A comeback for suits? Page Six Hollywood item sparks resurgence in onetime agent’s uniform
Last week, we told you how Hollywood’s “suits” no longer wear them. The onetime agent’s uniform — the Armani power suit — was unofficially mothballed during COVID, we learned.
But as a result of our deep dive, the fashion trend could be coming back, one rep at a time!
A top agent called us on Saturday — FaceTimed us, actually, for added verification — from the Armani store in Beverly Hills, where he’d just bought three suits in classic black, navy and grey.
The Rodeo Drive store opened in 1975, the same year Mike Ovitz defected from William Morris to launch CAA, and the store became the outfitter of choice for the superagent and his execs. Ovitz recently recalled he wore the suits every day but Sunday, and had a rotation of 35, plus 10 blazers and five tuxes from the store.
(It does feel like a flex when you roll to something on a Saturday in a suit.)
The sharp look for agents was invented by Lew Wasserman, (grandfather of Casey Wasserman, who appeared on the dais at an IOC press conference in a black hoodie in June). Graydon Carter recently told us of Lew, the onetime MCA boss, “There’s nothing like a uniform to make the mornings less stressful. Black suit, white shirt, black tie. And he always looked good!”
