Claus (not Clause)

Sadly, after 28 years in a coma, Sunny Von Bulow passed away this week.

Her husband, Claus Von Bulow, was always a dandy, but at the time of his trial (where he was first found guilty of intentionally overdosing his wife with insulin, but subsequently acquitted) he had a smarmy quality that made him quite repellent. Now, however, as this picture in the New York Post shows, he has aged into a fashion plate that I imagine my friend The Sartorialist would love to photograph.

This post is clearly about style, not justice - but news pictures can grab you for all kinds of reasons, and in this case it's the tilt of the hat, the perfect cut of the coat, the one glove on/one glove off, and the cane - more accessory than crutch. I even like the white beard, but in this Christmas season, remember this is Claus, not Clause!