Is the Suit Dying? Not on Late-Night TV
Why do talk-show hosts like Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert still suit up each night when most of us can just wear chinos to work?
Underneath his glossy wood desk, Jimmy Fallon is not wearing sweatpants. “I don’t think anyone wants to turn on their TV and see a late-night host in athleisure,” Mr. Fallon’s stylist Brian Coats explained.
Mr. Coats has dressed the “Saturday Night Live” alum since “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on NBC debuted in 2014, and that means just one basic formula: suits. At the start of each season Mr. Coats organizes “a million different shirt-and-tie combos,” and racks up tailoring options from the likes of Gucci, Dior,...
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