WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.480 This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:05.360 The show is sponsored by G three of Paro. 3 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:07.960 The views expressed in the following program are those at 4 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.080 the sponsor and not necessarily the opinion of seven tenor 5 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:17.399 or iHeartMedia. Who is Mark Weber. He's a self made 6 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.879 business executive here to help you find your success from 7 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:24.559 the New York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. 8 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.920 His global success story in the luxury world of fashion 9 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:33.600 is inspirational. He's gone from clerk to CEO twice. Mark 10 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:37.759 is classic proof that the American dream is alive. And well, 11 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:41.359 here's your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Weber. 12 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:42.159 Mark Weber. 13 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.399 This week, I was a participant. This week, this participant 14 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:50.000 was an observer. I do find the world fascinating. Nature 15 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:54.320 is beautiful, Humans can be amazing creatures, life is exciting. 16 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:58.200 Mix it all together. It's a wonderful world. I don't 17 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:01.359 think I'm getting sappy here. Nature is great when the 18 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:06.120 sun is out. Raining is clearly a mood runer. Humans 19 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.280 talk about moon runer. I'm not a fan big egos, 20 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:16.239 bead dressers, bead attitudes, entitled, undeserving, classless, and oblivious all 21 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:20.719 their way or the highway. Yet they have moments of brilliance, 22 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.359 particularly in sports. Now there was a lot to do 23 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.000 and a lot going on, and I did it this week. 24 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.480 In fact, there was a vacation week, however, a vacation 25 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.599 with a twist. I took a staycation, a vacation without 26 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.040 getting on a plane, a staycation based in New York. 27 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.159 And I took this staycation with my son Jared. We 28 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.480 hung out for eight days, playing golf, the Yankees, the 29 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:49.239 US Open. Lots of talk, life, politics, business, father and son, 30 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:54.040 best buddies, always helping each other, always comfortable, always having fun. 31 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:58.719 Even talk some politics, although I've been avoiding. This country's 32 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:02.640 popularity countes. God forbid. We would talk about the issues 33 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.200 and the policies, the track records. God forbid. Someone would 34 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:10.000 speak the truth. God forbid. Any official would accept responsibility 35 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.400 for anything. There's mostly failures in this government. I get it, 36 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:18.759 But some honesty, please. The spin is everywhere, lying, retelling stories, 37 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.960 bad results. The story of Raschiman. I don't know if 38 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:23.879 I ever told you the story of Raschiman. It's an 39 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:29.639 ancient story, a proverb perhaps about three famous Sami warriors. 40 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:34.000 Each warrior tells his story of the great battle, and 41 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.479 each warrior was the one who saved the shogun. The 42 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.280 problem is only one man saved the shogun. So how 43 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:45.639 could three people tell the same story with a different result. 44 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:49.319 How because one of them is telling the truth, the 45 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.280 other lying. This is what's going on here? Who's telling 46 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:56.919 the truth? In politics, they hate Trump, but you gotta 47 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.159 love what he accomplished. They like smiling Kamala, who I 48 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.400 point out in the primaries for the Democratic election when 49 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:07.240 she ran against Biden got one percent of the vote, 50 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:09.199 she had to walk away and give up. She was 51 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:12.719 the first that was eliminated, of course, until Biden made 52 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:18.000 her vice president. Now Biden and company, in my view, 53 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.479 have failed at about, well just about everything in their 54 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:27.400 presidency and vice presidents. They inherited COVID, but they force 55 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.840 fed in mandated vaccines which are now turning out to 56 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:34.240 be a bane of existence. Now I am and was 57 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.560 still a believer, and I'll still take the shot, but 58 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:43.039 it was ugly. They inherited a pent up American demand 59 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:46.400 for everything, consumer goods, experience, the wanting to get out 60 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:49.039 and live again, and they turned it into a disaster. 61 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:54.159 Inflation high course on everything. Trump two dollar gas went 62 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:59.439 to Biden four dollar gas. Afghanistan shamed America. They left 63 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.719 people behind, and eighty billion in weapons. I've read that 64 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:06.159 the Taliban has become one of the world's leading arms merchants, 65 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:09.319 selling our American weapons. And let's not forget. And the 66 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.280 way we walked out in the middle of the night, 67 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.400 thirteen American service people were killed. Who knows how many others. 68 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:20.920 The border built a wall, illegal immigration was under control. 69 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:24.920 Trump got Guatemala, Mexico and Al Savador to stop the 70 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:28.680 trains of people because they were protecting their relationship with 71 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.439 the Trump administration and they were concerned if they didn't 72 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:38.120 behave immigration became legal again. Now, whatever you say, this 73 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:41.800 one was on Harris. She was responsible for the border. 74 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.120 Did nothing made it worse. Let eight million people intenly 75 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:48.839 one number, Nope, or you get a spin with they 76 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:52.600 the Biden Harris administration had done great with you know what, 77 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:54.519 they're really great with, you know what, the rate of 78 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:58.759 building crime. Let them argue that one. But politics is 79 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.560 very funny. If you listen to the Democratic Party, they'll 80 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.839 tell you there's no crime, it's not growing, it's deceasing, 81 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:09.720 it's almost gone. And where are we now? Yes, I'm 82 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.319 leading towards the presidential candidate that's from the Republican Party. 83 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.319 While I believe the Democrats have some right ideas when 84 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:19.439 it comes to certain social issues, I trust internationally with 85 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.959 the Republicans, and I trust them with the future of 86 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.600 the business in the country. And where are we now? 87 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:31.279 Politics has become a popularity contest. Are we crazy? The 88 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.639 next generation is going to pay the price? But forget politics. 89 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.040 I'm not interested. All I'll leave it was is are 90 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.480 we crazy? Now? I've said often I'm an acquired taste. 91 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:45.040 I'm not easily appreciated. So in order to have friends, 92 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.079 I made my own two sons who I'm blessed with, 93 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.800 who like hanging out with their father. My boys and 94 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:54.160 I have traveled the world together and apart. This time, 95 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.199 Jared and I decided to take a vacation and we 96 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.000 stayed together here, out and about. In our case, we 97 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:04.040 took it easy. We traded luggage and air travel for 98 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.439 car trips, a staycation. Loved living it, loved observing it. 99 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.920 Now this is usually where I introduced my son, Jesse, 100 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.360 my son, my co host, my lawyer. He was busy, 101 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.600 he couldn't get away. He's been very busy until this week. 102 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.639 He's taking a trip with his wife, going on vacation 103 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.040 to Europe. Trader, he picked his wife over his brother 104 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:28.680 and father. You wus so instead joining me tonight my 105 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:31.920 elder son, my number one son, He's here to continue 106 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.600 are hanging out? Hey, Jared, do you like hanging out 107 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:34.839 with me? 108 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.639 I love hanging out with you, but first and foremost, 109 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:40.560 Jared Weber reporting for duty number one son. 110 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:46.000 Sorry, Jesse, you know you snooze. You lose. What can 111 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:46.519 I say? 112 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:49.240 And to be intellectually honest, not only do I love 113 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:51.519 hanging out with you, but when I have the opportunity 114 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.959 to go to sporting events fashion shows, I often choose 115 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.519 you as my date versus my wife. And thankfully I 116 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.360 have the world's greatest wife understands our bond together and 117 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.800 recognizes that our bond's inseparable, and not only does she 118 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:09.279 not get jealous or upset, but she appreciates in values 119 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:10.560 that special bond we have. 120 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.759 Together makes me happy, makes me happy. So Jared, let's 121 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:16.600 talk a little bit about us staycation. 122 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:19.920 Of course, I like spending time with you, and I 123 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.839 loved our staycation out and about New York, New Jersey 124 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:29.000 and let me not forget. Lots of birthdays this month, 125 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.519 and when there are birthdays, there's lots of shopping, and 126 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:35.720 in that this show is called Always in Fashion. I 127 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.360 know that you want to use this time to tell 128 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.199 a particular shopping story. 129 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:43.240 Yeah, I do have one. Do you like Madison Avenue? 130 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:48.399 I love Madison Avenue, and in particular I love the 131 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:51.720 Ralph Lauren store on seventy second in Madison. There is 132 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.720 no place I enjoy spending my time more when it 133 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.439 comes to shopping than the Ralph Lauren flagship mansion on 134 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.000 seventy second in Madison. 135 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.600 Sounds like a commercial. 136 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:03.839 It is when it comes to me, I don't know 137 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.600 that there's many people in the world that can sell 138 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.639 Ralph Lauren better than I can. For the last fifteen, 139 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:12.639 maybe twenty years, I've been shopping at that store. It 140 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:16.959 is merchandise to perfection, the product, the way the floors 141 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:21.360 are set up, the merchandise, the music, the mannequins, everything 142 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:28.600 everything from tailored clothing, dress shirts, dress furnishings, footwear, sportswear, accessories, 143 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:30.879 and all the different labels there, whether it's Ralph Lauren 144 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.720 Purple label, whether it's Polo, whether it's doublerol. All these 145 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:38.919 different lifestyles afforded to you in one store. It's the 146 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:39.559 perfect shot. 147 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:42.080 I like, I love, and I agree with you completely. 148 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.279 But what's with the fancy words. What does tailored clothing mean? 149 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.200 And what does furnishings mean? 150 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:50.720 Sharry industry words. So tailor clothing is suits and suit 151 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.559 separates meaning blazers, sport coach, dress pants. What you'd wear 152 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:56.559 when you wear a suit and tie or casual with 153 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:00.399 a dress, shirt and dress. Furnishings are shirts and tie, 154 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.600 and then accessories are belts and cuff links and YadA, 155 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.360 YadA YadA. But also there's a cool place across the 156 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:08.919 street in the women's store. They have a great cafe 157 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.399 that you can sit outside, you can eat, spend some time, 158 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.000 catch some sun. It's great, great experience. The men's and 159 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.679 women's store are kitty cat corner across from each other. 160 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.480 Well, you know, as I said, it sounds like a commercial, 161 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.759 but you're right. The issue is maybe they'll get us 162 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:24.679 into the Polo Bar. Now, then we go there. All 163 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:26.360 they have to do is hear this show and you 164 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:27.200 talk about them. 165 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.240 Are we pretending that we're not connected at. 166 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:36.039 The Polo Bar? Well, without getting into it. Yeah, that's 167 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:38.679 what we're doing. We're pretending we know no one. But anyway, 168 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.879 back to Madison Avenue. I raised the issue because we 169 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:44.120 went there, we shopped there, and I have a story 170 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.840 that I want to tell. But Madison Avenue is one 171 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:50.399 of my favorite streets in the world. The women on 172 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:55.399 Madison Avenue, women young or old, they're put together so well. 173 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:59.519 They look so great the stores themselves, whether dress codes 174 00:09:59.519 --> 00:10:03.279 are called out or just understood, the women look great 175 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.960 on Madison. Even the men make an effort on Madison. 176 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:10.039 The unspoken truth, you're supposed to look the part when 177 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.639 you live and walk and hang out in that rarefied 178 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:14.320 air of the Upper east Side. 179 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.840 When you're walking, it makes a big difference whether you're 180 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:19.639 north or south of sixtieth Street. The men are put 181 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.960 together particularly well. Whatever brands they're wearing, it looks like 182 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.639 Italian fashion. It looks like the streets of Milan, and 183 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:27.600 the women too. To your point, now, I'm not coming 184 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:29.840 from a creepy factor like you are, but I'm coming 185 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:32.759 from a pure appreciation of aesthetic. The men and women 186 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:34.960 are dressed impeccable, and I believe they're buying a lot 187 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:36.360 of their clothes on Madison Avenue. 188 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:38.440 You know, it's interesting you say that because a lot 189 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:42.120 of streets, even in Manhattan, on one end of the 190 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:45.399 street is slum and the next it could be a luxury. 191 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.440 I mean, the streets of Manhattan, the way they're lined 192 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:51.440 up are very unusual. But having said that, you're right, 193 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:54.759 I think sixty isn't up is a regional barrier, and 194 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:59.240 everything above starts to get more luxurious. Which brings me 195 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:03.679 to what I wanted to about. Bruno Cucinelli on sixty 196 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:05.320 third Street in Madison. 197 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.399 Or Brunello Cucinelli, depending on whether or not you're exciting 198 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.519 the brand from Brooklyn or from New York. 199 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:19.000 Thank you for the correction. Brunello Cucinelli. They make luxury 200 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:23.120 Italian men's and women's clothes. It's amazing. I do have 201 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:25.799 a story to tell. First of all, everything is handmade 202 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.200 in Italy. Secondly, when you read the articles from Kuchinelli himself, 203 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:33.000 he tells you he pays his workers more than anywhere 204 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:36.159 else in the world because he appreciates the work, understands 205 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:38.120 they have lives to lead, and want them to be 206 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:42.120 in good position. So they're clothes incredibly special. Jared and 207 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.720 I were hanging out. We're shopping. It's birthday week in 208 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:47.440 the family. There's a lot of things going on, lots 209 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.519 of birthdays, and we took a walk into Kuchinelli to 210 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:55.000 see what was going Jared tied on this jacket incredibly expensive, 211 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:59.320 that's important, incredibly expensive. But he tried on a forty 212 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.000 eight and I said it was it's too big, said 213 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.000 you can't buy. You need to try on a forty six. 214 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:06.080 So I asked the guy who was handling Jared, the seller, 215 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:08.600 you have forty six, he says, go in the back. 216 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.919 He goes in the back and he looks, we don't 217 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.759 have a forty six, but we can order you one. 218 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:17.240 So I said to him, I don't get it. How 219 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:19.360 many other stores do you have in New York? He say, 220 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:21.600 wh we have a few. Well, why don't you call 221 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.200 him and see if they have a forty six? So 222 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.559 he looks at me like I have three heads. I 223 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:28.600 said to him, I assume if you sell a forty 224 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.759 six from the other store, you still get credit as 225 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.080 the seller. He said yeah, but that's not the issue. 226 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.519 I said, well, why don't you check? So he comes 227 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:39.000 back ten minutes later and he says, we don't have 228 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.120 it in our stores, but we do have a concession 229 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:45.039 shop in Bloomingdale's. Jared, you want to explain what a 230 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:46.120 concession shop is. 231 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.759 First and foremost, I need to give one point of 232 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.759 clarity for those viewers that don't understand the Italian sizing. 233 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:56.080 A forty six is not a forty six in the US. 234 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.519 It's a thirty six in the US. So I have 235 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.399 to give that point of clarity before your listeners think 236 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.279 that based on my height, I'm overweight. So the answer 237 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:08.399 is there's a different sizing. So after that point of clarity, 238 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:14.440 concession shops are shops run by the brand within a store. 239 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:16.799 It's a shop within a shop. Now in this instance 240 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:20.279 with Sacks, not Bloomingdale's, one point of correction, but essentially 241 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.600 Brunello Cucinelli has a mini store within Sacks Fifth Avenue, 242 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:29.279 where it's Brunello Cucinelli's own inventory, it's their own employees, 243 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:31.919 and they're paying Sax rent for the ability to have 244 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.639 a small store within a store within Sacks. That is 245 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:36.399 what the definition of a concession is. 246 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:39.120 Thank you, thank you. So the guy says to us, 247 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:44.759 SAX has the forty six there. So I said to him, great, 248 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.399 why don't you tell Sax to bring it over here? 249 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:49.960 So he says, well, we can't do that. I said, 250 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:51.639 what do you mean you can't do that? He says, well, 251 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.240 there are only two people in sacks. I said, unless 252 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.639 there's a storm going on and the people are flooding 253 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.559 this department, get one of the people in the shop 254 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:04.039 to take an uber over here. We're ten blocks away. 255 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:07.080 Let him bring the jacket. We'll buy it. That's it. 256 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.279 Let him try it on. Because we can't do that, 257 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:11.720 I said, what do you mean you can't do it? It 258 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.840 makes no sense. This is something we don't do. I 259 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:18.000 take him aside and I said, in front of him 260 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.759 and Joy, I said, listen, it's a very expensive jacket. 261 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.639 I don't know how many of you sellers stay. You 262 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.200 got one ten blocks away. You got a customer who's 263 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:27.120 ready to buy it. He's not going to buy the 264 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:31.159 forty eighty, has to try on the forty six first. Well, 265 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.480 I don't know what to do, so I said to one, 266 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:36.240 why don't you send someone from this store to do it? Hey, 267 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.879 you got ten people floating around, nobody's working. All they're 268 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:40.879 doing is listen to me. Make a fool of myself, 269 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:42.919 but I really don't think they think I'm making a 270 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:45.000 fool of myself. He said, let me see what I 271 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.080 can do. So he goes and makes a phone call, 272 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:51.000 and he comes back and says, give me an hour. 273 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:54.360 We'll have the jacket here. I said to him, this 274 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.799 makes no sense. I could walk back and forth from 275 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:01.679 here myself and get the jacket back in less than 276 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.440 an hour. You gotta do better than that. Disappears again. 277 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.399 He said, we're gonna get the jacket here, but you 278 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.440 may take forty five minutes. I said, okay, forty five minutes. 279 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:11.919 We'll hang out, or we'll go back to the rough store. 280 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.360 Turns out we were very comfortable in this store. We're 281 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.279 talking to all the people, having a great time. They 282 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.240 asked me if I wanted soda water. So I had 283 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.720 a soda water. Jared had a soda water. We're hanging out. 284 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:25.120 I'm entertaining everyone, talking about the radio show, talking about 285 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:28.000 the podcast, having a great time. Figuring that the sax 286 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.600 thing is going to be three minutes. So now I'm 287 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:35.919 getting hungry, said them, you got any cookies. The next 288 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.120 thing we know, we have soda water with ice. We're 289 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.840 eating cookies and two portions well having the greatest time 290 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.639 at all. Anyway, it took forty five minutes to an hour. 291 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.159 It should have taken ten minutes. They finally brought the 292 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.200 jacket in. Jared tried and on fit him perfectly. He 293 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:51.320 wasn't sure. He tried the forty eight, On tried the 294 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:55.000 forty six. The very cool seller there, guy who's I 295 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.120 think also the buyer for the store, came back and said, 296 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.039 this is the one that fits you. You gotta take the 297 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.240 forty six. And we got the forty six. But in 298 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:04.320 the end, the funny part of the story is it's 299 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.559 about service when you're working in a store that costs. 300 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:09.960 I can't tell you. When I was younger could buy 301 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.559 a car full at that jacket cost. And in the 302 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.159 end we were pretty good customer that day because we 303 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:19.639 bought it. And the guy says to his boss, yeah, 304 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.720 they wanted this jacket. I made it happen. I just 305 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:24.320 took care of it. And I almost fainted when he 306 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:28.559 said it because it was my job. Am I lying 307 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.720 jarn or telling it the way? 308 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.799 It is success as many fathers, but failure as an orphan. 309 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:37.559 I will tell you, hands down, you made this happen. 310 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.799 If it was left to this salesman, he would have 311 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.759 had the jacket delivered the next day or the following week, 312 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:46.000 and potentially would have lost the sale because we would 313 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.679 have gone to some other stores and maybe I lost interest. 314 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.559 So one, you got the jacket that I loved, and 315 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.039 thank you. And two a big sale for the Brunello 316 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:56.720 Cucinelli team thanks to Mark Phillips Weber. 317 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:59.519 Yeah, and I think to a great extent they all 318 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.200 learned the lesson. But my favorite part of all we're 319 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.240 leaving the store. There was this guy there, they must 320 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.920 have been the bodyguard, and he looks at me and said, 321 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.839 I had a great time. This was a movie. I 322 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.440 watched this. I can believe what you guys were doing. 323 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:16.920 Thanks for coming in. I'll leave it like that. We'll 324 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:19.680 take a break. When we come back, maybe a little 325 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:23.039 more about our staycation. I think you'll enjoy hanging there. 326 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.799 Back in a moment. 327 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.839 Always in fashions. 328 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:30.279 As one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers, Carl 329 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:33.960 Lagafeld was renowned for his aspirational and cutting edge approach 330 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:37.039 to style. 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My 362 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:18.640 company at one time bought that brand. The CEO of 363 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.720 the company handed it to me and said, you better 364 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:24.519 make it work. And I put everything in my career 365 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:26.640 to make ISOD work. And I fell in love with 366 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.160 that brand, and to this day it is one of 367 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:34.079 the most exciting endeavors I've ever got involved with. Isod 368 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:39.160 is an incredibly strong golf brand. If you play golf, 369 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:42.319 if you play tennis, for that matter, they make a 370 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:48.400 great polo shirts. I mean great. They're fit perfect. The 371 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:52.359 material is unique because it's a PK fabric that waffle 372 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.319 weave you see, and it's made of a blend of 373 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:59.799 cotton and microfiber that allows you to stretch in very 374 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:04.759 old Often they are treated with solar protection as well, 375 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:09.079 so they stretch, they're comfortable, and they breathe well. And 376 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:11.759 one thing about Isaac they always fit. They'll never tug 377 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.000 on you. You put it in your waist, they'll fit 378 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:18.400 you great. The colors, patterns are sensational. Now I will 379 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.519 also tell you Isaod makes great shorts and great golf pants. 380 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:23.720 You're a golfer and you want to look good. You 381 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:26.160 don't have to think about how do I look. You 382 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:28.640 want to think about how you play, not how you feel. 383 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.920 Isaad is the brand for you. I know I was 384 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.599 there when it was created. The strategy behind that brand 385 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:37.640 is brilliant. It's one of my favorite brands. While I 386 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.759 talk about it, I should tell you about the men's sportswear. 387 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:43.079 Isaad wasn't enough being a golf brand. It wasn't enough 388 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:47.880 being just great polo shirts with logos without logos. Incredible 389 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:52.920 brand and story and history. Isaad makes salt weather programs. 390 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:59.240 They have great printed woven shirts, short sleeves. They look 391 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:04.039 excellent with colors, excellent with shorts, excellent with cotton pants, 392 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:07.240 of which they also make this whole salt order relaxed 393 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:13.160 line from Ison, whether it be fleece, cotton sweaters, knit polos, 394 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:17.160 woven shirts and pants of a range of colors and 395 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:19.640 fabrics that are perfect for a guy wants to go 396 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:22.960 casually in the spring and summer of this year. And 397 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:30.359 here's the thing, is is affordable. Everyone listening to me 398 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:33.720 talk about this brand can afford to buy it and 399 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.319 know that there are a lot of other brands that 400 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:39.640 also have a look like EOD. Although I don't believe 401 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:42.960