He's going to have to buy alot of them to catch up with Bible Spice.
President-elect Barack Obama is sticking with his Chicago-based suit maker, Hartmarx, to make a tuxedo, a topcoat and a suit for his inauguration Jan. 20.
The custom black tuxedo, made by union workers at the Hart Schaffner Marx plant in Des Plaines, is sold at Nordstrom department stores for $895.
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The 121-year-old Hartmarx, maker of menswear labels Hickey Freeman and Hart Schaffner Marx, is the largest U.S.-based menswear maker and one of the few, if not the only, men's topcoat manufacturers in North America.
"We are thrilled at the opportunity to create a wardrobe for someone as dynamic as President-elect Obama and to participate, in however small way, in our nation's civic activities," said Brett Schenck, president of Hart Schaffner Marx. "Equally positive is that we are being embraced as an American, union-made manufacturer that prides itself on quality, value and fit."
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