 Today's media mogul should be a man orwoman of a certain style. However some don't even know what the word style means. The there are some who at least try to look the dapper part. We look at some of todays well known media execs. Their style and share with you what we think. Some are good and some are bad...we mean really bad. We give respect to those who pull it together well and shame those who just don't have a clue. As the public face of a company one would think some effort would be put into one's appearance...and some do and to them we say Looking Good.
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1-Rupert Murdoch: Believe it or not Rupe has some style to him and we think its all via his wife Wendy who herself is a fashion plate. Rupe is always seen in well tailored expensive suits which hilites his billionaire status. We love seeing him tuxed out at the Vanity Fair parties and move premiers. So out of all the other best dressed moguls we will mention Rupe comes out on top.
2- Richard Parsons: Yes Mr. Parsons comes in second behind Rupe because well…. For a man his size it takes a lot to look that good in clothes. Mr. Parsons' well tailored suits just scream power.
3- Peter Chernin: Rupert's number two is unfortunately are number 3 on our list but still in the top five. Mr. Chernin with is ever present glasses and sharp suits landed him here. His corporate casual is also worth talking about. At a recent even Mr. Chernin paired a brown suede jacket with a black v-neck sweater, faded blue jeans and black shoes. Nice
4- Bob Iger: Disney boss Robert Iger is what we call, has what we call a school boy safe fashion sense. He is in between, which drops him at number four in the top five. Bob always looks well put together on corporate outings, with his perfectly combed hair and school boy grin. His suits don't look all that expensive but it works. For a casual look Bob does the usual media mogul casual dress. Button down shirt tucked into khakis brown belt and brown shoes. Common but safe.
5: Les Moonves: The ever tanned Les Moonves rounds out our top five with his expensive suits and overly polished shoes. Showing all signs of a serious metro-sexual Les never looks anything less than put together, and it works for him. With his height a power suit is in need and they always look good on him. Les casual style is also well laid out. At a recent even Les paired khakis with a tucked in polo shirt and brown loafers. We wouldn't have chosen the loafers but you know what….it works for Les. His salt and pepper hair is always well coifed and his smile gets whiter by the day. Being permanently tanned also works in his favor.
Now we that we got our top five best dressed media moguls out the way. It is now time to talk about the not so well dressed. Some of them are really bad too.
6- Jeff Bewkes: His tall slim frame gives him a lot of room to experiment with clothes. However Time Warner’s number two has stuck to the same get up since his HBO days. Dark suites & Ties Italian shoes and a smile for good measure. We would like to see Jeff in lighter colored suites, maybe some Jeans and a sports coat and maybe even some shades. Jeff should also try to correct his posture which seems to be slightly hunched
7-Jeff Zucker: Though many of you are probably saying why he is on the list because he doesn't fit into the media mogul category. Say what u want because soon he will. Anyway Jeff has had some hits and misses over the years. However we have to say since taking full control of NBC Universal's television business he kinda stepped it up a notch. And why shouldn't he? What if GE CEO Jeff Immelt calls him in for a quick sit down or just to have lunch or something? Jeff rocks the typical TV exec get up. Not so hot suit with OK ties and well polished shoes. However he needs to take it easy on the layers because of his height.
8-Tom Freston: Even though we were and still are big fans of TomCo, we always wished we could slap him with the style stick sometimes. He has had some hits and misses. Sometimes Tom's attire gives off an I don’t give a fuck vibe. We don't know if this is what he is going for but it doesn't fly sometimes. Tom was known for showing up in black suits and a blue tucked in button shirt no tie slightly sloppy at MTV events. However there were sometimes where he just had this cool to him like last year when he was snapped outside his Manhattan apartment wearing a block leather short cut jacket blue jeans and shoes. This is what we think the casual media mogul should look like. He has plenty of time on his hands to get it together fully now.
9-Mel Karmazin: We don't know. Mel just doesn't do it for us at all. Maybe it's the teeth!
10- Sumner Redstone: Someone please slap this little old man three times with the style stick please. Viacom grand daddy Sumner Redstone has aid on record that buys off the rack suits at a discount. His shoes look clumpy and his clothes just always seem to swallow him up. If his wife Paula has his ear on business issues, why won’t she tell this man to bring in a stylist of something? The again she needs help herself. For these reasons Mr. Redstone is our only worst dressed media mogul on the list.
Labels: BigMedia, JeffBewkes, LesMoonves, MelKarmazin, MTV, NBC, RupertMurdoch, TomFreston |
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