No shelf shoulders, 1941

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The Daily Princetonian - 10/13/1941

The Brooks Number Three, 1941

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The New Yorker - 9/20/41

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The New Yorker - 10/11/41

Its new model, daringly called the Brooks Number Three Suit, has a coat with very slightly padded shoulders and a very slightly shaped waist; it must have been quite a decision for the old house, all in all.

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The New Yorker - 10/04/41

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Sinatra is no fashion plate and has yet to become as excited about the Brooks Brothers No. 3 sack suit as do most nouveau riche entertainers. His proudest possession is a gold identification tag which he wears on his wrist. If the time ever arrives when he is stampeded to death by his fans, the police who recover the body are likely to find themselves in a quandary. For the tag carries the name of "Tami Mauriello," a heavyweight boxer, who gave it to Sinatra when his draft number came up.

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LIFE - 5/3/43 

[Note: The Brooks Number Three was remodeled in the late 60s. -katon]

J. Press, 1941

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