Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: Sad News About The Second Generation & The Heirloom Bris Outfit

First and foremost, I wanted to say that I hope all the mothers out there had a wonderful mother’s day.  Of course, I wanted to give a special shout out to my mother, my wife, my sister, my sister-in-law, my mother-in-law, my aunts and most importantly Granny Isabel who is 96 years young. God bless you all and thanks for all you do.

Speaking of Granny Isabel, she was married to my Grandpa Everett (2nd generation Jaftex Corp.).  And, I am sorry to say that my grandfather’s second brother, Gilbert, died this past weekend.  With that, I am sad to say that the second generation of Fortunoff’s has come to an end.  Gilbert was the only Fortunoff brother who did not ever partake in the family fabric business.  The second generation had a nice run at life.

So a couple weeks ago I was looking through my closet and I came across a truly incredible family heirloom. I have in my possession this fancy little outfit that my grandfather Everett wore for his bris.  See the photo below.

That in itself is awesome, but the truly beautiful thing is that my two sons and my brother’s two sons also wore this outfit for their bris’ too, but unfortunately I didn’t give my wife or sister-in-law enough notice to find me photos of any of the boys wearing the outfit for this post.  There is really something special to be said about this.  Check out some more photos.

Considering that my blogs are geared towards fabric people, I wanted to feature the beauty of this amazing bris outfit as it pertains to the craftsmanship.  But rather than discuss the beauty and fine details I am going to show you some pictures of the detailed work that went in to creating this awesome outfit.  I looked around to see if there was a tag inside, but unfortunately there were no signs of who made this outfit.  Please enjoy the photos and let me know what you think.

Have a great week.

Sentimental Scott