This is a hot button issue.
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is cleaning out his closet and auctioning off his old clothes for charity.
The 89-year-old retired political power broker, nicknamed “His Dappernesss,” in his heyday for his fashion sense, is selling 36 items from his wardrobe on eBay through Wednesday to benefit San Francisco Bay Goodwill in its annual drive.
Dubbed The Willie Brown Collectionitems sold include silk blazers, cashmere coats, dress pants, button-down shirts and even hangers from designer labels such as Loro Piana, Kiton, Brioni, Ferragamo and Tom Ford.
The highest ticket item is the Wilkes Bashford Men’s Khaki Cotton Double Breasted Trench, which has a starting price of $34.99 and has received 28 bids, the most recent for $540.00.
The cheapest on offer is Saks’ Kiton Brioni Valentino Delisi coat hanger collection, starting at $29.99, which has yet to receive any bids.
The lot also includes a letterman jacket from San Francisco Black Wall Street, a foundation that supports Black San Franciscans, and a graphic print hoodie with a picture of Brown emblazoned on it, from the Uncuffed Project, a nonprofit organization that helps those released from prison.
The auction, held on eBay, will run until January 31. Willie Brown Brown, now 89, was the first African American to serve as mayor of San Francisco. Getty Images
Brown, who was the first African American to serve in a California city as mayor, a position he held from 1996 to 2004, once advised CBS News about the outfit.
“I will start by saying, you should buy quality clothes. Quality clothing includes attention to fabric, attention to style, and more importantly, attention to fit,” he said.
“That automatically means it’s not cheap. If you buy just one good suit, spending what you normally would on three cheap suits, you’ll be better off.”
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown sells his clothes through Goodwill. Hearst Press via Getty Images Brown, pictured here with Joe Lacob, owner of the Golden State Warriors, had a personal stylist while in office. Kimberly White
Brown, who also served in the California State Legislature from 1981 to 1995, rose to become the state’s first black speaker, and even had a personal stylist, the late Wilkes Bashford, while in the public eye.
“The reason she’s so unique in her field and in her life is because she’s comfortable in the clothes,” Bashford told SF Weekly in 2014. “She’ll wear what she wants.”
“There’s a difference between being yourself … and believing who you need to be, and showing off. Willie didn’t pretend. Willie is that person.”
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