Hartmarx Obama

Obama Will Still Be Able to Get His Suits Made in Chicago

Elana Levin | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


Elana Levin

Hart Schaffner & Marx employees (famous for making suits for Obama) saved the suit maker's factories from threats of liquidation by TARP-infused creditor Wells Fargo bank.

Hartmarx Bankruptcy: Judge Says Deal For Obama Suitmaker Should Move Forward

AP | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- After a weekend of negotiating, a deal to purchase the Chicago-based company that's made suits for President Barack Obama could move f...

Hartmarx Bankruptcy: Workers At Obama's Suit Maker Pin Hopes On British Company

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago


DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) -- Workers at a suburban Chicago menswear factory cheered Wednesday when a union official told them a new offer for the company...

Obama's Suit Maker Hartmarx Catches Break In Bankruptcy Court

Chi-Town Daily News | FERNANDO DIAZ | Posted 03.18.2009 | Chicago


President Obama's suit maker scored some breathing room as a federal bankruptcy judge allowed Hart Schaffner Marx to continue making payments to emplo...

Obama Suitmaker Hartmarx Files For Bankruptcy

AP | Posted 02.24.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO - The Chicago-based company that makes suits preferred by President Barack Obama has filed for bankruptcy. Hartmarx Corp. and its U.S. subsid...

Obama's Suit Lifts Hartmarx Sales

Chicago Sun-Times | Sandra Guy | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago


Shoppers have started asking for the Obama suit -- the navy blue, worsted-wool, two-button suit that Chicago's Hartmarx tailored just for Democratic p...