When the Mitchell family throws a party, the industry shows up — in spades.
That was the case Saturday night during Milan Men’s Fashion Week when the Connecticut-based luxury retailer invited the heads of its top Italian vendors to dinner at Bice.
While the gathering was intimate, it was star-studded, and included everyone from Gildo Zegna and Brunello Cucinelli to Massimiliano Attolini; Giorgio and Stefano Canali; Gianluca Isaia; Kiton’s Antonio DeMatteis, Massimo Bizzochi and Maria Giovanna Paone, and Giuseppe and Gabrio Santoni, among others.
The dinner served to welcome Crawford Brock and Stanley Korshak into the Mitchells fold. In March, Mitchells Stores purchased the Dallas-based Korshak from Brock, who had managed the business since 1987 and owned it since 2002.
It also served to honor Jack Mitchell, son of the founders and chairman emeritus of the company, who was celebrating his 60th anniversary with the business.
Mitchells Stores is now run by Jack’s sons Bob and Russ, and the fourth generation of the family is also involved, including Lyle, Bob’s son, who was also in Milan for the dinner.
In his remarks at the dinner, Bob Mitchell stressed the family’s “sincere thanks and partnership over 65-plus years, and belief in the power of multibrand specialty stores in the future.”
Cucinelli, Zegna, Giorgio Canali and Bizzochi all gave toasts at the dinner, celebrating the business and the longevity of the Mitchell family.
Mitchells Stores now operates 10 high-end stores across the country under five banners: Mitchells, Richards, Wilkes Bashford, Marios and Stanley Korshak. The business was founded in 1958 in Westport, Conn., by Ed and Norma Mitchell as a men’s store under the name Ed Mitchell’s.