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The Philip DeFranco Show

MS 5.24 Silicon Valley, Bezos & More! Why Patagonia is Making Tech and Finance Bros Panic...

The Philip DeFranco Show

philip defranco

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4.81000 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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MS 5.24 Silicon Valley, Bezos & More! Why Patagonia is Making Tech and Finance Bros Panic... by The Philip DeFranco Show

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0:00.0

So I'll be a beautiful bastards, hope even a fantastic Friday.

0:02.8

Welcome to your Extra Friday news show.

0:04.5

My name is Philip DeFranco, and today we're going to be talking about the battle

0:07.1

between Patagonia and Tech and Finance Bros.

0:09.3

And the reason we're talking about this seemingly random thing is, one,

0:12.4

this fight could potentially shape how the tech and finance industries look but also

0:15.2

because it eventually leads us to a place of controversy and debate around what companies should do

0:19.4

as far as morals and how they treat the people that buy their product.

0:23.0

But to get there, we have to go down this sleeveless road.

0:25.2

So chances are if you live or work in a big city like New York, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C.,

0:29.6

you've seen guys walking around who look like this.

0:31.6

But what you might not know is that that outfit actually has a name.

0:34.0

It's called the Midtown Uniform,

0:35.6

and it's usually worn by guys in the tech and finance industry.

0:38.2

And in fact, this unofficial uniform has become so popular that last year the Wall Street Journal

0:42.1

even created a handy

0:43.1

annotated guide to the humdrum Midtown uniform and here are some of the must-haves

0:47.2

listed in that guide. Brown shoes from chocolate brown brogues by Alan

0:51.0

Edmonds to Cafe O'Lay Square-toed rock pour loafers to top-side

0:54.1

is straight off the sailboat.

0:55.2

Brown shoes are the anchor of the Midtown uniform.

0:57.5

The button-up shirt, the trusty base layer of today's cubical armor,

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