My god, it’s a gilded junk shop!

(I knew it was bad, but all the tacky gewgaws seem to have multiplied.)

I guess we should count ourselves lucky that his dress sense isn’t as flashy and vulgar as his interior design sense.

Though it’s always surprised me that such a status-obsessed New Yorker dresses so cheaply—regardless of style.

e.g.

Make me look like a man whose father never taught him to tie a tie, who gets his shoes at a Long Island mall and can’t be bothered with alterations when he buys a suit off the rack!

@Holberg
I have a theory about the suit thing. It's a dare; he dresses ridiculously on purpose, because he knows "you" won't be brave enough to laugh at him because he's so powerful and important.

@silvermoon82 I've seen a different take on the suits: that he only wants the most expensive suits, from ~luxury materials~ like silk. So the drape is weird, it wrinkles easily, it's never going to flatter his body type. Wool (or a similar weight fabric) would give him a better silhouette, but that's not ~luxury material~ so he won't have it. It's no more than amateur psychology but I think it holds up.

@Holberg