Just fit and be black
by CarolineThis NYT piece on the shopping habits of prominent men bore out an unexpected appearance by personal hero Chuck Close:
I hate to shop. For the last 20 years I only shopped once every two or three years. I would go to the big and tall store and buy only what I could find in 20 minutes, tops — usually a few dozen briefs, T-shirts and sweaters. If there was time left, I would try on a jacket. Nothing needed to be perfect: just fit and be black.
Now I am buying African block-print shirts and pants in a riot of colors and patterns from an African street merchant. I visit him every few weeks to see what’s new. I buy 10 or 15 at a time.
Chuck Close is a job creator, you guys. You can see him wearing an aforementioned black jacket in this riotously delightful interview on the Colbert Report.
Another man in the piece says he wants to buy multiples but “not like Steve Jobs.” I can think of worse things than to resemble one of the world’s wealthiest geniuses.
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