“When you look at photographs from 1960s sporting events, people wore a hat and tie. “You know, when I was your age or younger, everyone dressed better than they do now,” he says. On the way to the dental clinic – walking distance from his Upper East Side apartment in Manhattan – he agrees regretfully with me when I remark that journalists today don’t dress as well as they used to. Who's really in power in the age of Trump? An interview with 'HyperNormalisation' director Adam Curtis Talese upgraded this to tailored suits, a habit dating back to his childhood in New Jersey, when his father, a tailor of Italian origin, sent him to school in three-piece suits. In the 1950s, when he worked as a copy boy for The New York Times – and later as a reporter there – newspapermen came to work in tie and hat.
In Talese’s world, it makes no difference whether you’re having root canal work or attending a presidential inauguration: You dress like a gentleman. Egg yolk-colored tie, suede vest, brown jacket, gray trousers, cuff links, handkerchief, brimmed hat.
NEW YORK – Gay Talese has a dental appointment, and he is dressed like a mafioso going to his daughter’s wedding.
