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What The Time Of The Coronavirus Is Teaching Us (8)
My journal during these days of the Covid-19 virus quarantine in New York City. It is a collage of observations, wisdoms, quotes, and images, in an arbitrary order. The stories mirror these unpredictable days. While the entries are chronological, they remain illogical and random, without any known ending.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
How do American fashion companies change their production lines to manufacture urgently needed protective pieces of clothing?
Let’s take a look at Brooks Brothers
Brooks Brothers is the oldest men’s clothier in the United States. The company was founded by Henry Sands Brooks in New York City in 1818. That year, at the age of forty-five, Henry Brooks had purchased a building on the corner of Cherry Street and Catherine Street in what is now downtown Manhattan. He opened H. & D. H. Brooks & Co. in the same year. In 1850, his four sons, who had inherited the business from their father, renamed the company to Brooks Brothers. The name has remained the same ever since.
I first heard about Brooks Brothers in my early New York City student days. I studied American literature with professor David Perry. Professor Perry always wore a slightly worn, light…
