Famous Customers
Brooks Brothers has dressed generations of families, prominent and less famous, as well as political leaders, Hollywood legends, sports greats and military heroes.
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Prominent Citizens
dot Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Rudolph Valentino, Errol Flynn, Rudy Vallee and John Barrymore were some of the best-dressed men of their time, and all were Brooks Brothers customers.
dot Fred Astaire was fond of wearing Brooks Repp neckties as belts.
dot The Duke of Windsor, one of history's most famous dandies, preferred Brooks Brothers dressing gowns.
dot Clark Gable, splendidly proportioned with a 44-inch chest and 32-inch waist, had his suits made to order at Brooks Brothers. He was generally unable to wear ready-made clothing, except for Brooks Brothers button-down Polo collar shirts.
dot Boxer Jack Dempsey's slender feet required fine cordovan leather Peal shoes.
dot Jack Kerouac, the counter-culture icon of the "beat" generation, favored the comfort of Brooks Brothers' button-down Polo collar oxford shirts.
dot Katharine Hepburn, one of the first Hollywood starlets to don trousers, headed to Brooks Brothers for her tailoring.
dot Fran Liebowitz has demonstrated an affinity for Brooks Brothers Shetland sweaters and button-down Polo collar shirts.
dot Designer Todd Oldham favors Brooks Brothers white button-down Polo collar shirts, while Vogue has reported that Brooks Brothers is designer Marc Jacobs' favorite store.
dot Matthew Broderick and Chris O'Donnell are fans and favor classics like Brooks cashmere sweaters.
dot Michael J. Fox, Heather Locklear and the cast of Spin City headed to Brooks' Fifth Avenue store to celebrate their 1999 season premiere.
dot Queen Latifah and 25 other hip hop artists wear Brooks Brothers suits on her new album, The Takeover.
dot Sir Paul McCartney frequently stops by the Fifth Avenue store to do some shopping. Other recent celebrity sightings include James Gandolfini, Jon Voight, Barry Bostwick, Greg Kinnear, Molly Ringwald, Kevin Bacon, and Scott Wolf.
dot Brooks Brothers is frequently sought out by costume designers and worn by celebrities in major films, including Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor, Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums, and Will Smith in Ali.
dot Brooks Brothers is the official clothier of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with artistic director Wynton Marsalis. The orchestra tours the United States wearing Brooks Brothers three-button suits paired with colorful shirts and repp stripe ties.