Paul Bowles- Style.

[LabelKing]

I think the late author Paul Bowles was quite well-dressed. He smoked kif tainted cigarettes in a holder, and his marriage was rather well-known at the time being to the lesbian authoress Jane Bowles.

 

[arkirshner]

The button holes in both lapels is a nice touch but don't you find those lapels simply TOO WIDE?

 

[zjpj83]

The button holes in both lapels is a nice touch but don't you find those lapels simply TOO WIDE?

'twas the style

 

[RJman]

In his magnificent memoirs Palimpsest, Gore Vidal writes of visiting Bowles in the early 1990s in Tangier, remarking how wonderfully Bowles was turned out in his Paris suits from the 1930s...

 

[LabelKing]

The button holes in both lapels is a nice touch but don't you find those lapels simply TOO WIDE?

Note the pinned collar worn with double-breasted suit.

 

[tricket]

What do you think was the color matching scheme of this outfit in real life? I think he matched a beige-tan suit with a gray shirt.

 

[LabelKing]

What do you think was the color matching scheme of this outfit in real life? I think he matched a beige-tan suit with a gray shirt.

Yes, it appears to be a suit in that tone, and it might be a celadon colored shirt possibly.