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The suit he had on when I saw him, of rich, snuff-colored silk, was cut with the virtuosity that only sub-tropical tailors expend on hot-weather clothing, Summer clothes in the North are makeshifts, like seasonal slipcovers on furniture, and look it.
- A.J. Liebling, The Earl of Louisiana, p.233 in The Sweet Science and Other Writings
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