When Bernard Gant first sighted America, it was when legendary Statue of Liberty cut through the morning mist with her promise of a brilliant future for the brave and industrious.
And for sure, he was brave and industrious and quite determined to create a future for himself, unlike anything possible in his native Ukraine.
And this was the time, 1914, and the place, New York, to do it!
Like many other immigrants, he wanted to be a real American.
In the process, he reinvented what has become known all over the world as American style - casual and comfortable, reflecting the good life and leisurely lifestyles on the American East Coast.