The London Lounge

Those of a literary bent might appreciate this piece of trivia.

In PUTMAN STYLE, the handsome Assouline volume on French decorating doyenne Andree Putman, she says of Beckett, "He was destitute, but owned twenty dinner jackets."

Within every ascetic lies an aesthete, perhaps?

I have discovered many of the avant-garde people were quite well-dressed. Paul Bowles, le VIcomte et Vicomtesse de Noailles, Jean Cocteau, Charles Baudelaire, et al.

Incroyable, well observed - all of those thinkers were outwardly expressive - their dress being just one vector of their presonalities. Some expressed themselves wiith words, some with images, some with actions; always dressed with style.

DDM

John Ruskin always looked pretty good too. Search for him in Google images and you'll see some long forgotten Victorian country styles. And very strange coat lengths.
Matisse always painted in a suit. When the weather in Nice required it he seems to have removed his jacket, but never his waistcoat.
There was a funny story about Magritte too. Apparently, to get used to the self-discipline of studio work, every morning he would put on his smartest clothes, pack a briefcase, and march around the block as if he were going to the office. He would then arrive back home and proceed to the studio, now readied for the day's endeavour. It's a nice idea.

I remember Alberto Giacometti had some shirts with fabulous double cuffs.