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J. Crew a label once professed dead after a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, then reinstated is determined to reinvent the wheel that once placed its Ludlow suits at the pinnacle of men’s fashion. But it needs a revolutionary force to redirect its central design vision in order to remain afloat.
After several executive shifts over the last five years, the company’s efforts to change its course were to no avail; however, the brand seems ready to switch gears entirely with the appointment of Brendon Babenzien the co-founder of Noah and former lead designer for Supreme to creative director of J. Crew Men’s. Made official on Monday, May 17, the streetwear trailblazer now faces the task of reviving the it-factor that once made J. Crew a top-tier menswear label in the early 2000s. The question is: can he do it?
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J.Crew has spent the past half decade struggling to recapture the magic that made it an essential menswear brand in the aughts, when everyone you knew owned one of its Ludlow suits. The brand has cycled through designers and executives and adjusted its offering, without much effect: The company filed for bankruptcy last year. Now, J.Crew seems ready to try something new: Noah designer Brendon Babenzien, one of streetwear’s leading lights, is set to take on the role of men’s designer.
Babenzien will bring a whole new attitude to the stale mall standby. For more than a decade, he was Supreme’s creative director, helping shepherd that brand’s rise to the top of the fashion pyramid; since 2015, he’s run Noah, making prep-meets-punk staples geared toward kids who grew up on his Supreme clothes, and also their fathers. He says he’ll make use of lessons from both of those gigs at J.Crew. But his presence alone should shake things up. “More than anything, I think I’m bringin
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