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"Hamilton" creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda gave a red carpet Oscar shout-out earlier this year to San Marko Formals in Yonkers, where he got his tux for both the Academy Awards and his senior prom. Now, we can share that the store's managing partner, Gino Forchetti, is also a developer who has built three new-construction homes on the site of a former tennis club in Yonkers.
A Yonkers tuxedo shop says their phone has been ringing off the hook thanks to a shout-out from a celebrity. When "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was asked on the Oscars red carpet where he got his tuxedo, he replied that he got it at San Markos, the same place he got his prom tuxedo in 1998.
... popped up elsewhere on the red carpet, including the lapel of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who noted his tuxedo came from Yonkers, New York, the same shop where he got his high school prom tux in 1998. A standout this awards season, "Elle" nominee Isabelle ...
The cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda 's smash-hit HAMILTON, including Mandy Gonzalez , Alysha Deslorieux , Lexi Lawson , Jordan Fisher and Taran Killam taped a special message for the Oscar-nominated playwright on tonight's red carpet. The Tony winner, wearing a tux from the same shop in Yonkers, NY where he rented his high school senior prom tux, is accompanied by his proud mom on Hollywood's biggest night.
If the Miranda family -- as in the hotter-than-hot Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda -- schleps to Yonkers from Manhattan for a custom-made tux, then you know the place is something special. The Mirandal family, in fact, has been customers of Yonkers-based San Marko Tuxedos for over a decade.
If the Miranda family -- as in the hotter-than-hot Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda -- schleps to Yonkers from Manhattan for a custom-made tux, then you know the place is something special. The Mirandal family, in fact, has been customers of Yonkers-based San Marko Tuxedos for over a decade.