A Day In The Life With Mickey Drexler, J.Crew CEO

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I'm a big fan of Mickey Drexler, not necessarily for what he's done with J.Crew, but mostly because he's not totally fucking boring. Most fashion people are deadly self-serious buzzkills. Thankfully, Mickey is not. I wouldn't say he's lit, but definitely seems like a cool dude to chill with tbh. In honor of receiving the CFDA Founder's Award, we get a chance to follow the CEO throughout a day in the life and it's definitely worth watching.

He gets on the loudspeaker at J.Crew HQ to do everything from dispense an inspirational quote to ask anyone in the company to come to his office to answer a question about a product or detail, sometimes remotely when he's at one of the brand's stores. He rides his bike through HQ into meetings and even keeps it relevant, meeting with the Public School brain trust to talk business. The video also catches up with some of Mickey's friends from the Bronx as they try to play wall ball at his old stomping grounds and where his love for fashion started. Drexler, you goddamn legend, you're a national treasure.

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