Brooks Brothers was steps from the World Trade Center on 9/11. Its creative director still can't look at the pictures.
Like many people, Brooks Brothers creative director Michael Bastian remembers exactly where he was on the morning of September 11, 2001.
On September 11, 2001, a Brooks Brothers store located near the World Trade Center in New York City was repurposed as a makeshift morgue following the devastating terrorist attacks. The store, situated at One Liberty Plaza, was in close proximity to the site of the tragedy. Creative director Michael Bastian, who was in Paris at the time of the attacks, recalls the event vividly.
Upon returning to New York City, he found the city greatly altered, as the attacks had left an indelible mark on the landscape and the lives of its residents. A year later, the Brooks Brothers store at One Liberty Plaza reopened, though it was eventually closed in 2018 and relocated. Despite the closure, Bastian's memories of the day remain seared, particularly his inability to view the photographs from that fateful day.
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