The suit has been on the wane for a while, but is it due a comeback post-pandemic?
The celebrated American writer Gay Talese lives in a handsome brownstone on New York’s Upper East Side. Each morning, Talese, a fastidious dresser, climbs the stairs to his dressing room on the top floor of the house where he dresses for work: a three-piece suit, handmade in Paris by his Italian cousins (Talese comes from a family of tailors); a crisp, striped shirt with a contrasting white collar, handmade by Addison On Madison; a silk tie; pocket handkerchief, correspondent shoes.
Thus attired, he will make the journey down four flights of stairs, out of the front door, down the steps to the pavement, and down a further flight of steps… to his basement office, where he will spend the day writing. At weekends, Talese might kick back and relax, forsaking the suit for a sports jacket and slacks - always, of course, with a shirt and tie.