Famed Clothier Brooks Brothers Files for Bankruptcy

Famed Clothier Brooks Brothers Files for Bankruptcy
A man walks by a Brooks Brothers store on Church St. in New York, on Sept. 11, 2001. Mark Lennihan/File/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—The storied Manhattan clothier Brooks Brothers is filing for bankruptcy protection.

The company that says it’s put 40 U.S. presidents in its suits, survived two world wars, and navigated through casual Fridays and a loosening of dress standards even on Wall Street, but the coronavirus pandemic pushed the 200-year-old company into seek Chapter 11 protection Wednesday.