Likeability

This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The show is sponsored by G three of Parow. The views expressed in the following program are those of the sponsor and not necessarily the opinion of seven tenor or iHeartMedia. Who is Mark Webber. He's a self made business executive here to help you find your success. From the New York City projects to the Avenue Montaigne in Paris. His global success story in the luxury world of fashion is inspirational. He's gone

from clerk to CEO twice. Mark is classic proof that the American dream is alive. And well, here's your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Webber. Mark Webber. I'm an acquired taste. I know it. I'm not for everyone. Some people like me. Some people even adore me. I appreciate that which I am and all which is me. I know me smart, generous, tough, but fair, open, honest, direct, impatient, But I always do the right thing. Some people respect what I stand

for. Some don't understand me at all. I agree. I have an attitude. I'm a recluse. Therefore I'm less than friendly. I stand off. I'm hard to approach unless I make myself approachable. Some understand how hard it is for me to become me, and some don't care. On balance, most know I'm one of the good guys. On the other hand, now'm plenty of people don't like me. I'm sure he has an attitude it's his way or the highway. He's very authoritative, Mark knows his mantre on

a subject. I may not always be ripe, but I'm never wrong. He's pompous, he's full of himself. Some I trust must see the good, and those are my sphere of influence. Do recognize I'm a man of the people. That I know where I came from, and I never forget that I started in the city projects and I became what I am. Like me or not, it's your choice. If you're still listening, you must like something other than listening. I'm not sure I care either way. Let's

be honest. I know I've helped train and mental more people than I can list. I've always been tough, but always fair. And I'm likable hmmm. I'm a family man first and foremost, so I like me. Point is to some, I'm likable, to others not. But likability is an extraordinary trait or talent Some people you just like them when you meet them. Some people you like the way they behave some people you like by the way they talk. But having that likability is a precious and powerful gift. So

I ask forget about me. Are you likable? Do you ever think about it? You might be fun, smart, capable, but are you likable? Do people want to be around you? Hold that thought? I can't even begin to think about this. Likability is everywhere. You see it on the news, the sports, the weather, the baker, plumber, and the candlestick maker. Everyone in life. There are people easy to like in politics, not so much Trump Biden. As hard as they try, are

e them likable? I'll tell you the answers. At least half the country he doesn't think so. So that's a awful lot of people who don't like him. Are politicians likable? I don't think so. Biden, he's angry all the time. And Trump I saw the other day he was asked about aliens and what he thought about it. If you listened, his answer was crazy. He starts to talk about the pilots and the first thing he says, they're not as handsome as Tom Cruise, but I think they're good looking

guys, and then he tells you there's something out there. But all along he got around to saying those were good guys. Hey, Donald Trump, those guys are heroes. They're extraordinary men, amazing people. They've accomplished what so few people in the world could ever accomplished. They become fighter pilots. President Trump, it's hard to like you when you talk like that. Likability from presidential candidates to you. Are you likable? Are they likable? Who's

likable? Good question, an important question for tonight. Now joining me, they're very likable. Lawyer, co host of Always in Fashion and my son Jesse Webber. Now, let me just say I like you. Why do you like me? Let me tell you something other than the fact that you're my father and I like you. I think you're so unique. I think you're so funny. You know, you go into people's lives, they know they're kind of surprised by who you are and what you give off. I

think that's a fair assessment of you. You're a very very different individual. Yeah, but that doesn't mean people like me. I do believe I'm an acquired taste. You are, But you're straight to the point, you're no nonsense. People are pre ciate that a wealth of knowledge. I think people like you. Otherwise people wouldn't listen to the show. We wouldn't be on for how many years we're on. Right, if the people didn't like you, I suppose thank you, you're my son. It's not without you're not

objective. Well that's fair, that's fair. That's fair. You said I'm likable. I like to. I appreciate that. I like to think that I'm likable. So then let's talk about this for a second. Is Trump likable? No? Well, wait a minute, hold on, hold on. According to who his diehard followers, they love him. They love him, I would say for independence. For people on the other side, it's a spectrum of I don't like him to I hate him. That's what you're

mostly getting with him. He's a very polarizing individual. What I know of him because I met him, I work with him. I like him, and I like what he stood for when he was president. But man, I don't think he could win because there are just too many people that outright hate him, can't stand him. Yeah. You don't hear that about politicians often, do you. It's a lot of criticizing politicians, but not so

much hating politicians. So he's a unique breed. People cannot stand him, but couldn't you also make the argument that in politics they can't stand the other guy. He feels a little bit different, but he also feels like You cover him on the radio, you cover on the radio, you get a lot of calls. Does anybody ever stand up for him? People cannot be objective when it comes to Donald Trump? Is that a fair assessment? There? Really really can't stand him. They can never give him the benefit of

the doubt. And if you're on radio and you do, they're all over you. Also, there are times, and I'll preface it, I could I could go in and I could say, listen, this is not me saying I like Donald Trump. This is not me saying I agree with Donald Trump. But having said this, and I try to give a different, nuanced perspective on a way to look at what he's saying, or look at what he's doing, or the legal cases against him, It's almost like it goes one ear and out the other. I get it. I get attacked.

You keep defending him, you keep saying he does nothing wrong. You're a Trump apologist, like it's like, oh my gosh, like people really are He talks about Trump derangement syndrome and you can laugh it off, but it's almost like a real thing. When you mentioned his name, it's a visceral emotional reaction from people. Well, if he doesn't win, it's because of that. How about Biden? What do you think about Biden? From

what you covered Biden, more people are like I like Biden. There are people who are like, you know, he's okay, He's better than the alternative. In terms of people who absolutely hate him. You really see that only from the far right. There are people who don't agree with him, they don't like his policies, they don't think that he should be president. But there are those people also say, I got nothing against him. He's

fine, he's just I don't think he's a good president. But then unless you hear from like the far right crew like he belongs in jail, he's the worst. He's evil. You don't see kind of that universal hate that you see with Donald Trump. We're not talking about hey, we're talking about likable. Do you think people like him that aren't voting for him. I'm not even sure that people are voting for like him, Okay, in a bit broad spectrum. I don't think that many people like either candidate. It

feels almost like this election will be like who do you like less? Yeah, what about Kennedy? What's wrong with him? Kennedy is very interesting, right. He has ideas that some people think are controversial. They automatically shoot him off as if he's not a real contender, and they don't know what to make of him because he doesn't quite tow either line. He's literally down the middle. But having said that, he's a little bit of an odd duck, and I think people don't know what to make of him. They

think he's more of a distraction from the race. I actually think he should be on every debate stage. I think he should be a viable contender. I always believe that a third alternative would have been a good thing for this race. Well, he's trying, you know. It's interesting with his last name, and let's not forget who his father was. His father gave his life for the country. The fact that he's not really liked is what I'm

talking about today. Having this likability is a gift, and the three people running for president, I don't think have it speaking of which, I'm going to change the subject on you. I saw you this week on News Nation when you're hosted the Dan Abrams Show and you covered the Alec Baldwin upcoming trial. If I was ali of Baldwin, I wouldn't think you're very likable. Well, what am I going to say? I'm a legal analyst on television. I tell it like it is. I got nothing against Alec Baldwin.

In fact, I think he's an incredible actor. I think he's a great looking guy. I've been a fan of him for a long time. Having said that, when I listened to the evidence that's been presented so far in his co defendant's case, the armor, When I look at the evidence that is potentially going to be presented in his case, it looks really really bad for him. You know. It's one thing to say he's just an actor, but remember he was also the producer of the set and arguably in control

of what went on. And remember what he's accused of. He's accused of firing a weapon that killed a cinematographer. They have evidence of him pointing the gun at other crew members, firing the gun, and another crew member using the gun as a pointer, firing the weapon after they yell, cut, not paying attention during training, bossing people around. That's bad evidence to say that he's legally responsible for killing a woman. Now again, he's not charged

with murder. He's charged with manslaughter, that he was reckless. He'll be able to put on a defense. He's got the best attorneys. But when I look at some of this evidence, I have to say it's not great for him. I'm not saying he'll be convicted. I'm not saying he won't put on a defense, But what am I supposed to do? Sugarcoat it? Because I like the guy. Well, he's not likable. He's always

been a wise guy and a tough guy. He must be he is, And look, I think there's also a question whether or not he wants to take the stand. A lot of people were surprised when he did that ABC interview with George Stephanoblis and told him I didn't pull the trigger. Legally, you could say that probably wasn't in his best interest to do that, because now prosecutors are hell bent on making sure to prove that he did pull the trigger. But he might want to take the stand and tell his own side.

Of the story. I don't necessarily recommend it, but he might want to do it. Likable or not. Right now, probably not as likable as he used to be, which brings me to the fact that you could be likable, but you could you lose it. You have to know what you're doing. Look at Justin Timberlake. He was the darling. Yeah, the darling. Everybody loved him. What's going on now? Remember when he was singing, acting, dancing. They said he could do everything, He

could do it all. Unfortunately for him, he took what I think a six year break from music. He released his studio album, people kind of forgot who he was. It wasn't successful. His ticket sales weren't so successful. Britney Spears wrote her memory Our last year where she alleged a lot of bad stuff about him. He came out on stage I think it was last year and in a very vulgar fashion said, I'm not apologizing to anybody. And now he just got arrested over the weekend. For DUI, it's not

great for him. I actually spoke to Perez Hilton, who's a very very big entertainment columnist, and he said that the way that Justin Timberlake is going to turn it around this year. You're ready. He's going to go back on tour with n Sync. So going back to where he started is a way for him to rehabilitate and revitalize his career. Oh that's fast. The officer who arrested Justin Timberlake this is out in the Hamptons reportedly didn't even know

who he was. He didn't even know that he was Justin. He didn't know who Justin Timberlake was. He didn't know he was a musician. And that's that's that's a shot to your ego, quick day fall. We've used this music a ton of times on this show. He's great, he's amazing. But is he likable right now? And then answer is I don't think so. It's interesting what happens. I haven't heard anything about him lately. Good riddance. That guy's incredibly unlikable. Everything he does is wrong, Everything

he does is wrong. He alienates everybody. He thinks he's a genius. I can't stand him. By the way, this is so interesting talking about likable. I saw the New Bad Boys movie. Now, let me be clear. When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, I was the first person to say I think the police should arrest him. He basically committed a crime on national television. And I love Will Smith. I've been a huge fan of Will Smith, even what he did. Was I upset with what he did?

Yeah? Did I look at it and say I'm never gonna watch another one of his movies. No? And I went into that movie and absolutely loved it. I don't think you're forgiven for what you do, but honestly, I don't know if it's a second chance or what. But I went into it and I loved watching him. I was close to hating him than being angry at him when I saw it on the Academy Woods. I thought he was angry, arrogant. His behavior abboorrent. He deserves nos quarter.

What did you say? You almost had like a mental health crisis, a breakdown on national television. That's what it looked like to me. Yeah, well that may be why he's still likable in terms of his movie. Is the movie doing well, Oh, it's doing great, It's during greatly. Take a guess how much money it's made worldwide? Sixty eight million? You think this made sixty eight million dollars worldwide? Two hundred and twenty three million

over two hundred twenty three million. Well that's pretty good, but worldwide. You would expect more from Bad Boys, would you not? What did the other one do? Let's see Bad Boys for life. So this was four years ago. It made worldwide, and remember it hasn't been out as long as the last Bad Boys. This's just opened the blast. Bad Boys made four hundred and twenty six million dollars worldwie. Okay, Well, well so

anyway, there is something about likability. It comes in business, that comes in your personal life, and that's kind of what I want to talk about tonight. Yeah, this is a good subject. Where'd you get it? Interestingly enough? You know, I can believe when I tell you? You ready, yep? Daniel Craig, James Bond, James Bond. I was flipping the channels the other day. Actually, I was on Instagram and I saw him doing those Belvedere dancing commercials and I couldn't stand him, and I

started to think about it. You know, it's a funny story. When I used to be important, a lot of different kinds of people crossed my doorsteps, and at one time, as the CEO of the company, there were companies looking to invest in our company. One of them was called Sun Capital. Sun Capital is a large private equity firm, and if I'm not mistaken, at one time they owned MGM, and during that period I remember

one of their top people coming in to talk about the company. I was wanted to talk about the company, and I said, before we go there, you own MGM. How's the next James Bond casting going? And they say, we have someone and he's doing great. We've watched the dailies. He's amazing. I said, who is it. They said, Daniel Craig. You mean that guy from Road to Perdition. She said yeah. I said, I hate that guy now, being that we're talking about likability.

Wrote to Pradition is a movie where Tom Hanks plays a gangster in the nineteen thirties. It's one of the most remarkable performances I'd ever see him give. But the villain was Daniel Craig, and he was so despicable to watch and so despicable to even be around in this character he played. I hated him. And when they told me from Sun Capitol he's the next James Bond, I said, there's no way that guy's going to be successful. I hate

him. He says he's great, and sure enough, I was, with every intention interested in him doing well, and like everyone else, I waited to see Casino Royale, and from the minute the movie began to the minute it ended, I was enthralled. I was amazed. Now, I grew up with Sean Connery, so he was always my favorite James Bond until Daniel

Craig. Now, if it wasn't for the history and the fact that I saw him when I was a little boy, the fact that he came on the scene and caught my attention to that agree, the likability of him was amazing. And it just goes to show you you can be likable or unlikable. You could turn it around, because here is one of my favorite roles of all time, the actor who played him. I learned from hating him to love him, until, of course he killed off James Bond in his

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you're going to look great. Welcome back to it, always in fashion. Here's your host, Mark Webber. I've been thinking about this week. You know, I've been myself. I've been out and about. I'm thinking about the fact that I'm a recluse and I know some people really like me, and I know a lot of people don't like me. And I started to think about the idea of likability, to be like, to have that kind of gift that people look at you and like you and they really like

you. It blows my mind and I wanted to talk about it. It started with me thinking about Daniel Craig and James Bond the turnabout of events, but I started thinking about likability, and I want to remind everyone that we have a mantra on this show. The packaging yourself is as important as the products your package. Who you are, what you are, how you behave, how you're seeing, how you handle yourself is one of the most important things. And I often say that doing excellent work is just not enough.

Attitude in your work matters as well. I think about I'm a New York Yankee fan. I try and watch every game I don't go to every game. I can't be there for every game. I try and tape every game, and even if I only watch the highlights. I love the Yankees. And if you watch the Yankees right now, think about Aaron Judge, leader of the team, the captain, this big guy six foot seven, two hundred and ninety pounds whatever. He's so likable, like the gentle giant who

might be the best baseball player in total right now. Amazing how much he's like. And on the other end, there's a quirky, strange Nesta Cortez that everyone loves, and it's amazing to watch when you think about this whole concept of likability, and I'm really fascinated by it, which brings me back to current events. I want to talk about COVID. COVID was a nightmare. You know, eventually one hundred and ninety four million Americans got COVID.

We had our school's clothes, the country clothes. The people were out of their minds, wearing masks everywhere. Everyone was concerned that we didn't know what to do and where we were going. I, for one, support everything that the government did in trying to contain COVID. I also support everything the government did to try and give us a feeling of safety was on the way that the government knew what it was doing. It was taking all the proper

steps. It was researching, it was studying the sciences, making the recommendations that needed to be made at a time that no one had the answers. I remember President Trump rushing to the vaccine. I remember what it felt like knowing there was a solution. I remember talking to our family doctor in June of that year, whichever year it was, when they said, once you're

vaccinated, your bulletproof. I remember what it felt like for that two weeks until we found out the vaccine wasn't stopping people from getting COVID, although they still were saying it helped us against COVID once you got it. But here we are, all this time later, and we still don't have answers. And Fauci testified before Congress, and I'm wondering, Jesse, you'd think he's likable now or is he ruined forever? Not that he cares. What do

you think happened from watching him on television? He had an impossible task. We were all looking for answers in real time during what was essentially a panic. The problem for Fauci is he wasn't entirely transparent, and a lot of the things that he said he backtracked on. I mean only recently, what two days ago, he said I think we closed schools for longer than we should. Now Remember that was based on his recommendations, So people could say

he had this nefarious attent. You know, he was trying to hurt the country. He wasn't being honest. But I think when you really think about it, he was trying to make the best decisions possible at the time. And does he probably regret certain things. Yeah, but we don't have a crystal ball. We can't go back in time. But in terms of likability, there are people who love Fauci. Like Fauci, and there are people who despise him. I OpEd on the side if I like him. I

think we were in big trouble. We didn't have any answers. They did their best to try and keep us feeling safe and trying to figure out that the solutions to all this while was going on. I don't like, in hindsight, the lying, but I'm going to still give him a likability, you know what, I want to talk about them. You're not going to believe it. The post office, Okay, do you like the post office?

I don't think about the post office too much, and I would have to say probably not, because every time I think about the idea of having to go to the post office, I dread it. What is it that you dread? The people waiting in line, having to figure out where to send it, the boxes, the envelopes, the stamps, it's all big process. Do you feel that way about FedEx or ups? Same thing? I don't really, it feels like the same stuff. Well, you know, why do you love the post office? Well, I have no choice

but to deal with the post office. I don't. I'm not married, I live in a house. I get packages, they got stuff. I have mail. I still pay my bills with checks. I'm back and forth in the post office. I started thinking about it this week because my local post office is very comfortable for me. I always find parking. I walk in, and here's the thing I'm talking about likability, And I want to talk about this for a second. There's one guy in particular in the post

office that's the greatest guy ever. You walk in, you wait online, or you don't, and he greets you with a smile. So what can I do for you today? He's instantaneous, he knows what to do, takes care of business. You need anything else? You want to buy some forever stamps right now? I love going in the post office. However, there are a couple of other people on the female side. One of them I enjoy, the other is unpleasant the idea when I go in, I

know I have to talk to her. I'm miserable about it. I just go to show you the difference on likability and not. They both get the job done, but it gives me a bad impression and experience with the idea of dealing with the post office, and it really shouldn't be. Here's a crazy one. Do you know who post office loses money? Jesse, No, I didn't know that. I would think that they would be very pro post office. Since two thousand and seven they lost eighty seven billion dollars.

Can you imagine that number? And they owe eleven billion to the US Treasury. They're also fifty nine billion dollars behind in payments to the employee pension and healthcare funds. Here's the thing, how can the post office lose money, one would ask they have a monopoly on the mail. I looked it up, and of course what has happened. Mail volume dropped from two hundred and seven billion pieces of mail in two thousand to one hundred and forty two billion

pieces of mail in twenty nineteen. It was the steepest drop in first class delivers in the history of the world. Now UPS doubles its packaging shipping volume from twenty ten to twenty nineteen. But the Post Office in said not making money. UPS is so deeply in debt. Just don't understand. It's the

thing that you want to talk like ability in the government. When Donald Trump was elected to office, I was thrilled because finally a businessman is going to be running the country, someone who actually has to deal with making decisions to win to lose. Here we are Donald Trump president should be great, and he couldn't get anything done. The first time I heard about the Post Office losing money was here. But I come from corporate America. There's no excuse

for losing money. There's no you know, off with your head. You wouldn't be here in two seconds if you lose money, you were the post Office. Jesse what would you do knowing that mail was going down? I would cheapen the prices. Why make it easier for people to do it? Or I would you lose more money if you're cheaved than the price you get the monopoly? I don't know. You know this is not my area of

expertise. You're the business guy. What would you do well? The first thing I would do is I make up my mind that I can't avoid to lose money. So generally speaking, any business the number one costes people. And while the government promises never to fire you, that's before you lose eighty seven billion dollars. You have to decide what to do about people. It's ugly. The first thing I would do is offer peaper early retirement. I

give them cash payments up front. I might give them the same pension plan if they leave early. But you got to get the people count down. You have to lower the amount of working hours to lower your course. Every business in the world with lower course. When it comes to that number one number two, I'd look for innovative ways to run the business. Why doesn't the post office take returns from Amazon? Wouldn't that be the simplest place to give Amazon returns. You walk in here, it is give it to the

post They could charge whatever they want. They Certa could charge when anyone else is charging. Why would you let Dwayne Read or CVS take over that business when you want to join them? Yeah, rather than lose you join them. It take returns. I can't believe that nobody's thinking about this thing. And last, but not least, I would go to FedEx. I'd send

someone from the Post Office to every FedEx store in the neighborhood. If there are ten FedEx stores in the miner surrounding area, I'd send ten people from the Post Office into the FedEx stores, go in there with boxes to ship something. And whoever is the best handler of boxes at Fedeck's, I'd steal away and bring into the post office. You know, the Post Office doesn't really do boxes. They made a decision. Either're too heavy, they're too

big to do this, do that. They don't deal with it. You want to tell me why not became the biggest business in transportation and shipments in the world. How could the Post Office not handle it? They have all the equipment to have this, shorters, they have all this, How could they not take boxes? They let the world pass them by. And that's the problem with the government. You want to talk about likability, this is what proves that the government doesn't belong in the business. And it drives me

crazy every time I think about the post office. So while I enjoy my local post office and you talk about likability, Eh, look what's going on here. While I'm on the subject, I had a life changing event.

It's about three years ago. I decided to lose weight and over the course of call it five months maybe six months, I went from two hundred and eighteen pounds to one hundred and sixty one hundred and sixty two and I've been averaging around one hundred and sixty five pounds for three years now and without ozembic. Yeah. I did it the hard way, with discipline and being smart and counting calories and being careful what I ate. And I changed my life

around to that. But you know, forget that, that's for another day. Even though it's summer and I feel good about being in a bathing suit, that's not the point. The point is I had to get a whole new wardrobe because nothing fit me. I went from a size forty six suit down to a forty two. Forty two is what I wore in college. I had to get a new wardrobe from soup to nuts. I had no pants to fit, no shirts to fit, no sweaters to fit, and no suits of sport codes to fit. You got married, I needed a

tuxedo. Jared had a ten year anniversary prote. I needed a white dinner jacket. I bought all of these things, and all of them have been purchased with love. Because along the way, when I became thin again, you guys, Jared, your brother, and you got me reinterested in clothes, and I started making up tailored clothing. And yes, my company of choice became Ralph Lauren, and I'd go there for almost everything. But I found another company, or I found another place to purchase my Ralph Lauren.

And the problem is, you want to talk about likable, the tailors are terrible. Maybe the tailors aren't terrible, but the system is. I grew up in this business, and I was a kid. I worked in a store. I knew everything that was to know about tailored clothing suits. I knew how to wear them, I knew how they should fit, I knew

how to do the alterations. I didn't know how to sew them, but I knew how to mark the suits, pin them, chalk them, tell the tailor exactly what it needed to be done, and I, the guy who marked him, worked with the tailor, explained exactly each and every step that needed to be done, and then they went ahead and altered them. I've noticed that the system in these stores, that the driving volume isn't like

that. Somebody comes in to measure you, they mark up the suit, and they give it to a production line, and you don't see it for a week or two. I have had times where I've had to go back five times to have my clothes altered. I figured I picked my favorite tailor. I picked a favorite guy. I worked with him whenever I went in for a suit, he marked my clothing. When he got it back after three times, four times, I said this got to get better. I

gave him one hundred dollars tip. So now whenever I show up in the store, they come to me, they can't wait to be with me. They can't get it right. And I've become very frustrated with this company and very frustrated with the clothes I've been buying. You want to talk about likable. This is how you ruin brands, certainly ruse the reputation of your store. I wrote a note to the head guy who handles my business, and I said, first of all, I waited three weeks for my first fitting.

Nothing is that important that it has to wait three weeks. But you know what, I didn't need it, so I accepted waiting three weeks. I respected the fact that you need at the time, I didn't want to rush you. I show up. None of the work was done properly. It had to be done again. Two more weeks later. It came back wrong. By this time I've lost my patience. You sent it to my home, Thank you very much. I tried on the coat. It didn't fit. The two pair of pants I bought, one was longer and shorter

than the other. Nothing came out right. I wrote them a note and said, you're taking the joy out of purchasing. It's a real problem for me. They wrote back, I'm sorry, We'll do better. I asked how. I never got an answer. The point is likability is important in brands, not just in you, me or the president. Take a break, we'll be back in a minute. Always in fashion, I spent a lifetime of my career building the van In brand, and I am so pleased

that they're back with us now talking about suits. Men were dressing up again and it's become cool to wear a suit. Suits can be won on multiple occasions in multiple ways. You could wear a suit formally to go out at night or to an event. You wear a suit to the office with or without a tie. If you look closely, now fashion trends, suits are being worn with turtlenecks or mark next. The choices are endless and every one

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As we discussed just now, this new style of looking sharp while feeling cool and comfortable is amazing and I'm so excited that the van Using company is involved in this new technology and is embracing the whole idea of dressing up. Let's not forget Van using made it's name with dress shirts. It's only proper that the suit business follows strongly in its way. You can find Van using kolflex Men's stretch suits at jcpenny or online at jcpenny dot com. Guys, they're

great. You should go look at them. D Knwhy Donna Karen, New York. Donna Karen began her career as one of the finest, most successful, powerful women in the fashion industry. She developed a collection aimed at the luxury market for women on the go, women who were powerful in their workplace, women who had lives that extended beyond the workplace, and her clothes went

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they navigate their busy lives. Whether you going to soccer games for your children or whether you're going out to the movies, whatever you want to do. Dkn Y jeens, dca Y Sportswear is there for you. That's what a lifestyle brand is. And I need to mention dk Y Activewear, which is extraordinary, the leggings, the sports bras, the sweats. You can wear dk why active Wear certainly in the gym, certainly when you're working out at home, and certainly if you want on the street, because it's that well

done. The quality of dk why is nothing short of exceptional, and why shouldn't it be because it was born from the idea of luxury made affordable for women of America. DK and Why a true lifestyle brand that takes you from day and tonight, from the week into the weekend. DCN Why you can find DCN Y and Macy's d KWY dot com. Welcome back to Always in Fashion. Here's your host, Mark Webber. Likability. That's what's on my mind. It's such a gift to be liked. It's priceless. You can't

pay for it. Some people they just walk in a room and they smile and people are just gonna like them. Some people, whether you know them as friends, are in business. They offer smile, they offer good idea, they offer a sincere interest in making you feel comfortable. They're instantly likable. There are brands, and you mentioned them, they're likable. I'm not a coffee drinker, but when I think of Starbucks, that's a brand I like. When I think of automobiles, I like looking at Ferraris. They're

beautiful cars. You don't see them everywhere. I like them. They make me smile. I'm a luxury guy. I like looking at this stuff when I think of Etone having worked there. I just walked by their windows the other day. The photography makes me smile. They're so likable. I've learned that whether it's people, places, brands, they could be likable. I've often talked about stockbrokers. I hate stock buying lunch. I hate it. I am very very careful with stock. I've done very well with certain stocks.

I've always done very well with stock and the companies. But I've always said, also the great commercial for I think a trade. If your stockbroker was so smart, why is he still working? Great question I'll never forget. I was buying a bunch of treasury bills from one stockbroker, month after month, year over year, and finally said, Mark, you know I don't make my living selling treasure bills. I need you to buy some stock from me. I said, I really don't like buying stocks. Do me

a favor. I'll give you two stocks. I'm sure they're gonna do well. Please buy them. Give it a try, so you know I said, as a gift, I'll buy a hundred shares of Intel and one hundred shares of Ford. He asked me to do it. I said, okay. A year later, nothing happen. Happens. Intel goes down, for it goes down two points, So I wait another year. At the end of the other year, the money all my stocks that I did buy, like Apple I bought a little and Microsoft, whatever, vetone, PVH,

my former company companies that I know going through the roof. My two stocks go down. I remember calling my stockbrokeer this particular one, and I said, you know, two years ago you asked me to buy two stocks. You told me to trust you. They're going to do it. Do you know how they're doing? What do you think, he said to me, Jesse, I don't know, yeah, exactly which two stocks? I said, what you gave me this song and dance. You gave me a speech

that I only buy treasury bills on. You want me to buy stock. You recommend two stocks from me, and I buy him. You don't even remember what they are? He said, no, I'm sorry, I don't. I said, okay, let's look the two of them up. Both lost me money in two years where everything else were there. So you want to talk about likability that I didn't like. I didn't bill him his company. I blamed him, and he didn't last long with me. I found this replacement. I remember, you know, you want to talk on him.

I loved General Motors when I was growing up as a young man and first started to dry. All the cars were General Motors. You had a good feeling about him until the Japanese came out and made cheaper, better looking, more reliable quality cars. Never forget my first company car. I was at a vice president's level and I was being given an automobile as part of the perks in that job. Pontiac came out with a new Firebird and I loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it. It was cool

looking. First year I bought it. It was my company car. One day, I'm driving home and had a beautiful silhouette to it. I closed the hatchback in the winter. The entire window shatters, I mean into a million pieces, and in the back seat was your brother's car seat. He was a little boy at the time, and the whole back window shattered on the car seat. And I said to myself. Can you imagine if he was in the car and I closed the window when that happened. What's wrong

with you, Pontiac? What's wrong with you? General Motives. I went to the company. I said, look, I know that at the level of vice president, I can't trade up from the General Motor level, but I want to buy a Niss in three hundred X. I'm a sports guy guy if I have to pay the difference, but I can't keep this car anymore. He said, well, they'll fix the back window. I said, no, they won't. You can't give me this company car, after

which just happened. I showed him pictures of it. And I did buy a Nissan and three hundred z X and all the following models, and I think it was the first one was too eighty and never once had a problem, never ever, ever. But I remember Roger E. Smith. You know who Roger E. Smith is? Jesse. Why does that name sound so familiar? I don't know. He was the then CEO of General Motors when I had the problem with Pontiac, and I remember I was shot out

of the cannon. I couldn't do anything wrong. I was communicating, I was buying, I was selling. I was international, I had a voice. I used to be important. I no longer am. I wrote a letter to Roger E. Smith, the chairman of General Modes, told him how excited I was to at my first company car, and how thrilled I was to find out that Pontiac had this new car, the Firebird brand new model. I loved it. I chose it as my company car. I

drove it with pride. I was excited to be driving General Motors until one night, in a chilly night, I closed the rear hatch and the window shattered all over my son's car seat. No. I don't know whether he ever read it, but I did get back a letter apologizing, saying they'll look into it. We haven't had this problem before. YadA, YadA, YadA YadA. While I appreciated the response, I never bought a General Motors car again until they came out with you know, wat ch S your first

car, the Hummer, the H two. Yeah, that was a great car. It was huge. You could drive it with one finger. It was so easy to drive, and it was big and safe. Until Obama took the presidency and decided that to bail out General Motors and Ford. They had to drop the hum that was part of the deal. They had to drop the hummer because there was a gas guzzler. But they never said ever, ever, ever, the escalade the suburban ate more guests than the hummer.

So I have mixed feelings touch GM. And the point of this is, guys, likability is in businesses too. You gotta do the right thing at the moment. Sustainability is really important. People want to see young people in particular, that people are trying to protect the environment that they care about, pleasing we the consumer because you want to be likable back in a moment. Always in fashion, then Using for over one hundred and fifty years now

has been a mainstay in American fashion. This brand that was invented for dress shirts was given to coal miners when they exited the mills dirty and dusty. The Phillips Venues and Company Phillips Family's there to give them fresh, new shirts that they could wear at home and feel their best. Over the course of time, van Using dress shirts grew and grew and grew to suit shirts and ties for the dress up. But now sportswear has become a dominant part of

the venues and collection. You can find these products including sweaters, polos, quarter zips, trousers and even the best of fashion has to be preserved. I don't know if I ever mentioned to you the advent of the men's necktie. There's nothing better in a men's necktie business than the business lunch because guys we go out, they'd have their lunch that have their salads or their beef

and potatoes and snow stout about it. They would always stain their die and therefore the business grew and grew venues, and today doesn't want to make money on your hardships. They want to do it and prevent you from having to go through that. And they invented stain shield. It's the technology that was invented to protect your favorite items. The stain Shield collection provides extreme defense against water based stains by causing spills to beat up before they can be into the

fabric. This collection, by the way, in addition to regular fits, is also often in all body sizes, including big and tall. You can find van Uesen's stain Shield and the great venues and styled sports were at Vanuesen dot com. That's Vanusen dot com as one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers. Carl Lagafeld was renowned for his aspirational and cutting edge approach to style. His unique vision of Parisian shit comes to America through car Lagofeld Paris.

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this legacy and goes on and on. I can't speak enough about it except to say to you, you want to feel good about yourself. You want to know that you're dressing properly. You want to clothes that fits you well. Carl lagafeld Paris or call likegofel dot com. Welcome back to it always in fashion. Here's your host, Mark webber Tonight, I'm talking likability. Likability is a gift. It's a superpower. If you're liked, it means the world. It means the world for products and companies. If companies are

respected appreciate if people smile when they're involved with you. If you give something extra in return and people walk out feeling value, whether it's a cup of coffee or whether it's a shirt you're bought in a store, Feeling good about what you price, what you place, what you purchase is huge. We should never forget the power of likability. On a personal note, I'm talking to you. It takes nothing to smile. Likability. It's in the eyes.

Be happy. If you're not, make believe you're happy. What do I know? I think your life will be better. I'll tell you what I do know, your career will be better. Be nice until it's time not to be nice. Anybody out there know where that's from. Good Night,