in twenty four hours. Well, instead of him questioning 278 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:45.839 whether he believes in the Ukraine or Russia in this war, why don't you 279 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:49.480 just ask him, how would you stop the war, mister president. So 280 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:52.880 that's the answer to that question, Jesse. The point I'm making is we 281 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.200 can't agree on anything. You can't agree on politics. We can't agree amongst 282 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.759 ourselves. Everyone has their own focus group. Everyone is there, intent is 283 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.559 up, everyone's back is getting up over everything that's said. And I suppose 284 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.279 if I picked a group that I belonged to and someone something to me that 285 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.160 I didn't like about my group, I'd also get together, but you got 286 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:15.839 to give up. We're ruining this country. The world is getting crazy, 287 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.240 and that's what I'm talking about getting together. But I want to take a 288 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.519 lighter note now. As you know out there, we continue to get more 289 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:26.759 and more listeners every week. I love sharing stories that I've either told before 290 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:32.559 or that I find interesting, and one of them has to do with one 291 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:37.200 of my favorite experiences in coming together, and it has to do with me 292 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:44.279 traveling to Berlin first time ever the Brandenburg Gate. I said in the hotel 293 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:48.400 a lawn, beautiful hotelity. You wouldn't believe it, but it's about Formula 294 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:52.920 One. I love that show on Netflix. I don't know if any of 295 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.119 you out there have seen it, but it's a behind the scene look at 296 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.519 race car driving, and it's interesting that the stories they pick them nothing to 297 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:03.240 do with the people who are winning the race. It's fantastic. It's one 298 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:10.960 of those examples of TV being so extraordinary. Regular people talking to drivers, 299 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.119 watching the cars, hearing the strategies. I love it. But here I 300 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.160 am I fly into Berlin. I'm traveling where I got the president of my 301 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.119 licensing division. We're talking about. Neither of us have ever been to Berlin. 302 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.079 We're going to sight see, we're gonna do business. We pull up 303 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:29.039 to this incredible hotel, the Alawn Hotel. And you know one thing about 304 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:33.880 Berlin, it's all new. After the war, Berlin got blasted, there's 305 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.359 nothing left, so everything built is new and fresh. And this hotel is 306 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:40.920 right across the street from the Brandenburg. And as I start to pull up 307 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:45.880 to the hotel, it is packed outside. I mean packed, crowds like 308 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:49.839 you won't believe. A limousine pulls up. The flash bulbs start going off 309 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:55.279 and I taken pictures of Ice says that wow, this is amazing. I 310 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:57.440 walk into the hotel, I'm getting high fives. Everybody's looking at me. 311 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:02.839 It's like rocks. I can't believe what I'm saying. And I walk in 312 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:07.559 the lobbyest packed. A guy meets me right in front of the door before 313 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:10.960 we go into lobby, said mister Weber, welcome to our hotel. Come 314 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:14.440 on in. We'll get you checked in right away. But as I walk 315 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:19.279 in, the crowd starts separating and it starts to fill out. It starts 316 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:23.440 empty and then the mood is now gone. And I said, what's going 317 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:29.039 on? And he said, mister Weber, your name is Mark Weber, 318 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:33.400 right, I said yeah. He said, well, we're in Formula one 319 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:37.319 season and one of the most famous drivers in the world is named Mark Weber. 320 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:41.920 They're all here for the real Mark Weber, who doesn't happen to be 321 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:48.920 you. Ouch, that hurts the real Mark Weber. Oh, you're an 322 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.319 impostor. Yeah, when I talk about it, I used to be important. 323 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.079 But there's an example that I was important for five seconds. But I 324 00:22:56.119 --> 00:23:00.079 have another story. While I'm in the mood talking cultural and lifestyle, I 325 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:04.599 have to admit those of you who think I'm a pompous whatever, I apologize. 326 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:10.160 I'm just reporting the lifestyle that I lived. I came from a beginnings 327 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:12.079 if you listen to the beginning of the show. I grew up in the 328 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:18.559 city projects, and somehow, miraculously I found a way to become successful. 329 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:26.519 And as far back as nineteen eighty was the last time I ever flew in 330 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:32.160 coach. Ever, I became senior enough in my companies that I was able 331 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:37.000 to fly in first class. I'm working for LVMH, so I figure, 332 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.799 you know, let's support the French. I'm going to fly at France. 333 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:44.359 I never did before. I thought it'd be exciting. They fly out of 334 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:48.160 Kennedy Airport. I knew they have a beautiful transit lounce, so I said 335 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.480 to my sister. Her name is Judy Luca. I said, Judy, 336 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:53.680 book me first class in air France said sure enough, Mark, I said 337 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:59.160 great, and I show up at the gate. I don't check in luggage. 338 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:02.160 You know, you get to point where you get smart, particularly if 339 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.839 you're in first class, you carry your travel on luggage, or you don't 340 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:11.480 carry anything at all. I know people carry fifteen suitcases to get on a 341 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:15.519 plane. It's insane. It's like going on Safari and they're going I don't 342 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:19.240 know, Palm Beach. It's crazy. But in my case, I've learned 343 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:22.799 that if you have to travel on pieces, they'll fit above and certainly when 344 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:26.000 you're flying first class. So I go right to the transit lounge. I 345 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:32.279 go through customs. Right as I get to customs, I handed my passport 346 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:36.759 and someone from Air France comes and meet me right at customers, said mister 347 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:40.000 Weber, We've already pre checked you through. Come with us to the transit 348 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.279 line. I said, wow, these Air France guys really got it together. 349 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:47.240 I go to the lounge. They put me in a beautiful club chair. 350 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:49.279 In front of my club chair, there's peanuts, this all kind of 351 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:53.160 ore derves laid out. It's like for me alone. I said wow. 352 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:57.519 I said, this is crazy. Either Elvia mahe has taking care of me, 353 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:02.559 or Air France is the best airline you could ever dream up, one 354 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:06.720 of the most beautiful. I guess. The stewardess or ground attendant comes up 355 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:10.799 to me, beautiful dressed and peckled with that French accent. I was in 356 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:14.839 love. My goodness, it's just to me, mister Weber. You do 357 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:18.799 not have to board with everyone. Just wait here. When it's time for 358 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:22.559 you to board, we'll take you right into your cabin. Perfect. Wow, 359 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:26.200 mister Webber, you're also going to be piloting the plane. Did you 360 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.720 know that? No? I wasn't piloting the plane, but you know, 361 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:33.039 if I think it, if I want to sit in there and hang out 362 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:34.319 with the piloting and let me do it. It was amazing, mister Weber. 363 00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:37.359 We're gonna have you land the plane too. How much fun is that? 364 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:42.839 Everybody boards they take forty five minutes. They come and get me and 365 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:47.440 they bring me into the first class cabin. I'm the only one in first 366 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:52.400 class and I can't even explain the experience, the food, the wine free 367 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:55.960 thing, the way they took care of me. Mister Webber, Will you 368 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.720 be taking your pajamas now, mister Webber, would you like an after dinner? 369 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:02.319 Can? Yeah, mister Webber, mister Webber, mister Webber. And 370 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.839 I'm watching this and I'm saying to myself, this is amazing. How could 371 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:10.279 I ever flown anywhere else? So eight houturs later, I'm pumped up, 372 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.920 I'm pampered. I'm feeling like a big shot. The plane lands, and 373 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:18.039 all of a sudden, right before anyone to planes, you hear an announcement. 374 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.880 Please stay in your seats. We will come to you and tell you 375 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:25.160 when it's time to the plane. Another French beauty with the French accent comes 376 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:27.599 to get me and she says, mister Webber, please come with us. 377 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:30.640 Do you have any luggage. We'll take it down for you. You've ready 378 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:34.519 pre cleared you through customs. There's a car waiting for you. Boom. 379 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.799 I never saw anything like it, and now I'm in the car and I'm 380 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:42.400 saying to myself, my gosh, this lv MH have clout. This is 381 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:47.240 unbelievable. I never saw anything like it. I went to France, I 382 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.519 hung out, I did my business. I came home, same thing. 383 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:55.440 I'm like, godlike, I can't believe what's going on. Fast forward, 384 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.240 get back to my office and I say to Judy, Judy, I'll tell 385 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:03.160 you what. I never want to fly to Europe anywhere ever again without flying 386 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.519 air France. I said sure, okay. So about a month later, 387 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:10.440 I have to go to London and I say to her, you know, 388 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.680 I really can't go to France first, I have to go to London. 389 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:17.920 So get me a first class ticket on British Airways. And she says, 390 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:22.000 you're sure you want to take British Airways versus American Airlines. I said yeah. 391 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.640 I said why. She says, you know, it's very expensive. 392 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:27.920 Said what's expensive? So she goes and does all the work comes back to 393 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:32.200 me. Have a choice. You can file American Airlines first class, which 394 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:36.640 is really business class, for six thousand dollars, or you can fly British 395 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:41.359 air for fifteen thousand first class. I said, what are you crazy, 396 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:45.680 fifteen thousand first class and she starts to laugh. I said, why are 397 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:48.640 you laughing? She says, what do you think it costs to fly to 398 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.519 France? So what do you mean Helvi made made it nice? What do 399 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:56.200 you mean? She said, what do you nuts cost nineteen thousand dollars? 400 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:03.519 I said, what nineteen thousand dollars? You booked me on a flight nineteen 401 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:07.359 thousand dollars. I'm just new at the company. They find out they're gonna 402 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:11.480 kill me nineteen thousand dollars. How could you do it? She said, 403 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.960 Well, you didn't ask what it costs. She sais, maarck. You 404 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:18.839 gotta remember their three cabins. So boy, oh boy, I was so 405 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:23.000 freaked out. Let's say I never enjoyed that experience again. So what happened? 406 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:29.440 What happened? I flew six thousand to British air and the French never 407 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:33.079 bothered me. But when you talk about getting together, you can't get any 408 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:37.519 closer than me and my assistant. We're canned and glove for thirty years were 409 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:41.039 like words and music. Everything we did together we understood each other. And 410 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.680 she booked me for nineteen thousand dollars in France and put my life in jeopardy. 411 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.519 I couldn't believe it. So with that in mind, all I would 412 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:53.039 say to you is, here's a great example of two people working together every 413 00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:56.799 day, not quite sharing an office, but next to each other. And 414 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:00.200 we couldn't get it together, but we have to if we want to save 415 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:06.920 this world. Back in a minute. Always in Fashion spent a lifetime of 416 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:11.880 my career building the van Usen Brand, and I am so pleased that they're 417 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:17.680 back with us now talking about suits. Men were dressing up again, and 418 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:21.960 it's become cool to wear a suit. Suits can be worn on multiple occasions 419 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:25.799 in multiple ways. You could wear a suit formally to go out at night 420 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:29.000 or to an event, to wear a suit to the office with or without 421 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:33.400 a tie. If you look closely now fashion trends, suits are being worn 422 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:38.359 with turtlenecks or mark next. The choices are endless and every one of them 423 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:44.960 looks right. You could really really look the part. I believe that packaging 424 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:48.799 yourself is as important does the products you package, and wearing a suit is 425 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.720 one of those things that make men look their best. Venues and invented a 426 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:57.559 new idea. It's called the cool flex suit. It's been engineered with stretch 427 00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:03.000 technology, giving you the most comfortable fit and mobility. It's wrinkle resistant fabric, 428 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:07.119 it's cool moisture wiki. It makes it perfect for all occasions. As 429 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:12.240 we discussed just now, this new style of looking sharp while feeling cool and 430 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:18.839 comfortable is amazing, and I'm so excited that the ven using company is involved 431 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:23.279 in this new technology and is embracing the whole idea of dressing up. Let's 432 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:27.079 not forget van Ues and Maine It's name with dress shirts. It's only proper 433 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:32.799 that the suit business follows strongly in its way. You can find van Ues 434 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:37.559 and cool Flex men's stretch suits at jcpenny are online at jcpenny dot com. 435 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.680 Guys, they're great. You should go look at them. Welcome back to 436 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:47.880 Always in Fashion. Here's your host, Mark Weber. This is Always in 437 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:52.279 Fashion. This is Mark Weber. We're talking tonight about together. The title 438 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:57.680 of the show tonight will be Managing it Together. The world is so complicated. 439 00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:03.039 No one agrees, but we all get paid to manage stick together. 440 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:06.559 Every one of our politicians, there is only one thing they're there to do, 441 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:11.799 make this country better. Get along. The three systems of a government. 442 00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:14.559 They all have to be in conjunction with each other making it happen. 443 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:18.799 In business, it's not so simple, but it is simple because you are 444 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.440 paid to manage. You are paid for results. You have to deliver, 445 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:29.160 and part of delivering is making a consensus moving forward. This is not a 446 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:33.079 democracy. Business is business. I have a story I want to tell you 447 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:40.400 about fashion. Shocking talking about fashion and always in fashion, Thomas Jefferson said 448 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:45.279 in Manners of Style, swim at the current. In manners of principle, 449 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:51.279 stand like a rock. That was the slogan first time I walked into this 450 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:55.880 design room at the Donna Karen Company, and I remember thinking how much I'd 451 00:31:55.920 --> 00:32:00.559 love that because it was what I believed. I believed in fashion from my 452 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.880 point of view. I always had a taste, I always had a point 453 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:06.960 of view. I always knew that style was more important than fashion. But 454 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:12.559 principal matters more to me than anything. And when you believe in something, 455 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:15.319 you have to stand by it no matter what, even at the risk of 456 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:20.039 taking chaff and heat for it. So when I saw that, it gave 457 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:22.599 me a great feeling about the company I was getting involved with, Fast Forward. 458 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.279 I'm working with this team I love my time at Donna, Karen and 459 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:30.839 DK Why. I started every meeting walking into me and I said hi, 460 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:34.279 boys and girls, and I would end up saying, whoa, I'm the 461 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:39.480 only boy. But anyway, I work with all women, and Donna Karen 462 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:45.039 built a company with Amazons. Every single woman that was there was sharp on 463 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:51.759 her game, professional, top of the class, pinionated, and stubborn. 464 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:57.319 I'm not singling out women because they're stubborn. I will only tell you I 465 00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.559 think women are stubborn from different reasons. For me and talking about getting trouble, 466 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:05.279 men all they think about in business is burning out the other people, 467 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.720 getting ahead, getting rid of them. Women are, in my view, 468 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:13.160 are more sophisticated creatures. They have more things they have to contend with. 469 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.680 They have lives besides work, whereas men seem to concentrate mostly on work. 470 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:22.119 The point is, I love working with these women. They were all tough 471 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:24.720 and I loved it. I'm not figuring I'm working with one woman and our 472 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:30.480 licensees, the partners we choose for various different businesses, were complaining about our 473 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:36.720 approval process. This is the design team doesn't believe in printresses. I said 474 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:39.119 what he says. They don't believe in the print dresses. They won't put 475 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:44.119 print dresses in our collection. I said, everyone I look at here is 476 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:47.240 wearing print dresses. Everyone on the street is wearing print dresses. They're beautiful. 477 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:51.440 And I have different times where I go through different phases of what I 478 00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:54.240 think a woman is most beautiful. And sometimes in the winter, a wool 479 00:33:54.319 --> 00:34:00.440 turtleneck sweater, pair of jeans beautiful. Sometimes it's it's a beautiful black evening 480 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:04.880 dress. I go through phases where I look at different things and they appeal 481 00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.199 to me. But I gotta tell you, it's summertime. Nine out of 482 00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:13.039 ten women are wearing these beautiful dresses. And I'm allowed to say is I'm 483 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.920 in love every time I look out my window, every time I walk down 484 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.440 the street. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not looking to meet 485 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:21.519 them. I'm looking at the clothes. That's my job. I love seeing 486 00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:24.280 women in dresses. What do you mean they don't believe in dresses? She's 487 00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:27.920 just that, So, I said, you mean to tell me I have 488 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:31.440 to come into a design meeting to convince the design gurus of Donna, Karen 489 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:36.239 and DK and why that they should have printresses in the line, Yeah you 490 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.920 do, Mark. They won't give me printresses, and I need them. 491 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:42.639 My customers are asking. So two days, lady, we arrange a meeting. 492 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:46.639 Twenty people in the room. So let's see the collection that's on the 493 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:50.880 wall. They pull back a screen. I see the whole collection, and 494 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.239 the first thing I say, of course I'm ready for this is Her name 495 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:57.119 is Jane. She's the head of John Jane Chung. I loved the very 496 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:00.480 talented woman. Hey, Jane, I don't see in printresses. Well, 497 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:06.800 our customer doesn't wear print dresses. You want to run that by me again? 498 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:12.519 Please this our customer doesn't wear dresses, I said, it's our customer 499 00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.840 women that don't shave their lakes. What kind of women are you talking about? 500 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:19.039 Everywhere I go, everything I see women are wearing printresses. What do 501 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.000 you mean? She says, well, we don't think we should have printresses 502 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.559 in our collection. So I looked at the senior vice president of sales, 503 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:28.800 the one who works with the customers every day. She had those bloomingdales, 504 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:32.320 Macey's Lord and Taylor Nordstrom, all of them, and I said, are 505 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:36.559 there a lot of print dresses on the floors and the stores now? She 506 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:38.360 says, it's the biggest business in the industry. I said, do our 507 00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:42.920 competitors have print ress? She just, of course, do you think we 508 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:46.639 can sell print dresses? I need printresses. We're gonna die without him. 509 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:52.679 I said, sounds to me like there's a disagreement here. So I look 510 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:54.119 at the head of sales the women approached me in the first place, and 511 00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:58.719 I said, do we need print dresses? Mark? I couldn't have said 512 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:02.199 it better. We have to have print dresses. We're not competitive, We're 513 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:06.800 getting killed. We have beautiful, solid things, we have beautiful everything. 514 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:12.159 Print dresses right now are seventy five percent of the dress business. We have 515 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:15.480 little black dresses. Deca why they're the best. But we need Prince back 516 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:19.679 to design. What do you say about this? She said, we don't 517 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:23.239 believe in printresses. So I'm sitting there and I think what to say. 518 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:28.480 You guys are putting me in the position of King Solomon, who had to 519 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:32.159 go to two different mothers who both claimed the rights to this baby was born 520 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:36.760 the first one. He says to her, the only way I could see 521 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:40.039 solving this problem is if I cut the baby in half. This particular woman 522 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:44.400 who claims rights to the baby, says, no, you can't do that, 523 00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:46.400 the baby will die. She can have it, goes see the other 524 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:51.039 woman and ask her what should we do. She's cut the baby in half. 525 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:54.719 So King Solomon, in his infinite wisdom, said, the rightful mother 526 00:36:54.840 --> 00:37:00.119 of this baby is the woman who said she wouldn't sacrifice the baby, and 527 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:01.440 he gave the baby to her. I said, you're putting me in the 528 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:06.679 position of King Solomon. I have a design team that I have nothing but 529 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:10.000 the highest regard for. And I have the sales team, who I have 530 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:15.519 nothing but the highest regard for, who are telling me something totally different. 531 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:19.920 Now I get paid to manage this, and we have to be together. 532 00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:22.000 And I'm remind you tonight as you're listening to this, this is all about 533 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:29.360 managing the together. So I said, uncategorically, beginning with this collection, 534 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:34.440 we will have print dresses. And before you argue with me, don't tell 535 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:37.440 me you're going to have to cut back on us little black dresses, or 536 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:40.239 our navy dresses, or a sequin dresses or any of them that we're not 537 00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:45.719 changing. But you're going to add twenty dresses to the collection. So someone 538 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:47.159 raised their hand and they started to say, but you know, we have 539 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:51.760 to manage our inventory. So I looked to the head who was there of 540 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:54.639 inventory management in the division. Her name was Julie, and I said, 541 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:59.119 Julie, if you and I work together, can we add twenty dresses to 542 00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:02.360 our assortment with out having an inventory problem? Absolutely, Mark, I'll make 543 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:06.800 it happen. So that's settled. So I said, here's the deal. 544 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:10.400 What are the kind of print dresses that are happening right now? So one 545 00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:15.599 woman said there are abstract patterns. I said, okay, there are small 546 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:21.400 print florals. There are large print florals, and they're engineered patterns that may 547 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:24.840 have a print going across the chest with a matching print that goes across the 548 00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:29.480 knee. That's the kind of things we need. So I looked at the 549 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:31.679 head of design and I said, Jane, you got to do twenty dresses. 550 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:35.360 I for one, like the big, large florals. I want to 551 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.599 see at least five of them. The small patterns I don't like as much, 552 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:40.000 but we have to have it. And I'm going to give you these 553 00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:44.199 twenty assignments, and five days from now we're going to have a minute. 554 00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:46.440 Today's Monday. On Friday, we're coming back. We're having a meeting. 555 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:51.719 I want to see your print dress line offering. Five days later, I 556 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:58.039 go in the showroom and I see a beautiful, not nice, a beautiful 557 00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:02.440 array of print dresses. The only mistake they made was they didn't offer enough 558 00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:07.440 colors in terms of the basic body of the dress. They were all black. 559 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:10.280 See you needed some tope, you needed some red, you need some 560 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:14.280 navy, some off white or white were beautiful. I said, I love 561 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.639 it, I love it, I love it, and the colors. I 562 00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:22.800 came back Monday the colors were added. Now you're talking about high boys and 563 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:27.000 girls, Amazon women brilliant, great at what they do. You talk about 564 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:30.559 two groups of people, a sales division that has a history of what works, 565 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:34.239 how to sell, how to manage their customers, and a design division. 566 00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:37.079 You talk about Donna, Aaron, a Deacon wat He's a brilliant people 567 00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.119 that weren't in agreement. And by the end of this period, which was 568 00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:45.039 two weeks in total, our line was enhanced with print dressers. We were 569 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:49.239 competitive, we looked great, we were proud, and lo and behold, 570 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:52.639 everyone was on the same page. After we did that, everyone was together 571 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:58.800 and on tonight I'm managing the together. And that was a fashion story Back 572 00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:04.199 in a minute. Always in Fashion, DK and Why. Donna Karen, 573 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:08.280 New York. Donna Karen began her career as one of the finest, most 574 00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:15.760 successful, powerful women in the fashion industry. She developed a collection aimed at 575 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:19.840 the luxury market for women on the go, women who were powerful in their 576 00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:23.400 workplace, women who had lives that extended beyond the workplace, and her clothes 577 00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:29.280 went from day and to night. An extraordinary collection. But the interesting thing 578 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.079 Donna Karen had a young daughter, and she had friends and they couldn't afford 579 00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:37.960 to buy the Donna Karon collection, and Donna invented DK and Y Donna Karen, 580 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:40.880 New York. It's an offshoot of the Donna Karen collection. The same 581 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:45.559 concept a lifestyle brand. Now we talk about lifestyle brands, what does that 582 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:49.840 really mean? Simply what they say, there are brands that follow you throughout 583 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:52.000 your lifestyle. You get up in the morning, you start to get dressed. 584 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:57.119 Donna Karen decay why as intimate apparel, as hosiery, as all those 585 00:40:57.199 --> 00:41:01.239 products you're getting dressed for work. You getsrize shoes, handbags, and it 586 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:05.920 takes you through the day. The remarkable thing about DK and Y clothes for 587 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:09.480 work they work into the evening. The dresses, the suits, the pants, 588 00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:15.760 the sweaters, the blouses, extraordinary clothes at affordable prices that go from 589 00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:20.679 day in tonight. Part of your lifestyle is active. You have weekends, 590 00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:25.079 you have events, you participate in sports. Donna Karen's casual clothes did that 591 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:30.320 under the DK and Y label. A vast array of casual sportswear that make 592 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:37.079 women look great as they navigate their busy lives. Whether you're going to soccer 593 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:39.880 games for your children, or whether you're going out to the movies, whatever 594 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:45.119 you want to do, dkn Y jeans, dc HY sportswear is there for 595 00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:51.280 you. That's what a lifestyle brand is. And I need to mention DKY 596 00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:54.920 active Wear, which is extraordinary, the leggings, the sports bras, the 597 00:41:54.960 --> 00:42:01.159 sweats. You can wear DKY active wear certainly in the gym, certainly when 598 00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:05.760 you're working out at home, and certainly if you want on the street, 599 00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:09.320 because it's that well done. The quality of DKY is nothing short of exceptional. 600 00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:14.519 And why shouldn't it be Because it was born from the idea of luxury 601 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:20.599 made affordable for women. Of America, DK and WHY, a true lifestyle 602 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:24.079 brand that takes you from day and tonight, from the week into the weekend. 603 00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:31.679 DCN Why you can find DKNY and Macy's DKY dot com. As one 604 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:37.000 of the world's most celebrated fashion designers, Carl Lagafeld was renowned for his aspirational 605 00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:42.239 and cutting edge approach to style. His unique vision of Parisian shit comes to 606 00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:46.760 America through car Lagafeld Paris. He has women's collections, men's collections, ready 607 00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:51.800 to wear, accessory, shoes and bags. The fashion house Carlagafeld also offers 608 00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:55.360 a range of watches, iwear and premium fragrances. You can explore the car 609 00:42:55.440 --> 00:43:00.159 lagofl collection of Carlagofelparis dot com. There's more than that. I, for 610 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:04.840 one, love to shop. I love going around and seeing what's happening and 611 00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:08.039 what catches my attention, what would make me feel good to wear Now. 612 00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:12.280 I don't wear the women's wear obviously, but I can appreciate it and they 613 00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:15.800 look amazing. If you want to look right, you want to have clothes 614 00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:19.719 that fits you well. You want to look like you're wearing something that's very 615 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:23.760 expensive, that's exclusive for you. And yours. You can find it at 616 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:30.800 very affordable prices at Macy's Orcarlagofel dot Comparis. The women's ready to wear fashion 617 00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:34.239 is extraordinary, as well as the handbigs and the shoes. I, for 618 00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:38.559 one, wear men's clothes, unlike my appreciation of women's clothes. I'm a 619 00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:42.599 modern guy. I want to look current, I want to look the way 620 00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:45.320 I want to feel. I go out at night, I'm in black and 621 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:49.400 carlago Felt is my buddy. Calls are great, they fit great, and 622 00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:52.360 they have little tweaks and touches, whether it's a stripe on the sleeve or 623 00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:55.039 button at the neck or on the shoulder. There's a lot of details that 624 00:43:55.119 --> 00:44:00.360 go into carlago Felt because he's always been, he always had been one of 625 00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:04.480 the world's great designers, and this legacy and goes on and on. I 626 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:07.280 can't speak enough about it except to say to you, you want to feel 627 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:09.400 good about yourself. You want to know that you're dressing properly. You want 628 00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:15.199 to clothes that fits you well. Carl Lagafel, Paris at Macy's Orcarl Lagafel 629 00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:21.079 dot com. Welcome back to it Always in fashion. Here's your host, 630 00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:25.639 Mark Webber. Tonight the show is managed together. I could stop by saying 631 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:31.199 I've been very frustrated that everything in the world nobody agrees on anything. I 632 00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:37.320 dread the results of the next election because of the two candidates we have. 633 00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:40.599 No matter who wins, the country's still going to be divided. But anyway, 634 00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:45.880 tonight I'm in a great mood. I want to talk about my greatest 635 00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:50.079 day in business. Get a call one day to come uptown and everyone's sitting 636 00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:53.440 around the board and look like somebody died. The president of the company says, 637 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:58.199 they sit down, shut up. The gh Basque Company is in trouble. 638 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.599 They said they would make fIF ten million dollars. It looks like they're 639 00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:05.280 gonna lose money and it could take us down. So I said, you 640 00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.559 brought me, I'll tell you what we do. It's Friday. Everyone in 641 00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:12.280 this room on Monday should be in Portland, Maine, gh Beass headquarters, 642 00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:15.880 fixing the problem. And the president company looks at me. He says, 643 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:21.159 I knew I had a reason for keeping you here, because that's exactly what 644 00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:23.719 you're gonna do. On Monday. You're going up to Maine and you're not 645 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:28.679 coming back until you fix Portland, Maine. This what are you crazy? 646 00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:30.039 I have a job. He says, yeah, this is your job right 647 00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:32.800 now. I said, but I have a different job. He gets up 648 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:37.920 from the conference table, walks behind his desk, takes out something from his 649 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:40.360 desk, puts it in front of me. It's his business card that says 650 00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:44.880 president. I told you you're going to Maine, but you're not going alone. 651 00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:47.679 And he mentioned this other fellow, Michael Blitzer, who is a brilliant 652 00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:52.280 operations guy, had a tremendous amount of experience in retail and GH Bass was 653 00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:57.239 a retail and wholesale company. He said, Michael's going there. We're gonna 654 00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:00.719 name him chairman of Bass, and you're gonna go there and help him get 655 00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:04.440 the company right. You are going to be in charge of product development, 656 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:07.679 marketing, fix the company, because we all know that's what's wrong with it. 657 00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:09.719 So I get in and as usual, I sit down with the design 658 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:15.239 team, and they too, at this time, refuse to understand what was 659 00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:20.840 happening in women's shoes now. JH. Bass as an image, it's an 660 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:24.760 outdoor shoe company to one degree, it's a collegiate shoe company making the first 661 00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:31.440 penny loafer but if you're going to sell bass penny loafers in the era of 662 00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:37.039 sexy shoes, you're going to be like the last buggy whip maker in New 663 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:42.199 York when horses disappeared, everybody's using cards and you're selling buggy whips. Doesn't 664 00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:46.079 work like that. You have to understand what it takes to be fashionable or 665 00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:51.320 stylish when the environment changes. And I said, to one of my favorite 666 00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:53.760 lines I said it earlier, we can't just make shoes for women that don't 667 00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:58.400 shave their legs. Women want to look good, they want to be sexy. 668 00:46:58.400 --> 00:47:01.760 They don't one only went round toole penny loafers. We need the best 669 00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:06.880 version of the trends that are happening. That was the message I gave to 670 00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:09.199 the women's team, and then I said to him, listen, I'm not 671 00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:14.199 gonna sit here and tell you what the ten best fashioned directions are in women's 672 00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:16.800 shoes. You're gonna do that for me, because when I come back next 673 00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:21.960 Monday, you're gonna show me storeboard samples of the shoes that you think are 674 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.480 not right for gh bass, but that you wear. We need to figure 675 00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:30.320 out how to give bass women the best version of the right shoes. Now 676 00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:32.719 the men, I said, guys, men's stress shoes, said, what's 677 00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:37.960 happening? And you too about penny loafers. The hottest selling shoe company America 678 00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:43.719 at this time for men are Kenneth Cole. They revitalized the entire men's shoe 679 00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:47.880 industry and you are still making penny loafers. We have to change the look 680 00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:52.159 of this company. And I said, listen, you're gonna do the next 681 00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:57.320 fifty shoes your way, and you are going to work with me to give 682 00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:00.800 me the fifty shoes that I want, and we'll see were better off. 683 00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:06.840 At the end over three months, we re engineered the entirety of the men's 684 00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:12.480 line. We came up with concepts men at work with address shoes, industrial 685 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:17.119 labor with a big, chuggy boots with lug souls that looked like Doc Martin's 686 00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:22.760 at the time, and of course the classics, the bass shoes, and 687 00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:25.760 every group had a name, every group was priced right, Everything looked brilliant. 688 00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:30.239 At the end of three months, this company was humming, and more 689 00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:37.280 importantly than anything else, everyone on the team was together. Everyone was proud 690 00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:42.719 of what we accomplished. Everyone felt the win and as it turned out we 691 00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:45.760 were going to have a meeting where we invited the wives of a board and 692 00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:51.360 all the senior members of the company, all the senior offices of the corporation, 693 00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:54.840 and we would present the new Bass Shoe Company. Six hundred people were 694 00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:59.800 invited, We set up the shoe, all the new advertising concepts were all 695 00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:01.960 the room, and if I tell you it was brilliant, it was brilliant. 696 00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:06.199 More importantly, I tell you that we came together as a team. 697 00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:09.440 And I got up at the end and I said, basically speaking, I 698 00:49:09.559 --> 00:49:15.199 learned a great lesson. I've been a senior executive for so long whenever I 699 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:17.760 said to someone jump, they would jump. But when I came here, 700 00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:22.559 I realized that I had to win the hearts and minds of the people that 701 00:49:22.679 --> 00:49:24.599 I couldn't say jump. I had to say to them, I have a 702 00:49:24.639 --> 00:49:30.760 concept called jumping that I'd like you to consider. And because of that style, 703 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:34.320 I became better for it. We all became better for it. And 704 00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:38.880 I hope you appreciate what you saw tonight, and I hope you realized that 705 00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:42.760 this is a company that we're going to all be proud of within the next 706 00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:45.320 six months, and certainly by the end of the year and I got a 707 00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:51.199 standing ovation. And while I'm standing in the stage, my friend who had 708 00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:54.880 become the CEO, handed me a piece of paper and on it he gave 709 00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:59.840 me a message. And what it said is, this is your finest hour. 710 00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:06.400 You gave everyone all the credit, none for yourself. This was your 711 00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:12.000 greatest day tonight. For me, it's all been about togetherness. That's a 712 00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:15.360 strange word, you know. Why can't we all be together? Why isn't 713 00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:19.400 this world together? I tell you the truth, I really can't answer that 714 00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:22.199 when you really consider the following. I traveled the world in my lifetime, 715 00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:25.360 and wherever I went and spoke to people that I met in business, they 716 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:29.920 all wanted the same thing. They all wanted to have a place to live, 717 00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:31.639 they wanted to feel free, they wanted to have a great job, 718 00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:36.199 and they wanted their children to have a better life than they did. It's 719 00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:39.880 universal. We all need the same things. Why is it so complicated? 720 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:45.639 But I'll make it very simple. I run a business show. It's always 721 00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:51.440 been about business. We've extended into cultural lifestyle to make the life lessons and 722 00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:58.480 points relevant. There's no excuse in this world for us not to be together, 723 00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:02.079 we vote for a present. His job is to bring the country together. 724 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:07.599 We're in business. The job is to take all these fine people that 725 00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:10.400 are working in a company, allow them to be happy, allow them to 726 00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:15.719 excel, allow them to express themselves. Steve Jobs said it best. We 727 00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:19.880 don't hire smart people and tell them what to do. We hire smart people 728 00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:23.039 so they could tell us what to do. Our job is to manage the 729 00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:27.400 togetherness. And if you got that tonight, good night.