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Three over coffee.
This was going to be the morning we made the switch from Peets to Letizia’s. It was going to be the switch from winter coffee inside to summer coffee out on Division Street. But as we headed out… more →
Fred Klonsky
Vote! Barack Obama: a Style-Icon ?
wrote 5 months ago: Barack Obama Dünya’nın en iyi giyinen adamları arasında gösteriliyor. // Barack Obama has been … more →
Workers United Challenge to HMX: “Keep North America Working!” Union Promises Campaign to Support Workers Facing Job Losses in Face of Company Liquidation
wrote 7 months ago: CHICAGO – Workers United announced a national campaign to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs at HMX … more →
A little of this, a little of that
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wrote 7 months ago: I like writing in-depth posts on great firms where members of our extended American family are makin … more →
What well dressed American men have been wearing for more than 100 years!
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wrote 8 months ago: Chicago is a hell of a town. Amazing buildings, great food. And members of our extended American fam … more →
Four stalwarts of American manufacturing
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wrote 8 months ago: There are certain products that are quintessentially American. Wigwam socks. Hart Schaffner Marx sui … more →
Des Plaines Mayor: Hart, Schaffner & Marx Should Make 2014 Olympic Uniforms
wrote 10 months ago: DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan has a suggestion for the next Olympic … more →
On the road again!
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wrote 10 months ago: I haven’t been talking about the book much lately, but I am still working on getting it finish … more →
Not my strong suit
wrote 11 months ago: I am perhaps the least fashion conscious person on the planet. There are goat herders in Outer Mongo … more →
Threadbare – Not Just Another Pretty Face
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wrote 1 year ago: “When you bust through all the layers of brevity and you have shaken all the hands of hope, you can … more →
Daily News - September 29, 2009
wrote 3 years ago: MR Magazine is reporting that Gap Co-Founder, Don Fisher, passed away at the age of 81. The article … more →
Hartmarx, Coppley & Royal Shirts: What's Next?
wrote 3 years ago: As Toronto’s and Ontario’s menswear industries are small communities, we have spent a lo … more →
Hartmarx Workers Approve Plant Sit-In
wrote 3 years ago: By David Bernt CHICAGO—About 600 workers at a suburban textile factory here voted on May 11 to occup … more →
Three over coffee.
wrote 3 years ago: This was going to be the morning we made the switch from Peets to Letizia’s. It was going to b … more →
HartMarx correction.
wrote 4 years ago: From Elana Levin of Workers United Union, an SEIU affiliate. Hi Fred! Loved your piece on the Hartma … more →
HartMarx workers in Rochester are the latest to vote to occupy the plant.
wrote 4 years ago: Plant occupation fever is spreading. Workers at the Rochester plant of Hicky Freeman, a menswear man … more →
I want Hartmarx to survive, too, but can we really justify a double standard?
wrote 4 years ago: It seems that workers at the venerable Hart, Shaffner and Marx are mounting a huge campaign to get t … more →
Chicago: Factory occupation ground zero.
wrote 4 years ago: President Obama in his HartMarx suit. What started with a small group of unionized workers in an ind … more →
Another New Crew & Let's Get Private, Shall We?
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wrote 4 years ago: Hello-Hello, happy-happy spring day to everyone, it is simply beautiful here at the Prepatorium! We … more →
HartMarx workers vote to occupy the plant.
wrote 4 years ago: The Chicago Trib is reporting that HartMarx workers voted by a show of hands to occupy their Des Pla … more →
