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The Empire State Building is going couture! Well, sort of. From a press release about the 300 newly-uniformed employees:
As part of a $500 million renovation to restore the Empire State Building’s 1930’s glory, new Art Deco-inspired uniforms are rolling out for staff this summer to kick off the season in style.With Art Deco details integrated into many Fall '08 runway shows, this puts the ESB right up there with Versace -- who, incidentally, also had a shade similar to the building's burgundy at his recent shows. The company who designed the latest look, I. Buss Uniform Co., also handles the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Dakota, Waldorf-Astoria, and UN. Designers searched the company’s photo archive for inspiration, pulling Art Deco elements from real 1930s uniforms. You'll see them on observatory and security staff throughout the building.The dapper uniforms are made to measure and have unique 1930’s details that fit the period and character of the ESB, like chevrons on the sleeves, custom silk ties with mini buildings, an Art Deco-style font created for patches, and a custom dyed fabric color called ESB Burgundy.
The NY Times went inside the workroom last month, where 70-year-old Stuart Busch did all of the fittings for the ESB staff. His daughter noted, “I love that they’re doing this more formal look. They were in polo shirts. That’s not a uniform.” An ESB spokesperson told us that the last redesign was in the Fall of 2002, when staff received new polo shirts and cardigans.
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The look is fabulous.
Toodles
Sort of gives me an NBC page a la Kenneth on 30 Rock vibe.
You may dress up a whore, but they'd still be a whore. On that note, most of these ESB staff are surly, ill-humoured, patronizing and condescending. You think they'd change their attitude with these uniforms. I think not.
Love the look of the Metro North train conductors, too.
I think they look ridiculous. And, I've worked in the building and they have always been nice.
Ron Burgandy.
With the constant erosion of 'style' by what's considered 'top fashion', it's nice to see something that's trying to reintroduce a little bit of class to the everyday environment... and where better then the Empire State Building?
I like the uniform.
If you had to deal with a constant stream of mostly tourist (but some native) idiots, you'd be surly, ill-humoured, patronizing and condescending, too.
Don't stop there: bring back that 30's ambiance by removing the suicide barriers from the observation deck. ( and more flagpoles too!)