I was half a block from Brooks Brothers and right over a bank.

"The job at Brooks Brothers is what helped get me back on my feet," he said.

Brooks Brothers did not make an off-the-rack black suit between 1865 and 1998.

Brooks Brothers hopes a lot of those people are women.

This isn't the men's department at Brooks Brothers, after all.

Brooks Brothers has had a women's division for 12 years, but women still gravitate to certain men's and boys' areas.

"Brooks Brothers is the one that should probably stay with masonry," he said.

Brooks Brothers has a store on the ground floor.

Brooks Brothers is making some concessions to the modern shape, however.

Brooks Brothers is not the first company in the direct mail business to try its hand at selling advertising space.