Talk:Perry Ellis

The brand and the person should really be the subject of separate articles. Daniel Case 16:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

I have removed most of the following paragraph:

Perry Ellis died in May 1986 of viral encephalitis (an AIDS related disease), as stated in the NY Times obituary.

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for the following reasons:

• The listverse.com ref is a blog hosted by WordPress. WordPress hosts content self-published by individuals, which this reference seems to be, which are not reliable sources. The information contained in the WordPress (listverse.com) ref is itself unsourced.
• The removed content misrepresents the NYT article, which says "The hospital, in a brief statement, said Mr. Ellis died at 1:30 A.M. of viral encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, after having slipped into a coma several days ago." It makes no mention of AIDS.

Please find a reliable source if adding further details to the current content. --Mirokado (talk) 23:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

I reworded the sentence to clearly show the different references and added a source from a reputable newspaper, the Sun Sentinel, which does make mention of AIDS, which says "This is unlike the philosophy of the firm`s then-management in 1986, when Perry Ellis died from AIDS-related complications and the company denied he had AIDS." Supertheman ^(talk) 01:11, 26 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the prompt response and careful update. --Mirokado (talk) 20:46, 26 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

This is a womens' clothing company, formerly sportswear company in New York, referred to in the Biography section. I can't create a viable stub on the spur of the moment and there is no plausible target for a redirect, but here are a few links I found while looking for details:

• The Day article mentioning a name change and takeover by W. R. Grace and Company
• John Meyer of Norwich record at the US Patent and Trademark Office, showing that the trademark passed through various hands and is now owned by John Meyer, Inc.

--Mirokado (talk) 15:37, 7 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Owning a coal and oil company in 40's/50's would accommodate much, much, much more than a "middle class" lifestyle, especially with the predominant use of oil and coal as energy sources during those periods (and even the decades prior to). That being said, I think this line should be omitted because it sounds like a Romeny ad (I hate using current events as a catch phrase).

24.138.105.38 (talk) 22:40, 1 November 2012 (UTC)Reply