Nothing Unmediated

Admittedly for a man in his forties his approach to black tie is fastidious and archaic. Because, John had tied his own silk bowtie, a rarity nowadays. He had a shirt linked with studs, real pearl ones, and he had a tight svelte black waistcoat beginning where the studs stopped. His trousers had thick pleats, and he always hitched them, sitting down, to…