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To hearBillionscostume designerEric Damantell it: The Scots have different plaids that their families are associated with.
The Irish have fisherman sweaters worn according to their clans.
The finance guys have their polar fleece vests with their company logo on it.
You would think that these billionaires would be like,Im not wearing this shitty fleece vest.
But they have a pride in it.
The Southern District of New York!
So, I really just want to hear all about theBillionsvests.The vests themselves are part of that whole culture.
Its a very authentic element that we wanted to stay true to.
I feel like these guys, especially the up-and-comers really take such pride in wearing them.
Its almost a tribal thing.
Every time I go out on the streets, Ive been seeing all these people in these vests.
Its almost started this odd trend.
It was maybe happening already with Patagonia and that 90s sportswear fleece thing coming back into style.
Whereas, at Axe Cap, you up the ante.
ItsBillionsso everything needs to be up to snuff.
We updated these vests to much more streamlined, almost designer quality.
I also feel like the champion of these vests on the show is Dollar Bill.
Dollar Bill is my favorite character.
How did you pick out his vest?He is someone whos quite thrifty.
We wanted him to feel like he shops at a Lands End outlet.
He doesnt want to spend money on clothes.
Its like a whole thing that hes kind of cheap, which is why his name is Dollar Bill.
Do you know if its actually cold in these offices?
I had to learn all about the intense mens finance world.
In these offices, they keep the temperature very, very low.
The offices are air-conditioned intensely so the guys stay on edge.
When you go in, you see all these guys and theyre not just sitting there in T-shirts.
Everyone pretty much has a layer on because of the temperature.
Other characters, like Ben Kim and Everett Wright, wear different outerwear than the classic fleece vest.
How did you make those selections?It goes into character differentiation.
For Everett, we wanted to have him have a little bit more of an elevated urban look.
He wears more of the quilted, higher-end, Barbour-jot down vest.
It seems like he always finishes his outfit with some kind of bomber.Yes, the bomber jacket.
Ben is a little quieter.
I didnt want to keep him in these blacks and greys, and also not quite so Axe Cap-centric.
Hes more tech-savvy, maybe a little bit of a nod to a West Coast, Silicon Valley vibe.
The bombers make him a little bit more of a standout.
I went to two different ones.
The feeling is almost as a stalker, because youre not part of the world but just an observer.
The vests were such a broyo part of it all, just not where I was coming from.
A kind of frat boy terrible fleece vest?
I just had to wrestle with a little bit.
Cut to three years later, and my boyfriend has an Axe Cap vest.
I think its really sexy when he wears it!
