{"id":8314,"date":"2025-04-24T21:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/?p=8314"},"modified":"2025-04-24T21:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:28:16","slug":"why-did-tom-wolfe-wear-a-white-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/why-did-tom-wolfe-wear-a-white-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Tom Wolfe Wear a White Suit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s interesting piece leads to TIME magazine&#8217;s archives where Tom Wolfe still roams free and holds sway in his own words. For the very busy, very short of concentration, here is the quotation which says it all:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Q. Does it bother you to be called a &#8216;dandy&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p>A. Not at all. Writers, whether they want to admit it or not, are in the business of calling attention to themselves. My own taste is counter-bohemian. My white suits came about by accident. I had a white suit made that was too hot for summer, so I wore it in December. I found that it really irritated people \u2014 I had hit upon this harmless form of aggression!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is no reason to stop here, though, as the piece has links to several old interviews which shed more light on the suit that reflects all back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5278215\/tom-wolfe-white-suits\/\">https:\/\/time.com\/5278215\/tom-wolfe-white-suits\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s interesting piece leads to TIME magazine&#8217;s archives where Tom Wolfe still roams free and holds sway in his own &#8230; <br \/><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/why-did-tom-wolfe-wear-a-white-suit\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48,26,4,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dandyism","category-reading","category-society","category-suits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ville Raivio\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/why-did-tom-wolfe-wear-a-white-suit\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Keikari.com | On classic men&#039;s style, elegance, and the beautiful life.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Did Tom Wolfe Wear a White Suit? 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