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New York Men’s Day
In 2013, menswear sales notably outperformed women’s in the U.S. market: the men’s apparel category grew by 4.8%, while women’s apparel grew by 4.5%. Skip to 2022: menswear sales are, essentially, spectacular. “Business is very strong in men’s—the strongest I’ve seen in my career,” Bob Mitchell, co-CEO OF Mitchell’s Stores, told WWD in April.
When the odds of turning a profit are this good, certain powwows become unmissable, and this certainly seemed to be the case at Friday’s New York Men’s Day, a bi-annual presentation of fledgling menswear and genderless brands structured to give unknown creatives a critical platform.