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Alex's avatar
Apr 9Edited

When he had the DC hotel, there was a Brioni shop in the lobby. I was there every night for a little while and I never saw anybody even glance at it except the occasional upscale nightlady looking for a john

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Teddy (T.M.) Brown's avatar

Yeah for-not-getting-sued-purposes-this-is-conjecture quid prop quo relationship between Brioni and the Trump real estate company is weird.

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Courtney Tenz's avatar

Gah, I wrote about the Brioni connection for a now-defunct website, but the embrace of Brioni seems to have saved the house; they were struggling, appointed son-of-an-aussi-coal-miner/heavily tatted influencer Justin O'Shea as creative director to revitalize the brand. He, in turn, made Metallica brand ambassadors and then left at the election. Felt meaningful, though coincidental, to see that crossover happen when it did.

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Teddy (T.M.) Brown's avatar

Holy shit Courtney, I had no idea about all this!!! That’s such good intel and obviously relevant.

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