He could remember the noise of the trouser legs rubbing against each other.

NEWYORKER: The Dog

It featured, on the jacket, minimal shoulder padding, dual vents, and a graceful, three-rolled-to-two-button stance (his current favorite lapel style), and, on the pants, singlereverse pleats and one-and-a-quarter-inch-cuffed trouser legs.

NEWYORKER: Another Manhattan

Who knows, perhaps if it is successful the great British tradition of ferret legging, involving stuffing the creatures down trouser legs, might one day become a common sight in the bars of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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