Waistcoat with a belt

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Imagine, for a second, a belt almost an inch wider, with one of those chrome-plated index card belt buckles that most people own/wear... somehow I think that would look a whole lot worse...

[Asser 1]

That old chief is just crusty looking enough to pull it off.

I have seen the look on Thompson's book but I think the look would create a fine line between disaster and success.