“I don’t think he would look as slick as Mitt Romney, but you would be able to recognize that it was well tailored. “When men of his day took their coats off when it was blistering hot, he kept his on,” said Mr. Malissa, a longtime portrayer of Washington at Mount Vernon. Mr. Hardy does not know who designed the coat his George Washington is wearing, just that it was worn by Representative Roger Williams of Texas. He picked Mr. Williams as a base image for his Photoshop creation after searching online for “U.S. (No, George Washington did not wear a wig, contrary to what many assume.)

Source: New York Times May 14, 2021 11:15 UTC