Mark Ronson and Grace Gummer’s on J.Crew, Preppy Style, and 'Night People'

Mark Ronson is totally down to talk about how fucking cool he thinks J.Crew is—but first, a drink. Okay, now with a martini in hand, we sit. We’re in historic 190 Bowery—a.k.a. The Germania Bank Building of 1898—which J.Crew recast into its take on a real home, with each room bedecked with the brand’s heritage design notes of prep, cashmere, and stripes.

More specifically, we’re on an ornate upholstered couch, and I’m in the middle between Ronson and his wife Grace Gummer. The DJ and producer is pretty amped. “J.Crew is always fucking cool,” Ronson says. “When I was in high school, the J.Crew catalog was such a big deal. And when they opened that first store on Prince Street, I remember being there, and it was the first time that I saw a cool pair of tapered pants. I remember buying tha