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DANDY

I suppose it comes as no surprise that I once owned a white suit.

I wore it out and about a lot.

I once wore it on a business trip to Los Angeles in the secure conviction that I would match the culture. Little did I know that LA biz attire is more conservative than the tightest ass Boston banker's.

But I liked the buzz of it though. The transgressive nature of wearing a suit because I had to but wearing a white suit because they would hate it.

We called on Hunt Foods and actually got the business. We were also playing 'counterculture' then. My cohort Tony had this huge jewish-afro head of hair. We were a spectacle. Ahhh. Those were the days.

I wore the white suit around for a few years, and then it lost its allure. I think I also quit wearing suits at all about this time; of any color and cut. Is still have a light blue one and a tux. That is it. I am ready for funerals or a formal dance.

I still have a white sports jacket though.

See: Just Dandy
The enduring mystique of the white suit.
By Inigo Thomas in Slate