Ele foi para o armário onde guardara os pertences restantes de Eddie. Havia, como ele se lembrava, um par de jeans, e ele os pegou e os desdobrou. Eles estavam angustiados, mas não mais do que os jeans novos hoje em dia, e pareciam se encaixar. William se examinou no espelho; Os jeans decolaram dez anos, ele pensou, possivelmente mais, e eles eram perfeitos com o blazer. Essa foi a essência do inteligente casual, ele pensou-esse conceito vago que permitiu que você usasse qualquer coisa, desde que parecia ter pelo menos algum esforço. Ele poderia segurar a cabeça em qualquer empresa em uma roupa como essa.

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(He went to the cupboard where he had stored Eddie's remaining possessions. There was, as he had remembered, a pair of jeans, and he took these out and unfolded them. They were distressed, but no more so than new jeans were these days, and they appeared to fit. William examined himself in the mirror; the jeans took off ten years, he thought, possibly more, and they were perfect with the blazer. This was the very essence of casual smart, he thought-that vague concept that allowed you to wear anything as long as you looked as if you had at least made some effort. He could hold up his head in any company in an outfit like this.)