The straps that suspend a man's trousers from his shoulders - known in the U.S. as 'suspenders' and in Britain as 'braces' - are always correct with a summer suit made of seersucker, linen, or silk.

Socks must be at least an 18-percent synthetic blend to insure they don't droop, because droopy socks that show calf are worse than short socks that do the same.

Bass Weejuns are the Cordovan black or brown penny loafers originally called Norwegian Loafers, hence their name. Worn without socks in the spring and summer, they must be kept to a high-gloss polish and should become burnished with wax over time until they have a fine patina.

When wearing a trench coat, you're allowed to act like Humphrey Bogart when he was detective Sam Spade.

Timberlake was once a boy-band idol with mismatched baggy attire and the curly, frosted locks of a Cabbage Patch Kid doll. His early fashion missteps included a full denim costume complete with rhinestones and a cowboy hat, and for a time, his hair was twisted in cornrows.

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.

Art is anything you can get away with.

You can't rush an art form.