Article: Richard Merkin: connoisseur of clothing.

He talks about his clothes with the vehemence and vocabulary that other New Yorkers squander on subway shortcomings or recondite restaurants. He "succumbs" to a style of shirt. Certain Italian designers perpentrate "neo-fascist clothing." One's tweed jacket should possess "the correct patina."

Richard Merkin is a connoisseur of clothing. His pronouncements on matters of men's wear have been quoted in The New York Times and Esquire magazine. During the '60s and '70s, when most American men assayed a "natural" look of unshorn locks and unkempt clothes, Merkin affected a dandyism distinguished by pomaded hair and bespoke suits. Fashion photographers, including ...

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