“Tom Wolfe would have been just as brilliant without the white suit, but
he would not have been nearly as interesting. His fashion harked to the
past while his prose immersed us in the present. The suits alluded to
civility while his books slashed away at the uncivil. In his white
minimalism, he was the ultimate peacock.”

Robin Givhan, “The genius of Tom Wolfe’s white suits,” Washington Post

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