So what if it’s the mid-1980s London not the Newport Jazz Fest, circa 1958? You’ve got Donald Fagen on your side and that’s all the back-up you need.
He's telling you - It’s OK to wear loafers with no socks, button-down shirts and madras shorts; it’s OK to wear cream London Fog raincoats and bucket hats… no matter how ridiculous everyone else thinks you look.
In reality this is Donald Fagen in character. Sitting in a corner of his New York apartment with a makeshift backdrop behind him he's posing as DJ Lester of WJAZ - the Nightfly...His stage props include a vintage microphone (which he has no clue how to use), a turntable (as opposed to a more contemporary CD player) and a copy of a 1959 Sonny Rollins LP.
Contrary to the mood suggested by this image, The Nightfly itself was recorded using state of the art technology. In fact the recording is of such high quality that many engineers still use it as a standard when testing audio equipment.
Only years later do you realise that what you mistook for classic Ivy attire was in fact Fagens caustic satire. Maybe everyone else had a point after all.
