Those who’ve been paying attention will recall that we love us some Vikram Pandit. He, of that happy, gay, elfin visage; he, of that infectiously intoxicating laughter/unbridled joy even in the face of phenomenal failure; he of that smile that can only say “Christmas in Bombay.” We love him so much that we bought into Citi’s new slogan “Make Vik Smile,” and picked up 400 shares of Citi the same day the company announced its latest trillion dollar writedown. So this, Takeaway # 2 from the NYM article, was particularly hard to take:
A longtime Mack associate, recruitment manager Jerry Wood, said that if Mack made Cruz the next CEO, their old colleague Vikram Pandit, who by then was running the institutional clients division at Citigroup, would raid the company for disgruntled Cruz antagonists. “Vikram has a paycheck in one hand and a voodoo doll of Zoe in the other, and we’re going to lose all these people if they think the future is Zoe Cruz,” he said, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
No, god damn it, no! Vikram isn’t supposed to be an evil, conniving, backstabber. He’s not even supposed to be a shrewd businessman. He’s supposed to be Lil’ Vik, of infectious good cheer, even when there’s nothing to be cheerful about! Since we cannot deal with any evidence to the contrary, we’re going to retreat to our crying room until somebody scrubs the internet (and our consciousness) of this b.s. But first, we’re going to do this.
Yeah, that felt good.
Spring fashions for everybody:
Mr. Pink
http://www.luxist.com/gallery/brooks-bros-black-fleece-for-spring-summer-08/776763/
GAnalYst
http://www.luxist.com/gallery/brooks-bros-black-fleece-for-spring-summer-08/776764/
Anal_yst
http://www.luxist.com/gallery/brooks-bros-black-fleece-for-spring-summer-08/776765/
BL
http://www.luxist.com/gallery/brooks-bros-black-fleece-for-spring-summer-08/776766/
(to match Mr. Pink)
or
http://www.luxist.com/gallery/brooks-bros-black-fleece-for-spring-summer-08/776762/
JC
http://www.luxist.com/photos/brooks-bros-black-fleece-for-spring-summer-08/776763/
Thanks for the mention, but that wouldnt work on me. B-squared is trying to get hip by having Thom Brown design for them. Despite my remarks here, I’m really a conventional dark suit, white shirt, cap toed laceups kind of guy. Hickey Freeman is what suits me best. Maybe a rare Zenga to mix it up just a bit. The model though is cute. GAnalYst
I just don’t know anybody in their right minds who would put on a patchwork seersucker suit. It’s plain ridiculous.
BTW, having seen this, if B-square were public I might short it. I’m a long only guy, but the last time I was similarly tempted was a few years ago after having dinner at a Rain Forest Cafe at a mall somewhere. The shorting of which would have really paid off. GAnalYst
If one can get a seersucker suit at Sears, then those models have been shopping at Cox’s.
WTF did they hire Stevie Wonder to design this collection?
It’s as if Daisy and Jay Gatsby ate a bunch of acid, stepped into the Dalorean, punched in “Amsterdam, 1998,” and crashed their rented bikes into some headshop/boutique.
The worst part is that a gaggle of trust-fund kids will really be wearing that shit in May. Granted, some of them will be under the Williamsburg bridge spiking their arms…
Hey, Lowly Assistant! Did they deliver that cheese steak sandwich yet? Congratulations on the recognition of your agony.
@5:06,
I considered the pros and cons regarding said sandwich/porn and made the decision that keeping my shit job outweighed receiving a philly delivered by some poor candy striper making even less than me (maybe? Who knows.). i went the road more traveled: walked to the vending machine, got a bag of doritos, and put my head back down. However, it was a very nice gesture which I truly appreciated.
Can someone call the fashion police?
Those Brooks Bros outfits don’t even fit correctly. Pants way too short, and jackets way too tight. Besides, the damn things look like faggot clothes.
Who in his/her right mind would wear that shit?
@5:34PM: No self-respecting gay persons would wear anything like that
Zoe should try wearing some of the new Brooks Brothers fashions. Mack might be impressed, and maybe she’d get her old job back.
@5:43 Designer is Thom Brown, that’s the way he does things. From Wikipedia: A Thom Browne suit is distinctive in structure and fit…. A signature of a Thom Browne suit is a pair of flat front pants with exposed ankles and a jacket that concludes mid-wrist and doesn’t cover the backside. GAnalYst
I didnt know that being gay allowed you to have any self-respect.
@ GAnalYst
So this Thom Brown guy just makes ill-fitting suits and calls it fashion?
Damn, helluva racket this guy’s got goin on…
GAnalYst@5:48. If someone normally wears a 46Long, he can get the ThomBrown look at a fraction of the cost by going to Sears and buying a 44Short. He would look just as dumb as someone wearing the real thing.
BL’s doppelganger should have a caption saying “Coitus. Do you like it?”
And those threads would make a hilarious joke-to-myself in West Egg this summer.
The people at Morgan Stanley actually called Pandit “Big Vik.”
I think that “Vik the Bandit” sounds much more colorful than Vikram Pandit. He should change his name.
Were you expecting an I’m-so-happy-to-be-in-the-US immigrant worker?
My group called him The Viking
Hmm… I don’t think I’d even be caught DEAD in that thing LOL
Maybe Victor Niederhoffer would wear something like that… LOL
This is more my style:
http://www.brooksbrothers.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=576&Product_Id=1209281&Parent_Id=216&default_color=Grey
Speaking of which, I need to stop by the Pink store after the close.. Time to get some spring fashions..
I wonder if Timmay (or anyone else for that matter) can shed some light on Brett Hickey from S2 of Wall St Warriors… I’d like to help him ‘reorganize his ties’ ;-)
-mrp
mrpink@9:41. The Brooks Bros suits that are “more your style” are unfortunately not mine. $1,600 for a suit is a bit much for me. Nice though.
$1600 is too much for a suit? Someone needs to start working for a living.
Shockingly I actually kind of like that linen trench. Patchwork seersucker is hilarious, and the women’s stuff is a horror.