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The Jay Kos clothing store in the Soho section of Manhattan is designed not just for the ultra-rich, but for members of the privileged elite who like to marinate in their wealth. The trucker hats sell for $150, the green alligator skin sneakers cost $8,500, and customers are allowed inside only after submitting a formal request and receiving sign-off from the proprietor. What could be more elegant than jogging in the skin of America’s largest reptile?
And yet, even such temples to opulence are apparently not immune from petty squabbling. A lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Thursday accuses Jay Kos and its owner, Jay Koslowsky, of refusing to honor a barter agreement with a lawyer who had discussed being paid with free clothes.
Among plaintiff Robert Werth’s many complaints: He physically couldn’t try on the merchandise. “Yet another thing he never mentioned,” Werth wrote in the filing, referring to Koslowsky, “was that for my body type, which is not exactly trim, I do not fit into virtually any of his in stock clothing.”