Glambassador

By Izzy

In his memorable essay “The Secret Vice,” Tom Wolfe writes:

one day in December, 1960 . . . Lyndon Johnson, the salt of the good earth of Austin, Texas, turned up on Savile Row in London, England, and walked into the firm of Carr, Son & Woor. He said he wanted six suits, and the instructions he gave were: “I want to look like a British diplomat.” Lyndon Johnson! Like a British diplomat! You can look it up.

Note well: Never ask your tailor to make you look like a Libyan diplomat, or else you’ll get the shiniest suit known to man. Apparently, what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas, sartorially speaking.

But at least Libya’s National Security Advisor, Mutassim Qaddafi (son of Muammar Qaddafi), is carrying on the family tradition of eccentric flamboyance.

This entry was posted on Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 10:08 am by Izzy and is filed under Celebrity, Men's Fashion, Shoes, Suits, Tailoring, Ties, Trousers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to “Glambassador”

Smokey Behr Says:
April 28th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
For a minute there, I thought it was the guy from Crossing Jordan in a bronze lamé suit.
peter Says:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:14 am
A terrorist thug is still a terrorist thug, even when wearing an expensive suit.