A few years back, magician Dan Harlen and skeptic Micheal Shermer went undercover on the street to try and swindle people with The Pigeon Drop, a classic scam. They do an amazing job, capturing the spirit of the scam and all the little details.
It’s a pity that, a little after this was shot, Dan Harlan got a silly and tried to pinch a bar’s cash register. On the way out of the door his pants fell down, he trip over and knocked out his teeth!
“If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare” - William Arnot quotes
By now, you’ve probably heard about the two men who walked into a London jewellery store and walked off with $80 million in jewelery.
This was no doubt a very well planned robbery. They cased the joint for months, stole just four pieces and vanished without a trace.
But the thing that excited me the most about this audacious crime was the references to clothing. The media refered to them as
“smartly-dressed men”
“expensive suits”
“all the trappings of a customer of the upmarket jeweler”
In other words, they didn’t look like criminals so the shop keepers had no idea what was in store until the thieves were in the middle of the store with their guns out.
That is the power of a good suit. Most of the time, I dress like a homeless guy. T-shirts, jeans, sneakers. But when I’m working, out comes the suit.
I spent Friday in a beautiful suit by Matthew Lawrence for a shoot last week. I felt a million bucks all day.
In the film ‘Criminal’, Richard Gaddis spends the entire film in an expensive suit because “people are more likely to give you money if you look like you don’t need it.”
