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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The
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Who is Mark Weber. He's a self made business executive
here to help you find your success. From the New
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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 his classic
proof that the American dream is alive. And well, here's
your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Weber.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Mark Weber. There's a quiet elegance now in this world.
You see it. It's presidential. It's something that you're supposed
to do quietly. You just have to find it. There's
no soapbox, no bragging, no preaching, no logo. It's just there.
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It's like self luxury quality, understated, all class. It's quietly confident.
People can be quietly confident. However, the use of words
do come into play in this world. Words matter. Once
you say them, you can't take them back, and you
have to consider that words establish you my favorite. Well
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done is better than well said Ben Franklin's saying, show me,
don't tell me. I care more about what you do
than what you say you will do. It doesn't make
your words less important. In spite of this show taking
an hour of my time talking, I'm a man who
believes less is more. I'm often criticized by friends and
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family for being cryptic, and yet carefully and quietly I've
confidently played a role in influencing wives. I'm still doing it.
I'm on the radio. Now what do I have for
show it? Personally? I have my pardon helping to creat
two amazing sons with values and integrity. Talking quietly, I
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remind you not to minimize your promises or your obligations.
Your word is your character, Your commitment is your promise
to be special. Words speak your heart, your soul. Words
can mean everything or nothing. They can be honest or dishonest.
You get to choose, and they are yours. Your words.
You can be a person a few words of many
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one thing for sure, you say it, you own it.
Once you give your so called words of wisdom, you
can't take them back. Your word written or spoken. In
this technological world, are out there. They're yours forever to
live by, win with, or lose with. Therefore, choose your
words wisely. I subscribe to the idea of quiet confidence.
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Just do the right thing. You'll sleep better at night,
You'll feel better about yourself. You'll be a role model
those that you work with, or for your children, or
for anyone that matter. I don't even know you, and
I'm hoping I'm helping you. So let's be clear. Let
me tell you what you should know already, your word
or your bond. Your responsibility is to teach your children
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well business. Be tough if you must, be an animal
if you choose to, But have integrity, keep your promises,
be consistent, always finish what you start, Honor your obligations,
live up to your word. As often in my case,
the themes of this show come from life's observations or
life's experience. Tonight's show comes from both. But before I
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go there, I admit to you I myself. I'm an
acquired taste. Yet I believe in myself. I have confidence
in my abilities. More importantly, I have confidence in me,
a quiet confidence. I know who I am, I know
what I am, and I know what I'm not. I've
never answered that. A trick question in interview sessions, what
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are your strengths and what are your weaknesses? I often answer,
I'll tell you my strengths. I'm curious. I don't make
quish decisions without thought. I'm aware of the phenomenon of
unintended consequences. Therefore, I'm decisive but thorough. My weaknesses, I'm
sure I have some. You'll just have to work on
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me and point them out with your guidance. I'm sure
I will overcome them. I'm quietly confident I have broad shoulders.
I won't let you down enough about me. Me had
a strong, interesting week. I had a nice week of
comments from some of the listeners, and I'll share with you.
Here's the first. The show last week was great. Jesse
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was back. Yeah, thanks for nothing. You know you ever, well,
we dad suffer from this problem. I'm a shore about
original content. I write the show, I organized the show,
I delivered the show, and Jesse's very busy. He makes
a brief stop over and yet, ah, the show is
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great because Jesse's on it. It's something I have to
live with. I guess it's a good thing. I'm proud
of them. There's a great story. Every time I watch football.
I watch football, I think of these guys who score
the winning touchdown. Okay, now I think about their dads.
We're out back with them catching the ball, teaching him
how to tackle, teaching him how to run, teach him offense,
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teaching defense for years upon years upon years. The mother's
looking out the window and smiling, the dad is putting
in the time, and then the guy scores the touchdown. Hey, mom,
how I feel with Jesse. I'm doing all his work
and they don't like it unless Jesse's on. Another listener
comment that made me smile. I will tell you my
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husband listens to your show and loves it. Now I
do too, with his smiling face. Very nice. I'm glad
I'm getting more and more listeners every day. In the
last one, I'll show with you. Hey, Mark, I hope
this is not out of the blue. Has anyone ever
told you you should write a book? Yeah, it's in
my profile. It's the title of my show. I've written
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two books published by Mcgrohell. No, I guess this guy
doesn't listen closer. I guess I'm not so promoting enough.
But hey, I guess he's found me interesting, and I'm
happy about that. And on that note, I'm happy with
what I have created, books, radio, podcasts, the career legacy,
but now one of my best achievements. My lawyer, my
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co host, and my youngest son, Jesse Weber. Hi, Jesse,
still not too late for you to go into politics?
Why would I ever do that? Never? Ever? Ever?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I like commenting on politics, analyzing it. But my gosh,
is it a just a thankless business? Let me tell
you it is such a bad, thankless business. Even if
you go in with the right idea and you want
to do good, there's compromises, there's deals, they will dig up,
They'll try to dig up anything they can on you,
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and even if there's nothing in your background, they'll make
stuff up. I mean, what's no one agrees when the
motives are pure. I think it's just a business where
there's nothing good that can come from it.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Nothing. I don't go into it and turn it into
a good business.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Impossible, impossible. I mean, what do I want to be hated?
No matter your whole thing is, you don't want to
be hated. You don't have controversy. The minute I enter
the political stage, I will automatically be hated by a
large amount of the population.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
No matter what, no matter what, you get invited to everything.
We can go everywhere, do everything.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Oh so that's it I get. I get invites to
pool events.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Secret service, hanging around, we get a living driven everything.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
And whoever said you're just surface level huh.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
No, no, no, no, no, no, what I get to
introduce you at all the contents. So I got to
introduce you every time you make a speech, you ten
minutes lay me.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
A politician who's beloved and liked, and everybody has no
problem with I already take enough criticism from when I
do analysis, and I'm just purely going down the middle.
And by the way, if I was an independent candidate,
I'd be hated by both sides, taking votes away from
both sides, disrupting the parties.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
You know, it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
So I have to give up in you no politics.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
No politics for me, not happening.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Well, isn't it amazing that Trump is trying to end
the war with Russia and Ukraine and nobody you hear
the press they give him on this thing. If it
wasn't for fun, you think he's trying to start.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
A war it's interesting, right, he has made the most
productive step towards ending this conflict. And yet what I
hear the blowback is, well, where was he the last
seven months? Why is it happening so late to the game?
How come he's giving wishwashy answers. How come he's not
giving specific effects on what he wants to do? Did
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he give into Russia too quickly? And I'm of the opinion,
and I've talked about this before, allow the man to negotiate.
He's not going to tell everything he's thinking. He's not
going to give all the details of his conversations with
Putin and Zolensky. We don't know exactly what's going on
behind the scenes. And if he says something and locks
himself into a corner, that's going to be quite problematic.
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But I think we're closer now than we have been
in a long time to actually seeing an end here.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Well, he said from day one, since he was running
for office, in his office that he wants to stop
the killing. It's bothering him that everybody's getting killed him
for what it could be, a week away, a month away,
whatever it is. Nobody's been killing each other anymore. The loses.
Right now, are the people that are in that battlefield
getting shot at for what reason? Bombs dropping? We know
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it's not fair to them and their failure of the
future of the world. Well, it's crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
It's difficult because for Zolenski, I don't see a path
where this can end that he and he doesn't give
up a portion of land to Russia. But then how
does he explain to his people that all the all
those Ukrainians who died, that they didn't die in vain.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Right that becomes very because.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
He'll have a country. We lost too much, we lost
too many people fighting, but we still have a country.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
And for Russia, how do you prevent how do you
keep them to their word? How do you prevent them
from further expanding or launching an even greater attack against Ukraine.
It's a very tough, complicated situation that I think a
lot of people talk and a lot of people don't
have answers.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
To well, what's right or wrong? The issue is is
where the Trump is getting a fair shake and what
he's trying to do. I mean, we are talking. You
don't want to go into the pols. There's all these reasons.
That's a great example guys trying to do the right thing.
You know, I don't hear any benefits from him other
than maybe the Noble Peace Prize. But you know, it's
really unfortunate what's gone going on with this, And yeah,
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I don't see the answer Governor Weber Center to Weber,
what do you think about him bringing troops to Washington.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
I think it's very premature for people to jump up
and say this is a disaster. You want to debate
the numbers on Washington, d C. Whether there's high crime
now versus when it was, is it decreasing? You ask
people from DC, they say there's a crime problem. There's
a lot of people who don't feel safe. And whatever
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the function is of the National Guard and the FBI,
even if it's not to make arrests, but not make
arrest but support local policing.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
And you've already seen numbers from the.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
White House, I know that have been debated back and
forth about the number of arrests that have occurred since the.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
Surge in federal law enforcement. There's been a.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Lot, but just the optics of having that presence, it's
going to deter crime. And you know, people are concerned that, oh, well,
it's going to look like a militarized state. Do you
really need all these National Guard troops from other states
coming in, especially if they're armed. This is going to
lead to bad consequences. Look at what happened in Ken's state.
They're not trained for this. I've heard those arguments, but
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I'm also like, why just wait and see, you know,
I mean, why not try it out and see.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
If it works.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
If it reduces crime and it makes people feel safe,
isn't that a good thing?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
You're asking me? As far as i'm they can park
their tanks in my backyard.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
I said this, how do you feel about having military
people military personnel at airports and train stations?
Speaker 4 (12:38):
I feel good about it? Do you feel good about it?
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I feel great about it. More than merry it now,
if it's kidding me, this isn't such a respect for
the military and the police. Yes, you'll find bad apples
amongst them, I'm sure, but this is designed to really
get these problems under control. The one thing you have
to say is Trump doesn't put his head in this.
He's trying. It's all problem. Well.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
The other the way people are concerned is that like, oh,
this looks like a dystopian future. He's got military personnel
out there, you know, the people who believe he's a dictator.
It adds to that narrative, it adds fuel to the fire.
But I don't quite see that.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I see this.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Maybe what's that guy in New Jersey named Jeffries? His
name is Jeffries. I don't know. I don't know. As anara, No,
I want him protecting me. I'd rather have him than
the thanks.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Let me ask you this, Let me ask you this
shouldn't If this is successful, there is crime all across
the country.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Should Red states adopt this? Should they deploy the National Guard?
Or should just be Blue states?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
It's a great question. Here's the question I would have
or the answer to that. Does there come a point
where the National Guard leaves Washington, d C. And now
it's healthy again without that support? See that? Well, they
have clueschet there in perpetuity, because if they're in perpetuity,
we're going to look like a militarized country. I mean,
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you're having the military in every city that has a problem.
I biker believe it. To get into a point, they're like,
what's the end date? That's the problem. Well, the endgame
is eliminating crime, putting people in their place, having laws
that will start with juveniles being held accountable and people
being held accountable. Probably have to change the bail laws.
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There's probably a lot of things that need to be
done to eliminate crime once and for all. You're not
gonna get to zero, but you're gonna get to the point.
Do you want looters running in stores and you're able
to steal up to nine hundred dollars and then get
away with it. I mean, some of this is ludicrous.
So I really don't know. I've I don't want anybody
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put in jail. I don't want anybody having problems. I
don't want anybody getting on the wrong side of the
law of the police or what have you. I don't
want that. But the National Guard coming in and helping
it and coming up with policies while they change the
laws and enact situations where the police can get their
jobs done. That's what I'd vote for. But if your
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point is should they go to the next place, the
next place in the next place, I say yes. But
at one point does the military leave the grounds and
we go back to living normal lives? Good question. I
don't have an answer.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
All right, let me ask you something that you will
know a lot about. You ask me a lot about
law and order. You what about tariffs. Where are we
in tariff land?
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I'll tell you we're in fantasy land at the moment.
I want to go back and say I support the
President's decision to use tariffs as a means to establish
fair trade between the United States and its trading partners
around the world. Now, fair trade means to me two things. One,
if we're buying more from them than them buying from us,
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they should be maybe an effort to buy as much
as they can from us, recognizing that Bangladesh is not
a consumer population that we are. But they're buying our cars,
or they're buying our technology or what have you, at
a fair amount. That's something that we need to establish.
If it's between US and France making jet planes for travel,
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I'd rather than buy from Boeing than Airbus, So that
has to be one thing. The second thing is if
countries are protecting their own industries by putting tariffs on
American goods and we're not putting equal tariffs on their goods,
and subject to media, the Trump is one hundred percent right.
If you're importing my goods with a fifty percent tariff
that makes us uncompetitive, then I want a fifty percent
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tariff on your goods. That'll stop and should be immediately.
I don't know how anyone could argue against it now.
Using trade and tariffs for political reasons or weaponizing I
don't agree with. But here's where we are. It seems
to me there are a lot of mistakes made. It
seems to me that the powers to be again each
smarter and they're managing the timetables much better than they are.
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But the reality is tariffs really haven't hit us until
the season we're coming into fall and holiday. The tariffs
are going to have impact on the prices of everything
we purchase, and that remains to be seen in that regard.
Nobody knows, you know, Jesse interesting. I don't remember if
you recall when Biden was talking about support for Ukraine,
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he said, the price of oil is going to go up,
and the gas prices are going to go up. It's
matches six dollars a gallon. I know in our neighborhood
we're looking at three eighty nine for high test gas.
That's up over a dollar and a half from when
Trump was in office the first time. Is there ever
a time that we won't be paying these burdens for
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that war and for other things that we seem to
have institutional life. So something is wrong with tariffs, something
is wrong with pricing, and we have to figure it out.
It's a good point.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Yeah, I don't have a clear answer for it, but
part of me wondered whether or not it was working
at one point.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
I can't say definitively how it's doing right now, but
I did wonder at one point if it was working well.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
The book is not written yet and the final answers
aren't sitting there. With that in mind, tonight's show is
going to be about quiet confidence. I'll be back in
a minute. We'll continue from there.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
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Speaker 1 (24:34):
Welcome back to it always in fashion. Here's your host,
Mark Webber.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Good evening if you've been with us. The show tonight
is about quiet confidence. It's about being confidence in yourself.
It's about, like I said, stealth luxury. The luxury world
has changed now. People are fighting against logos. They're not
branding themselves any longer. But they're wearing expensive quality stuff
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and those in the know recognize that when you're wearing it,
it just lies better, it looks better. The leathers special,
the suits are tailed perfectly, which got me into talking
about a golf tournament that has been with a company
that is quiet, stealth. It's called Peerless. It's a company
I admire that one of the largest suit companies in
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the world, as I said earlier, unless it's someone in China,
is making suits for a billion people peeless clearly, although
their market is the America, is Canada, Mexico, and the
United States, excuse me, the largest suit company in the world,
and once a year they hold the golf tournament. Now,
as a subset to this, I've talked about my life
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has changed. I was a master of the universe. I
was important and I no longer am. And it's something
that is something you get used to. Now, what I'm
excited about is that I've watched my sons grow and
that I've played a part in their growth. And I
want to talk to you about a golf tournament we
went today that's hosted by Peelers. That is the backdrop
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for why I started thinking about quiet confidence and what
the responsibility is for all of us at work or
at home with your family. And that's where I want
to go. I'm invited to a golf tournament and I
get there. The first person I meet is the CEO
of Peerless in the United States, dan Orwick. This guy
is all classed. He's smooth, he speaks well, he acts well,
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he looks the part. He's impeccably dressed, of course in
Peel's clothing. Speaks to party. He's a great host, and
he thanks me warmly for being there, and then he says,
of course, it's great having that webers at this tournament. Now,
let's hold that thought. I got to hang out with
key executives from Macy's, one of them in particular is
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really at the top of her game, and I look
forward to meeting her again. I think I may have
her as a guest. I think she heard me. I
don't know. I'm not sure. I met some people from
Blooming Nails, one of my favorite stores. I knew them.
I still think I have legend status with them. I
met the people from Dillard's. Amazon was represented, a CEO
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for Men's Warehouse was there, a set of low and
all the licensees of the brands associated with my former companies.
Calvin Klein DK why Jared's Company's at Baker huge people there,
and Jared was nice enough to introduce me to them all.
Notice how I said that Jared introduced me to them all.
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My time has come. Michael Strahan was there. Well, I
don't know him. I asked if he wanted I asked
Jesse if he wanted me to introduce them. Not afraid
to walk up and introduce myself and I could play
the game. I have quiet confidence. Jesse said, Daddy noo.
If I want to meet him, I'll meet him on
my own anyway. Many the sponsors were there. Many people
knew me wanted to say hello. I send their best
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versions but by and large I was unknown, and I
was invisible, and functions like this today. You know, I
haven't been in the industry other than as a commentator
and a news reporter and a observer of the industry,
other than talking to people and getting him on the
phone and finding out what's going on. No longer involved.
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So in this event, I was kind of invisible. Now
having said that, I was dressed really well. I was
in my white gear. I you know, I still look
the part, that's for sure, and hair was long. I
wore a USA cap that really stood out. But anyway,
I think that myself as invisible. I'm like cellphone people
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see right through me. I thought about, you know, starting
a new career as a bank robber. I've gone to
a bank and rob it. The cameras wouldn't pick me up.
Nobody sees me. It's a far cry from when I
was a master of the universe. But as I said
back to GOV, when you get Mark whebber, you get
the And in my past life using to be important,
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I was when I hosted events, tended events, being honored.
The boys were always with me. I was there pretty much.
You wanted to shake my hand, you met the boys
more times. They're not figuratives. They and they were pushed
aside so that others can get to me, to say hello,
to talk to me, to ask me for a favor,
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just to show their face. It was daunting. It was
quiet and I quietly elegant. But I recognize now at
this tournament, I'm being a pushed aside so my sons
can introduce me to people. I'm being pushed aside so
they can get to my son. But that's the natural
cause of events. Seeing my sons be prominent, seeing them
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being respectful and respected, I realize I've done my job.
Both boys are attorneys Jesse's entertainment building success and Lauren
Crime Network serious radio news Nation as a legal counselor
and host. And here with me on this show now
Jared in my industry overseeing very famous, well know brands
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Vince Judith Lieberman, Airple Style of Doctors, Reebok, and Champion.
I thought and then using my former companies, and this
week it was announced that they bought the intellectual property
of Guests, so they're huge and life. Jared overseeing these brands,
We've come full circle. So back to the Pelis event,
people pushed me out of the way, and now to
get to my sons. It's only right in natural. I
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have my turn. Now it's stairs. I'm proud of them,
and we launched them now. So we had an amazing
event which I'm talking about. But before I let Jesse
go to or his next job, Jesse, you had a
spectacular call out at this golf event that I want
you to talk about. You became a putting whiz. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (30:53):
How many people do you think? We're in the golf tournament?
What would you say?
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Close the two hundred, close to two hundred pe During
the golf round, there was a putting competition and all
two hundred players had to make I would say it
was a maybe twenty five foot putt.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
And not easy.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
It was right to left, it was uphill, and if
you make it, then you make the finals and in
the finals you would putt for ten thousand dollars. Now
our group comes up. They said, yeah, about about six people.
Seven people have made the putt, and we all like, wow,
really this is not an easy putt.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
I said, let me go first. I look at it.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
Boom, I make it. I made the putt. I made
the putt. That put me in the finals. So now
we go to the end of the day. This is
the cocktail hour. Everybody's dressed up, go outside and.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
This people watching from a balcony.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Yeah, everybody's watching on the balcony. There's a six. It's
a sixty foot putt and it is tough.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Okay now, because it's ten thousand dollars, there's me and
the seven other players. We are not allowed to see
what the hole is, what the shot is until it's
our turn. So everybody is called in order. Our backs
are to the green. I have no idea what the
putt looks like. I'm only hearing what the crowd is saying.
And there was an announcer and he's like, somebody would
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go up and begin their putty, goes ooh that was
way too short, ooh that was too long, or ooh
good try no idea.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
So I go up there.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
It's my turn, and I look at this putt and
it is sixty feet. It is up a hill, down
a hill. It's on the putting green ground. I said,
do I have time to look at this? They go, yeah,
I'm the only one that actually walk the entire green.
I go to the back of the pin. I go
look at the sides. I aim up and I set
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up to putt, and there's two hundred people watching, and
I putt, and I have to tell you it was
a pretty good putt. I was not even short. I
was in line with the pin. I got it directly
where we're supposed to be. But it was three feet
to the right, unfortunately. But I'm told I was the
closest to the pen, and that was good. I was
proud of that. But I missed it.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
I happened to believe that it's impossible to get it in.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
There's nothing that possible in golf.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
I'm gonna ask that question from now on. Are there
puts that could be impossible that well? Actually, no way
to roll in that hole. But you did a great job.
But it was fun. That had a good time. All right,
go do your other job. So I'll talk to you later.
On another note, Jared and our guests and our foursome,
there were four of us and our FORSU and Jared Jesse,
myself and a fellow named Will Irwin both had the
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rights based on how they played, to compete for one
shot for million dollars. Jared and this fellow Will there
were five people only told that won the right to
shoot a million dollars. It was one hundred and fifty yards. Well,
it's basically you have to hit a hole in one
and you get a million dollars. No one was close.
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Jared got a and he hit it and hit the green,
but he had to be fifteen feet from the hole.
Our guest Will gets up there, hits the ball high
in the air, one hundred and fifty one yards. The
ball is going right down to the pin. Everyone is screaming,
and it misses the hole by fifteen inches. The crowd
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is craved. Will's life went from changing forever from a
million dollars to disappointment. We had to console them. He
did an amazing job. He got a huge applause. But
it was an exciting event during this tournament. Having said
all of this, watching my children, who were able to
carry themselves, whoever to speak, I think back up every
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time growing up I made a speech of importance, whether
it's an annual shareholders meeting, whether in dressing the company,
whether making speeches where I was being honored, they were
always there. I'd like to believe the confidence is speaking
came from it. I'd like to believe that I was
a role model and that they saw something that helped
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them along the way. And I will tell you at
this event, I watched them be important. And although the
theme tonight is quiet confidence, I will quietly announce that
we won the tournament. Jared Weber, Mark Weber, Jesse Weber
and our friend Will Irwin. But I have to play
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a little video for you. We took it of the
announcement that we were the winners.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Now listen and our first place gross winner in golf
with a score of sixty nine.
Speaker 3 (35:42):
This group wears white pants. Don't even know what group
wears white The.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
Robbers, the Webers, Jared Weber, Jesse Weber, Mark Webber and
of course will you missus millions just t.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
To me, did you hear who got the top billing?
I wonder whether my lifetime invitation is shifted to Jared
back in a minute. Always spent a lifetime of my
career building the van Usen brand, and I am so
pleased that they're back with us now. Talking about suits,
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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, to 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
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and every one of them looks right. You could really
really look the part. I believe that packaging yourself is
as important does the products you package, and wearing a
suit is one of those things that make men look
their best. Venuesing invented a new idea. It's called the
cool Flex suit. It's been engineered with stretch technology, giving
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you the most comfortable fit and mobility. It's wrinkle resistant fabric,
it's cool moisture wiki. It makes it perfect for all occasions.
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 ven Using company is involved in
this new technology and is embracing the whole idea of
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dressing up. Let's not forget Venues and made it's name
with dress shirts. It's only proper that the suit business
follows strongly in its way. You can find Vanues in
cool Flex Men's stretch suits at jcpenny are online at
jcpenny dot com. Guys, they're great, you should go look
at them. Done. Karen began her career as one of
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the finest, most successful, powerful women in the fashion industry.
She developed a collection aimed at the lucky 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 from day and to night. An extraordinary collection.
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But the interesting thing Donna Karen had a young daughter
and she had friends and they couldn't afford to buy
the Donna Karen collection. And Donna invented dk NY Donna Aaren,
New York. It's an offshoot of the Donna Karen collection.
The same concept a lifestyle brand. Then we talk about
lifestyle brands. What does that really mean? Simply what they say,
there are brands that follow you throughout your lifestyle. You
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get up in the morning, you start to get dressed.
Donna Karen decan why as intimate apparel, as hosiery, as
all those products. You're getting dressed for work. You get
accessorized shoes, handbags, and it takes you through the day.
The remarkable thing about DK and Y clothes for work
they work into the evening. The dresses, the suits, the pants,
the sweaters, the blouses, extraordinary clothes at affordable prices that
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from day in tonight, part of your lifestyle is active.
You have weekends, you have events, you participate in sports.
Donna Karen's casual clothes did that under the DK and
Y label. A vast array of casual sportswear that make
women look great as they navigate their busy lives. Whether
you're going to soccer games for your children, or whether
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you're going out to the movies, whatever you want to do,
DK and Y jeens, DK and Y sportswear is there
for you. That's what a lifestyle brand is. I need
to mention DKY active Wear, which is extraordinary, the leggings,
the sports bras, the sweats. You can wear DKY active
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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 women of America. DK and Why, a
true lifestyle brand that takes you from day and tonight,
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from the week into the weekend. DCN Why you can
find dcnhy and Macy's DKY 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. He has women's collections, men's collections, ready to wear, accessory,
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shoes and bags. The fashion house Carlagofeld also offers a
range of watches, I wear and premium fragrances. You can
explore the car lagofl collection at car Lagofelparis dot com.
But it's more than that. I have one love to shop.
I love going around and seeing what's happening and what
catches my attention, what would make me feel good to
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wear Now. I don't wear the women's wear, obviously, but
I can appreciate it and they look amazing. If you
want to look right, you want to have clothes that
fits you well. You want to look like you're wearing
something that's very expensive, that's exclusive for you and yours.
You can find it at very affordable prices at Macy's.
Orcarlagofel dot com. Paris, the women's ready to wear fashion
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is extraordinary, as well as the handbigs and the shoes. I,
for one, wear men's clothes, unlike my appreciation of women's clothes.
I'm a modern guy. I want to look current, I
want to look the way I want to feel. I
go out at night, I'm in black and Carlagafeldt is
my buddy. Clothes are great, they fit great, and they
have little tweaks and touches, whether it's a stripe on
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the sleeve or a button at the neck or on
the shoulder. There's a lot of details that go into
Carlagafel because he's always been, he always had been one
of the world's great designers, and 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 Power at
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Macy's or Callaofel dot com.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Welcome back to Always in Fashion. Here's your host, Mark.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Webber tonight is quiet confidence, and while I am definitely
whining a bit about not being important, trust me when
I tell you that I know what I've accomplished. I'm
proud of myself, and I'm proud of what my boys
have learned of all away and seeing them at this
golf tournament, playing golf, playing special events, seeing them work
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the crowd, and then everything to make. But I used
to and still do, communicate with a lot of people,
and one in particular I won't mention my name as
a guy who I met at one of the former
Plist events. We had to struck up a great conversation.
He knew of me, knows my background and wanted to
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pick my brain. And the last time we were there
I spoke to him or a half hour listen to
what's going on. I was very aware of the businesses
that he founded. I understood it completely. I was impressed
by it. I was impressed by him, and he wanted
to ask me a bunch of questions and share his
frustration what he was finding with the business now. Unfortunately
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for him, I don't forget anything that I choose to
remember when I speak to someone who's relevant, as he
was founding his own business, seeing it in Macy, seeing
it in stores performing well, recognizing I even tried on
some of the pieces from time to time. Unfortunately it
wasn't Ralph Lauren Purple label, which is pretty much exclusively
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what I wear. But would I have wondered if I wasn't. Yes,
I was impressed, but unfortunately for him, I remembered everything
he said. And I saw him there at the event
and I came to sit down by me and have dinner,
and he started to say, I'd love to pick your
brain again, and I said, Okay, what's going on on?
How's your business? Then he basically said it's good, but
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it's not big enough. And I said to him frankly,
I said, at this point, I figured you'd fly here
in your own jet. You would be living a different life.
You wouldn't be talking to me. And now, Mark, it's
not where I need it to be. Yet, I said,
so what's going on as well? And he started to
tell me a bunch of things about the business. The
assortments aren't big enough, the space given to me isn't
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big enough. My presentation, and finally I said, I looked
at him and said, first of all everything you're telling
me you told me last year. This is a repeat performance.
And he got a little bit embarrassed, as he should.
I said, tell me something I haven't heard, and he
got stumped. I said, here's the problem with it. On
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top of what you're telling me everything you just told me,
anybody in your position would say the same thing. I
don't have enough space. My assortment of products that you
buy for me is enough. I want to do more
business with you, I said, if you came to me
in this position, I would pretty much throw you out
of the room. I'd listen to you. But you said
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nothing that I need to hear. You didn't say anything
about how you want to help me build my business.
You had no innovative ideas on what you would do
to build my business. All you're doing is repeating the
same nonsense that everyone else would say. And I would
say to him, and I did say to him, before
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you started telling me what you want, why wouldn't you
stop by asking how my business was? Why before you
even met me, would you know about where the opportunities
are in the store. For example, one of the processes
gentlemen makes the tuxedos, and he has tuxedos being sold
where the rest of his product is. I know for
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a fact that Macy's double exposes tuxedos. You might find
them amongst the brands, but they have a separate section
and Macy's certainly on third fourth Street for evening where
form aware. That's something that you may make sense to you.
That's something that you might want to ask for because
that is a specific reason. But what can you do
for the store one of the key things that would
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make them successful? What are they looking for? It? Is
there something that you could be doing for them? And
I said this to him, and try to break through
from where I was. You see, when you get the
opportunity to talk to someone, it's kind of like the
elevator pitch. You have a very short period in time
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to catch people's attention to break through. A few weeks ago,
I talked about advertising that the sole purpose in advertising,
good advertising is to break through the clutter everyone is
sending out marketing messages. Everyone is trying to catch the
mind and the conscience and the curiosity of the consumer.
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When you have a chance to speak to successful people,
you have to ask yourself what it is can I
break through? Catch their attention and maybe from that get
what I want. There's an issue, you know, I was
told way long time ago, any successful person, if you
ask them for help, will give you help. And my
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own experience, anybody who's ever come to me and asked
me for help, I would always try and help them.
If they were clever, they would get more time. If
they weren't clever, they wouldn't. I wouldn't vest my time.
But any successful person will want to help. And I
said to this person, have you sat down with Macy's
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or Bloomingdale's or anyone else that you want to do
business with and ask them for help, and ask them
for ideas of what you might be doing that would
make sense for you and perhaps make sense for them.
So I only tell you the story to round out
my quiet confidence and say, while I've been whining tonight
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about not being important, hopefully in between it all you're
hearing how proud I am to see how far my
children have come, and to recognize it's the natural order
of things that you grow and you bring children into
this world and you hope that they will grow, and
you hope that they will do better than you. After all,
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parents are the only ones who wish that their children
do better than them. Everyone else you're competing with, and
in this instance, my counsel is often sought. I can't
tell you how why I make it like I have
nothing to do and nobody cares. I think it's funny,
and it's true to degree. I have a lot of
people that call me and want my advice. And here's
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one walked into me. Forgot that everything he said to
me he said to me last year, which makes it
less viable. And the reality was the elevator pitch didn't
catch my attention. It didn't break through the clutter. I
gave him a couple of points. I gave him things
to think about. If he's really on his game, he'll
find me and has to meet me and spend some time.
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But if he does, he has to be prepared. He
can't just throw out colloquial ideas. Has to be prepared.
He has to look at the business. Now, why shouldn't
he The guy is brilliant. He built a business from scratch.
I don't know how much he's doing. I would guess
today twenty five million. That's twenty five more million dollar
businesses on his own than I've ever done in my life,
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and I respect him and admire him. I believe in
his tastefu level. I believe in what he's doing, But
I also believe that you have to be aware of
who you're talking to, that words matter, that it's okay
to have quiet confidence, but it comes from being curious
and having everything that you need to do in place.
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With that in mind, I hope you enjoyed tonight. Good night,
This show is produced and hosted by Mark Webber. The
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Who is Mark Weber. He's a self made business executive
here to help you find your success. From the New
(00:21):
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 his classic
proof that the American dream is alive. And well, here's
your host of Always in Fashion, Mark Weber.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Mark Weber. There's a quiet elegance now in this world.
You see it. It's presidential. It's something that you're supposed
to do quietly. You just have to find it. There's
no soapbox, no bragging, no preaching, no logo. It's just there.
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It's like self luxury quality, understated, all class. It's quietly confident.
People can be quietly confident. However, the use of words
do come into play in this world. Words matter. Once
you say them, you can't take them back, and you
have to consider that words establish you my favorite. Well
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done is better than well said Ben Franklin's saying, show me,
don't tell me. I care more about what you do
than what you say you will do. It doesn't make
your words less important. In spite of this show taking
an hour of my time talking, I'm a man who
believes less is more. I'm often criticized by friends and
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family for being cryptic, and yet carefully and quietly I've
confidently played a role in influencing wives. I'm still doing it.
I'm on the radio. Now what do I have for
show it? Personally? I have my pardon helping to creat
two amazing sons with values and integrity. Talking quietly, I
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remind you not to minimize your promises or your obligations.
Your word is your character, Your commitment is your promise
to be special. Words speak your heart, your soul. Words
can mean everything or nothing. They can be honest or dishonest.
You get to choose, and they are yours. Your words.
You can be a person a few words of many
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one thing for sure, you say it, you own it.
Once you give your so called words of wisdom, you
can't take them back. Your word written or spoken. In
this technological world, are out there. They're yours forever to
live by, win with, or lose with. Therefore, choose your
words wisely. I subscribe to the idea of quiet confidence.
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Just do the right thing. You'll sleep better at night,
You'll feel better about yourself. You'll be a role model
those that you work with, or for your children, or
for anyone that matter. I don't even know you, and
I'm hoping I'm helping you. So let's be clear. Let
me tell you what you should know already, your word
or your bond. Your responsibility is to teach your children
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well business. Be tough if you must, be an animal
if you choose to, But have integrity, keep your promises,
be consistent, always finish what you start, Honor your obligations,
live up to your word. As often in my case,
the themes of this show come from life's observations or
life's experience. Tonight's show comes from both. But before I
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go there, I admit to you I myself. I'm an
acquired taste. Yet I believe in myself. I have confidence
in my abilities. More importantly, I have confidence in me,
a quiet confidence. I know who I am, I know
what I am, and I know what I'm not. I've
never answered that. A trick question in interview sessions, what
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are your strengths and what are your weaknesses? I often answer,
I'll tell you my strengths. I'm curious. I don't make
quish decisions without thought. I'm aware of the phenomenon of
unintended consequences. Therefore, I'm decisive but thorough. My weaknesses, I'm
sure I have some. You'll just have to work on
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me and point them out with your guidance. I'm sure
I will overcome them. I'm quietly confident I have broad shoulders.
I won't let you down enough about me. Me had
a strong, interesting week. I had a nice week of
comments from some of the listeners, and I'll share with you.
Here's the first. The show last week was great. Jesse
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was back. Yeah, thanks for nothing. You know you ever, well,
we dad suffer from this problem. I'm a shore about
original content. I write the show, I organized the show,
I delivered the show, and Jesse's very busy. He makes
a brief stop over and yet, ah, the show is
(05:08):
great because Jesse's on it. It's something I have to
live with. I guess it's a good thing. I'm proud
of them. There's a great story. Every time I watch football.
I watch football, I think of these guys who score
the winning touchdown. Okay, now I think about their dads.
We're out back with them catching the ball, teaching him
how to tackle, teaching him how to run, teach him offense,
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teaching defense for years upon years upon years. The mother's
looking out the window and smiling, the dad is putting
in the time, and then the guy scores the touchdown. Hey, mom,
how I feel with Jesse. I'm doing all his work
and they don't like it unless Jesse's on. Another listener
comment that made me smile. I will tell you my
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husband listens to your show and loves it. Now I
do too, with his smiling face. Very nice. I'm glad
I'm getting more and more listeners every day. In the
last one, I'll show with you. Hey, Mark, I hope
this is not out of the blue. Has anyone ever
told you you should write a book? Yeah, it's in
my profile. It's the title of my show. I've written
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two books published by Mcgrohell. No, I guess this guy
doesn't listen closer. I guess I'm not so promoting enough.
But hey, I guess he's found me interesting, and I'm
happy about that. And on that note, I'm happy with
what I have created, books, radio, podcasts, the career legacy,
but now one of my best achievements. My lawyer, my
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co host, and my youngest son, Jesse Weber. Hi, Jesse,
still not too late for you to go into politics?
Why would I ever do that? Never? Ever? Ever?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I like commenting on politics, analyzing it. But my gosh,
is it a just a thankless business? Let me tell
you it is such a bad, thankless business. Even if
you go in with the right idea and you want
to do good, there's compromises, there's deals, they will dig up,
They'll try to dig up anything they can on you,
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and even if there's nothing in your background, they'll make
stuff up. I mean, what's no one agrees when the
motives are pure. I think it's just a business where
there's nothing good that can come from it.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Nothing. I don't go into it and turn it into
a good business.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
Impossible, impossible. I mean, what do I want to be hated?
No matter your whole thing is, you don't want to
be hated. You don't have controversy. The minute I enter
the political stage, I will automatically be hated by a
large amount of the population.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
No matter what, no matter what, you get invited to everything.
We can go everywhere, do everything.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Oh so that's it I get. I get invites to
pool events.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Secret service, hanging around, we get a living driven everything.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
And whoever said you're just surface level huh.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
No, no, no, no, no, no, what I get to
introduce you at all the contents. So I got to
introduce you every time you make a speech, you ten
minutes lay me.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
A politician who's beloved and liked, and everybody has no
problem with I already take enough criticism from when I
do analysis, and I'm just purely going down the middle.
And by the way, if I was an independent candidate,
I'd be hated by both sides, taking votes away from
both sides, disrupting the parties.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
You know, it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
So I have to give up in you no politics.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
No politics for me, not happening.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Well, isn't it amazing that Trump is trying to end
the war with Russia and Ukraine and nobody you hear
the press they give him on this thing. If it
wasn't for fun, you think he's trying to start.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
A war it's interesting, right, he has made the most
productive step towards ending this conflict. And yet what I
hear the blowback is, well, where was he the last
seven months? Why is it happening so late to the game?
How come he's giving wishwashy answers. How come he's not
giving specific effects on what he wants to do? Did
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he give into Russia too quickly? And I'm of the opinion,
and I've talked about this before, allow the man to negotiate.
He's not going to tell everything he's thinking. He's not
going to give all the details of his conversations with
Putin and Zolensky. We don't know exactly what's going on
behind the scenes. And if he says something and locks
himself into a corner, that's going to be quite problematic.
(09:23):
But I think we're closer now than we have been
in a long time to actually seeing an end here.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Well, he said from day one, since he was running
for office, in his office that he wants to stop
the killing. It's bothering him that everybody's getting killed him
for what it could be, a week away, a month away,
whatever it is. Nobody's been killing each other anymore. The loses.
Right now, are the people that are in that battlefield
getting shot at for what reason? Bombs dropping? We know
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it's not fair to them and their failure of the
future of the world. Well, it's crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
It's difficult because for Zolenski, I don't see a path
where this can end that he and he doesn't give
up a portion of land to Russia. But then how
does he explain to his people that all the all
those Ukrainians who died, that they didn't die in vain.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Right that becomes very because.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
He'll have a country. We lost too much, we lost
too many people fighting, but we still have a country.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
And for Russia, how do you prevent how do you
keep them to their word? How do you prevent them
from further expanding or launching an even greater attack against Ukraine.
It's a very tough, complicated situation that I think a
lot of people talk and a lot of people don't
have answers.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
To well, what's right or wrong? The issue is is
where the Trump is getting a fair shake and what
he's trying to do. I mean, we are talking. You
don't want to go into the pols. There's all these reasons.
That's a great example guys trying to do the right thing.
You know, I don't hear any benefits from him other
than maybe the Noble Peace Prize. But you know, it's
really unfortunate what's gone going on with this, And yeah,
(11:02):
I don't see the answer Governor Weber Center to Weber,
what do you think about him bringing troops to Washington.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
I think it's very premature for people to jump up
and say this is a disaster. You want to debate
the numbers on Washington, d C. Whether there's high crime
now versus when it was, is it decreasing? You ask
people from DC, they say there's a crime problem. There's
a lot of people who don't feel safe. And whatever
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the function is of the National Guard and the FBI,
even if it's not to make arrests, but not make
arrest but support local policing.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
And you've already seen numbers from the.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
White House, I know that have been debated back and
forth about the number of arrests that have occurred since the.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
Surge in federal law enforcement. There's been a.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Lot, but just the optics of having that presence, it's
going to deter crime. And you know, people are concerned that, oh, well,
it's going to look like a militarized state. Do you
really need all these National Guard troops from other states
coming in, especially if they're armed. This is going to
lead to bad consequences. Look at what happened in Ken's state.
They're not trained for this. I've heard those arguments, but
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I'm also like, why just wait and see, you know,
I mean, why not try it out and see.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
If it works.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
If it reduces crime and it makes people feel safe,
isn't that a good thing?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
You're asking me? As far as i'm they can park
their tanks in my backyard.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
I said this, how do you feel about having military
people military personnel at airports and train stations?
Speaker 4 (12:38):
I feel good about it? Do you feel good about it?
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I feel great about it. More than merry it now,
if it's kidding me, this isn't such a respect for
the military and the police. Yes, you'll find bad apples
amongst them, I'm sure, but this is designed to really
get these problems under control. The one thing you have
to say is Trump doesn't put his head in this.
He's trying. It's all problem. Well.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
The other the way people are concerned is that like, oh,
this looks like a dystopian future. He's got military personnel
out there, you know, the people who believe he's a dictator.
It adds to that narrative, it adds fuel to the fire.
But I don't quite see that.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
I see this.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Maybe what's that guy in New Jersey named Jeffries? His
name is Jeffries. I don't know. I don't know. As anara, No,
I want him protecting me. I'd rather have him than
the thanks.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Let me ask you this, Let me ask you this
shouldn't If this is successful, there is crime all across
the country.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Should Red states adopt this? Should they deploy the National Guard?
Or should just be Blue states?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
It's a great question. Here's the question I would have
or the answer to that. Does there come a point
where the National Guard leaves Washington, d C. And now
it's healthy again without that support? See that? Well, they
have clueschet there in perpetuity, because if they're in perpetuity,
we're going to look like a militarized country. I mean,
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you're having the military in every city that has a problem.
I biker believe it. To get into a point, they're like,
what's the end date? That's the problem. Well, the endgame
is eliminating crime, putting people in their place, having laws
that will start with juveniles being held accountable and people
being held accountable. Probably have to change the bail laws.
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There's probably a lot of things that need to be
done to eliminate crime once and for all. You're not
gonna get to zero, but you're gonna get to the point.
Do you want looters running in stores and you're able
to steal up to nine hundred dollars and then get
away with it. I mean, some of this is ludicrous.
So I really don't know. I've I don't want anybody
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put in jail. I don't want anybody having problems. I
don't want anybody getting on the wrong side of the
law of the police or what have you. I don't
want that. But the National Guard coming in and helping
it and coming up with policies while they change the
laws and enact situations where the police can get their
jobs done. That's what I'd vote for. But if your
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point is should they go to the next place, the
next place in the next place, I say yes. But
at one point does the military leave the grounds and
we go back to living normal lives? Good question. I
don't have an answer.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
All right, let me ask you something that you will
know a lot about. You ask me a lot about
law and order. You what about tariffs. Where are we
in tariff land?
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I'll tell you we're in fantasy land at the moment.
I want to go back and say I support the
President's decision to use tariffs as a means to establish
fair trade between the United States and its trading partners
around the world. Now, fair trade means to me two things. One,
if we're buying more from them than them buying from us,
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they should be maybe an effort to buy as much
as they can from us, recognizing that Bangladesh is not
a consumer population that we are. But they're buying our cars,
or they're buying our technology or what have you, at
a fair amount. That's something that we need to establish.
If it's between US and France making jet planes for travel,
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I'd rather than buy from Boeing than Airbus, So that
has to be one thing. The second thing is if
countries are protecting their own industries by putting tariffs on
American goods and we're not putting equal tariffs on their goods,
and subject to media, the Trump is one hundred percent right.
If you're importing my goods with a fifty percent tariff
that makes us uncompetitive, then I want a fifty percent
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tariff on your goods. That'll stop and should be immediately.
I don't know how anyone could argue against it now.
Using trade and tariffs for political reasons or weaponizing I
don't agree with. But here's where we are. It seems
to me there are a lot of mistakes made. It
seems to me that the powers to be again each
smarter and they're managing the timetables much better than they are.
(16:58):
But the reality is tariffs really haven't hit us until
the season we're coming into fall and holiday. The tariffs
are going to have impact on the prices of everything
we purchase, and that remains to be seen in that regard.
Nobody knows, you know, Jesse interesting. I don't remember if
you recall when Biden was talking about support for Ukraine,
(17:24):
he said, the price of oil is going to go up,
and the gas prices are going to go up. It's
matches six dollars a gallon. I know in our neighborhood
we're looking at three eighty nine for high test gas.
That's up over a dollar and a half from when
Trump was in office the first time. Is there ever
a time that we won't be paying these burdens for
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that war and for other things that we seem to
have institutional life. So something is wrong with tariffs, something
is wrong with pricing, and we have to figure it out.
It's a good point.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
Yeah, I don't have a clear answer for it, but
part of me wondered whether or not it was working
at one point.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
I can't say definitively how it's doing right now, but
I did wonder at one point if it was working well.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
The book is not written yet and the final answers
aren't sitting there. With that in mind, tonight's show is
going to be about quiet confidence. I'll be back in
a minute. We'll continue from there.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
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Speaker 1 (24:34):
Welcome back to it always in fashion. Here's your host,
Mark Webber.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Good evening if you've been with us. The show tonight
is about quiet confidence. It's about being confidence in yourself.
It's about, like I said, stealth luxury. The luxury world
has changed now. People are fighting against logos. They're not
branding themselves any longer. But they're wearing expensive quality stuff
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and those in the know recognize that when you're wearing it,
it just lies better, it looks better. The leathers special,
the suits are tailed perfectly, which got me into talking
about a golf tournament that has been with a company
that is quiet, stealth. It's called Peerless. It's a company
I admire that one of the largest suit companies in
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the world, as I said earlier, unless it's someone in China,
is making suits for a billion people peeless clearly, although
their market is the America, is Canada, Mexico, and the
United States, excuse me, the largest suit company in the world,
and once a year they hold the golf tournament. Now,
as a subset to this, I've talked about my life
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has changed. I was a master of the universe. I
was important and I no longer am. And it's something
that is something you get used to. Now, what I'm
excited about is that I've watched my sons grow and
that I've played a part in their growth. And I
want to talk to you about a golf tournament we
went today that's hosted by Peelers. That is the backdrop
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for why I started thinking about quiet confidence and what
the responsibility is for all of us at work or
at home with your family. And that's where I want
to go. I'm invited to a golf tournament and I
get there. The first person I meet is the CEO
of Peerless in the United States, dan Orwick. This guy
is all classed. He's smooth, he speaks well, he acts well,
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he looks the part. He's impeccably dressed, of course in
Peel's clothing. Speaks to party. He's a great host, and
he thanks me warmly for being there, and then he says,
of course, it's great having that webers at this tournament. Now,
let's hold that thought. I got to hang out with
key executives from Macy's, one of them in particular is
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really at the top of her game, and I look
forward to meeting her again. I think I may have
her as a guest. I think she heard me. I
don't know. I'm not sure. I met some people from
Blooming Nails, one of my favorite stores. I knew them.
I still think I have legend status with them. I
met the people from Dillard's. Amazon was represented, a CEO
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for Men's Warehouse was there, a set of low and
all the licensees of the brands associated with my former companies.
Calvin Klein DK why Jared's Company's at Baker huge people there,
and Jared was nice enough to introduce me to them all.
Notice how I said that Jared introduced me to them all.
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My time has come. Michael Strahan was there. Well, I
don't know him. I asked if he wanted I asked
Jesse if he wanted me to introduce them. Not afraid
to walk up and introduce myself and I could play
the game. I have quiet confidence. Jesse said, Daddy noo.
If I want to meet him, I'll meet him on
my own anyway. Many the sponsors were there. Many people
knew me wanted to say hello. I send their best
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versions but by and large I was unknown, and I
was invisible, and functions like this today. You know, I
haven't been in the industry other than as a commentator
and a news reporter and a observer of the industry,
other than talking to people and getting him on the
phone and finding out what's going on. No longer involved.
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So in this event, I was kind of invisible. Now
having said that, I was dressed really well. I was
in my white gear. I you know, I still look
the part, that's for sure, and hair was long. I
wore a USA cap that really stood out. But anyway,
I think that myself as invisible. I'm like cellphone people
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see right through me. I thought about, you know, starting
a new career as a bank robber. I've gone to
a bank and rob it. The cameras wouldn't pick me up.
Nobody sees me. It's a far cry from when I
was a master of the universe. But as I said
back to GOV, when you get Mark whebber, you get
the And in my past life using to be important,
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I was when I hosted events, tended events, being honored.
The boys were always with me. I was there pretty much.
You wanted to shake my hand, you met the boys
more times. They're not figuratives. They and they were pushed
aside so that others can get to me, to say hello,
to talk to me, to ask me for a favor,
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just to show their face. It was daunting. It was
quiet and I quietly elegant. But I recognize now at
this tournament, I'm being a pushed aside so my sons
can introduce me to people. I'm being pushed aside so
they can get to my son. But that's the natural
cause of events. Seeing my sons be prominent, seeing them
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being respectful and respected, I realize I've done my job.
Both boys are attorneys Jesse's entertainment building success and Lauren
Crime Network serious radio news Nation as a legal counselor
and host. And here with me on this show now
Jared in my industry overseeing very famous, well know brands
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Vince Judith Lieberman, Airple Style of Doctors, Reebok, and Champion.
I thought and then using my former companies, and this
week it was announced that they bought the intellectual property
of Guests, so they're huge and life. Jared overseeing these brands,
We've come full circle. So back to the Pelis event,
people pushed me out of the way, and now to
get to my sons. It's only right in natural. I
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have my turn. Now it's stairs. I'm proud of them,
and we launched them now. So we had an amazing
event which I'm talking about. But before I let Jesse
go to or his next job, Jesse, you had a
spectacular call out at this golf event that I want
you to talk about. You became a putting whiz. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (30:53):
How many people do you think? We're in the golf tournament?
What would you say?
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Close the two hundred, close to two hundred pe During
the golf round, there was a putting competition and all
two hundred players had to make I would say it
was a maybe twenty five foot putt.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
And not easy.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
It was right to left, it was uphill, and if
you make it, then you make the finals and in
the finals you would putt for ten thousand dollars. Now
our group comes up. They said, yeah, about about six people.
Seven people have made the putt, and we all like, wow,
really this is not an easy putt.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
I said, let me go first. I look at it.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
Boom, I make it. I made the putt. I made
the putt. That put me in the finals. So now
we go to the end of the day. This is
the cocktail hour. Everybody's dressed up, go outside and.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
This people watching from a balcony.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Yeah, everybody's watching on the balcony. There's a six. It's
a sixty foot putt and it is tough.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Okay now, because it's ten thousand dollars, there's me and
the seven other players. We are not allowed to see
what the hole is, what the shot is until it's
our turn. So everybody is called in order. Our backs
are to the green. I have no idea what the
putt looks like. I'm only hearing what the crowd is saying.
And there was an announcer and he's like, somebody would
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go up and begin their putty, goes ooh that was
way too short, ooh that was too long, or ooh
good try no idea.
Speaker 4 (32:25):
So I go up there.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
It's my turn, and I look at this putt and
it is sixty feet. It is up a hill, down
a hill. It's on the putting green ground. I said,
do I have time to look at this? They go, yeah,
I'm the only one that actually walk the entire green.
I go to the back of the pin. I go
look at the sides. I aim up and I set
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up to putt, and there's two hundred people watching, and
I putt, and I have to tell you it was
a pretty good putt. I was not even short. I
was in line with the pin. I got it directly
where we're supposed to be. But it was three feet
to the right, unfortunately. But I'm told I was the
closest to the pen, and that was good. I was
proud of that. But I missed it.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
I happened to believe that it's impossible to get it in.
Speaker 4 (33:13):
There's nothing that possible in golf.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
I'm gonna ask that question from now on. Are there
puts that could be impossible that well? Actually, no way
to roll in that hole. But you did a great job.
But it was fun. That had a good time. All right,
go do your other job. So I'll talk to you later.
On another note, Jared and our guests and our foursome,
there were four of us and our FORSU and Jared Jesse,
myself and a fellow named Will Irwin both had the
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rights based on how they played, to compete for one
shot for million dollars. Jared and this fellow Will there
were five people only told that won the right to
shoot a million dollars. It was one hundred and fifty yards. Well,
it's basically you have to hit a hole in one
and you get a million dollars. No one was close.
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Jared got a and he hit it and hit the green,
but he had to be fifteen feet from the hole.
Our guest Will gets up there, hits the ball high
in the air, one hundred and fifty one yards. The
ball is going right down to the pin. Everyone is screaming,
and it misses the hole by fifteen inches. The crowd
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is craved. Will's life went from changing forever from a
million dollars to disappointment. We had to console them. He
did an amazing job. He got a huge applause. But
it was an exciting event during this tournament. Having said
all of this, watching my children, who were able to
carry themselves, whoever to speak, I think back up every
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time growing up I made a speech of importance, whether
it's an annual shareholders meeting, whether in dressing the company,
whether making speeches where I was being honored, they were
always there. I'd like to believe the confidence is speaking
came from it. I'd like to believe that I was
a role model and that they saw something that helped
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them along the way. And I will tell you at
this event, I watched them be important. And although the
theme tonight is quiet confidence, I will quietly announce that
we won the tournament. Jared Weber, Mark Weber, Jesse Weber
and our friend Will Irwin. But I have to play
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a little video for you. We took it of the
announcement that we were the winners.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Now listen and our first place gross winner in golf
with a score of sixty nine.
Speaker 3 (35:42):
This group wears white pants. Don't even know what group
wears white The.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
Robbers, the Webers, Jared Weber, Jesse Weber, Mark Webber and
of course will you missus millions just t.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
To me, did you hear who got the top billing?
I wonder whether my lifetime invitation is shifted to Jared
back in a minute. Always spent a lifetime of my
career building the van Usen brand, and I am so
pleased that they're back with us now. Talking about suits,
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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, to 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
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and every one of them looks right. You could really
really look the part. I believe that packaging yourself is
as important does the products you package, and wearing a
suit is one of those things that make men look
their best. Venuesing invented a new idea. It's called the
cool Flex suit. It's been engineered with stretch technology, giving
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you the most comfortable fit and mobility. It's wrinkle resistant fabric,
it's cool moisture wiki. It makes it perfect for all occasions.
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 ven Using company is involved in
this new technology and is embracing the whole idea of
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dressing up. Let's not forget Venues and made it's name
with dress shirts. It's only proper that the suit business
follows strongly in its way. You can find Vanues in
cool Flex Men's stretch suits at jcpenny are online at
jcpenny dot com. Guys, they're great, you should go look
at them. Done. Karen began her career as one of
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the finest, most successful, powerful women in the fashion industry.
She developed a collection aimed at the lucky 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 from day and to night. An extraordinary collection.
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But the interesting thing Donna Karen had a young daughter
and she had friends and they couldn't afford to buy
the Donna Karen collection. And Donna invented dk NY Donna Aaren,
New York. It's an offshoot of the Donna Karen collection.
The same concept a lifestyle brand. Then we talk about
lifestyle brands. What does that really mean? Simply what they say,
there are brands that follow you throughout your lifestyle. You
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get up in the morning, you start to get dressed.
Donna Karen decan why as intimate apparel, as hosiery, as
all those products. You're getting dressed for work. You get
accessorized shoes, handbags, and it takes you through the day.
The remarkable thing about DK and Y clothes for work
they work into the evening. The dresses, the suits, the pants,
the sweaters, the blouses, extraordinary clothes at affordable prices that
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from day in tonight, part of your lifestyle is active.
You have weekends, you have events, you participate in sports.
Donna Karen's casual clothes did that under the DK and
Y label. A vast array of casual sportswear that make
women look great as they navigate their busy lives. Whether
you're going to soccer games for your children, or whether
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you're going out to the movies, whatever you want to do,
DK and Y jeens, DK and Y sportswear is there
for you. That's what a lifestyle brand is. I need
to mention DKY active Wear, which is extraordinary, the leggings,
the sports bras, the sweats. You can wear DKY active
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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 women of America. DK and Why, a
true lifestyle brand that takes you from day and tonight,
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from the week into the weekend. DCN Why you can
find dcnhy and Macy's DKY 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. He has women's collections, men's collections, ready to wear, accessory,
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shoes and bags. The fashion house Carlagofeld also offers a
range of watches, I wear and premium fragrances. You can
explore the car lagofl collection at car Lagofelparis dot com.
But it's more than that. I have one love to shop.
I love going around and seeing what's happening and what
catches my attention, what would make me feel good to
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wear Now. I don't wear the women's wear, obviously, but
I can appreciate it and they look amazing. If you
want to look right, you want to have clothes that
fits you well. You want to look like you're wearing
something that's very expensive, that's exclusive for you and yours.
You can find it at very affordable prices at Macy's.
Orcarlagofel dot com. Paris, the women's ready to wear fashion
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is extraordinary, as well as the handbigs and the shoes. I,
for one, wear men's clothes, unlike my appreciation of women's clothes.
I'm a modern guy. I want to look current, I
want to look the way I want to feel. I
go out at night, I'm in black and Carlagafeldt is
my buddy. Clothes are great, they fit great, and they
have little tweaks and touches, whether it's a stripe on
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the sleeve or a button at the neck or on
the shoulder. There's a lot of details that go into
Carlagafel because he's always been, he always had been one
of the world's great designers, and 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 Power at
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Macy's or Callaofel dot com.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Welcome back to Always in Fashion. Here's your host, Mark.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
Webber tonight is quiet confidence, and while I am definitely
whining a bit about not being important, trust me when
I tell you that I know what I've accomplished. I'm
proud of myself, and I'm proud of what my boys
have learned of all away and seeing them at this
golf tournament, playing golf, playing special events, seeing them work
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the crowd, and then everything to make. But I used
to and still do, communicate with a lot of people,
and one in particular I won't mention my name as
a guy who I met at one of the former
Plist events. We had to struck up a great conversation.
He knew of me, knows my background and wanted to
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pick my brain. And the last time we were there
I spoke to him or a half hour listen to
what's going on. I was very aware of the businesses
that he founded. I understood it completely. I was impressed
by it. I was impressed by him, and he wanted
to ask me a bunch of questions and share his
frustration what he was finding with the business now. Unfortunately
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for him, I don't forget anything that I choose to
remember when I speak to someone who's relevant, as he
was founding his own business, seeing it in Macy, seeing
it in stores performing well, recognizing I even tried on
some of the pieces from time to time. Unfortunately it
wasn't Ralph Lauren Purple label, which is pretty much exclusively
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what I wear. But would I have wondered if I wasn't. Yes,
I was impressed, but unfortunately for him, I remembered everything
he said. And I saw him there at the event
and I came to sit down by me and have dinner,
and he started to say, I'd love to pick your
brain again, and I said, Okay, what's going on on?
How's your business? Then he basically said it's good, but
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it's not big enough. And I said to him frankly,
I said, at this point, I figured you'd fly here
in your own jet. You would be living a different life.
You wouldn't be talking to me. And now, Mark, it's
not where I need it to be. Yet, I said,
so what's going on as well? And he started to
tell me a bunch of things about the business. The
assortments aren't big enough, the space given to me isn't
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big enough. My presentation, and finally I said, I looked
at him and said, first of all everything you're telling
me you told me last year. This is a repeat performance.
And he got a little bit embarrassed, as he should.
I said, tell me something I haven't heard, and he
got stumped. I said, here's the problem with it. On
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top of what you're telling me everything you just told me,
anybody in your position would say the same thing. I
don't have enough space. My assortment of products that you
buy for me is enough. I want to do more
business with you, I said, if you came to me
in this position, I would pretty much throw you out
of the room. I'd listen to you. But you said
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nothing that I need to hear. You didn't say anything
about how you want to help me build my business.
You had no innovative ideas on what you would do
to build my business. All you're doing is repeating the
same nonsense that everyone else would say. And I would
say to him, and I did say to him, before
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you started telling me what you want, why wouldn't you
stop by asking how my business was? Why before you
even met me, would you know about where the opportunities
are in the store. For example, one of the processes
gentlemen makes the tuxedos, and he has tuxedos being sold
where the rest of his product is. I know for
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a fact that Macy's double exposes tuxedos. You might find
them amongst the brands, but they have a separate section
and Macy's certainly on third fourth Street for evening where
form aware. That's something that you may make sense to you.
That's something that you might want to ask for because
that is a specific reason. But what can you do
for the store one of the key things that would
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make them successful? What are they looking for? It? Is
there something that you could be doing for them? And
I said this to him, and try to break through
from where I was. You see, when you get the
opportunity to talk to someone, it's kind of like the
elevator pitch. You have a very short period in time
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to catch people's attention to break through. A few weeks ago,
I talked about advertising that the sole purpose in advertising,
good advertising is to break through the clutter everyone is
sending out marketing messages. Everyone is trying to catch the
mind and the conscience and the curiosity of the consumer.
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When you have a chance to speak to successful people,
you have to ask yourself what it is can I
break through? Catch their attention and maybe from that get
what I want. There's an issue, you know, I was
told way long time ago, any successful person, if you
ask them for help, will give you help. And my
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own experience, anybody who's ever come to me and asked
me for help, I would always try and help them.
If they were clever, they would get more time. If
they weren't clever, they wouldn't. I wouldn't vest my time.
But any successful person will want to help. And I
said to this person, have you sat down with Macy's
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or Bloomingdale's or anyone else that you want to do
business with and ask them for help, and ask them
for ideas of what you might be doing that would
make sense for you and perhaps make sense for them.
So I only tell you the story to round out
my quiet confidence and say, while I've been whining tonight
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about not being important, hopefully in between it all you're
hearing how proud I am to see how far my
children have come, and to recognize it's the natural order
of things that you grow and you bring children into
this world and you hope that they will grow, and
you hope that they will do better than you. After all,
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parents are the only ones who wish that their children
do better than them. Everyone else you're competing with, and
in this instance, my counsel is often sought. I can't
tell you how why I make it like I have
nothing to do and nobody cares. I think it's funny,
and it's true to degree. I have a lot of
people that call me and want my advice. And here's
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one walked into me. Forgot that everything he said to
me he said to me last year, which makes it
less viable. And the reality was the elevator pitch didn't
catch my attention. It didn't break through the clutter. I
gave him a couple of points. I gave him things
to think about. If he's really on his game, he'll
find me and has to meet me and spend some time.
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But if he does, he has to be prepared. He
can't just throw out colloquial ideas. Has to be prepared.
He has to look at the business. Now, why shouldn't
he The guy is brilliant. He built a business from scratch.
I don't know how much he's doing. I would guess
today twenty five million. That's twenty five more million dollar
businesses on his own than I've ever done in my life,
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and I respect him and admire him. I believe in
his tastefu level. I believe in what he's doing, But
I also believe that you have to be aware of
who you're talking to, that words matter, that it's okay
to have quiet confidence, but it comes from being curious
and having everything that you need to do in place.
(49:51):
With that in mind, I hope you enjoyed tonight. Good night,
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