Brooks Brothers is the oldest surviving men's clothier in the United States. Founded in 1818, the privately owned company is owned by Retail Brand Alliance, a spinoff of Luxottica, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in New York City.
Currently, there are 210 Brooks Brothers stores in the United States and 70 in other countries.
In September 2007, Brooks Brothers CEO, Claudio Del Vecchio, announced the unveiling of a new high end collection of men's and women's wear named Black Fleece. Del Vecchio announced that the star guest designer for the new collection would be New York menswear designer Thom Browne. Black Fleece received so much critical and commercial success that Brooks Brothers opened a standalone Black Fleece boutique on NYC's Bleecker Street in the Winter of 2008.
In 2008, the company began an extensive renovation of its flagship store at 346 Madison Ave. and in January 2009 closed a smaller location at 5th Avenue and 53rd street in New York City.
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