TOP 3 THINGS THAT MAKE A GREAT DICK by Illya Klymkiw
We spent a lot of time searching the city thrift stores for the perfect suit. Not only did we find one, but Rich also snagged a sweet Céline Dion t-shirt as well, which he eventually gave to Thomas Dearnley-Davison (you can listen to Thomas interviewing us for Spindle Magazine HERE).
While a Céline tee would make for a great detective costume, the budget would not allow for another $1.99 purchase, and since Thomas's shirt has since been soaked in red wine and gin, we had to stick with what we had.
There has been a variety of classic detective uniforms in the past 150 years: The Sullen Trench Coat, The Fedora, The Angela Lansbury Bicycle, or the cocaine-sprinkled deerstalker worn by Sherlock Holmes. Even The Dude's robe and sunglasses have become iconic in the detective world.
We threw that all away (except for Angela Lansbury, she's always in our hearts), and cultivated a brand new look that we felt would resonate up until, at the very latest, December 2013.
The suit is a two piece, thrift store uncle ensemble. The kind your uncle would show up in to your house, uninvited, smelling of yeasty bread and cigarettes. He'd stay for dinner and encourage your parents to smoke indoors. That was the look we wanted, and subsequently found.
But more than that, his look resembles classic 20th century detectives like Kolchak, Columbo, Matlock, or countless other daytime TV reruns your aforementioned uncle watched with you, as the rest of your family went out to the mall or something, leaving you behind because they were tired of your whininess.
The kind of suit that can be fashionably worn in the summer, to hide the waves of yeasty odour you inherited from your uncle, who may in fact be your dad, but nobody will tell you. The perfect SUMMER FRESH LOOK.
That, with a tie, thick Ray-Ban frames, and colourful Nikes with neon highlights make for perfect uncle attire. I mean detective attire.
It is important for a detective to have dishevelled class, and a distinguished air that he might be carrying a flask with a picture of his nephew engraved on it. It must be cheap enough that it can withstand physical activity, scrapping, and being slept in. It must be presentable enough to crash a wedding.
Dick Sibblies is capable of all of these things, and it is his perfect suit that enables him to do so.
I would dare to say it gives him powers.
Next week, PART TWO: THE TRACKS