Someone [ @masterofthelivingforce probably XD] once mentioned wanting to see some of Virgil’s outfits. I missed Munday this week, so here’s two birds with one stone. The suit you see here is an Yves Saint-Laurent three-piece that I had the incredible good fortune to come across in a tiny little thrift store in McCormick, South Carolina. Some idiot had decided to separate the clear three-piece suit, so the vest was being sold separately from the coat and trousers, both for $9 each. Let me repeat, kids: Designer three-piece suit, $18 total.
BUT WAIT. It gets better.
The tag on both items [vest and coat/trouser pair] was the half-off tag for that day. Which means I got a designer three piece suit for $9 that couldn’t fit me better if it had been custom tailored.
This story is absolutely how Virgil obtained this suit; it’s the suit he wore to his interview at SI, and it’s the suit he showed up in the day after he got promoted to personal assistant out of the secretary/accounting pool. It remains one of his favorites. Even if it is stupidly difficult to pair it with a tie sometimes [solid colors only, preferably without a pattern in the weave. deep or muted jewel tones seem to work best.]
For those who wish to know, the shoes are Carlos Santana ankle boots, also a thrift store find, that ran me about $9 as well. Shirt, another thrift store find, probably ran me $3. The tie was my grandfather’s.