‘Fashion Under Fascism’ Suits the Politics

Back in my not-so-distant “suit” days, I took up Italian-made clothing as a protest against the button-down Anglophilia of the “dress for success” regimens of Corporate America. My favorite “power meeting” outfit was a Valentino Uomo three-button suit tailored in lustrous black end-on-end-woven silk-and-wool fabric, which I wore with a charcoal gray shirt and a tone-on-tone silver tie, Il Duce style.