I like white suits.
Thats a really retro statement, but not all that retro. I remember when young running my daily couple of miles down the bayshore in Manila, and I would usually run into my grand-uncle taking his morning constitutional complete with white suit, cane and pith helmet. He got respect.
And then there’s Tom Wolfe.
You are right the individual suited is what demands respect! In this case it is self evident of the lack of! Even though be it a white suit we all know it would be empty on surrender.