Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing abowtie. (Williams adopted the bowtie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation of Islam guys who worked in the office--though he says the choice was strictly sartorial, not religious.) Still later, when Williams worked at St.
He wore a wig like a big woolly hat, a red floppy bowtie, a yellow speckled vest, and a black coat, and he was emphatically gesturing with white-gloved hands.