Crew men looked a bit more staid, despite the pair of pastel purple pants that popped up halfway down the line.

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Who was this man in purple pants and purple tie?

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For much of the 20th century, it was custom for Ivy League graduates (and their imitators) to keep at least one "odd jacket" in their wardrobes to wear with khakis, gray flannels or wide-wale corduroys, rather than slim cargo pants, purple chinos or the "winter whites" that are now a trend in Italy.

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Evert, wearing a turquoise top and white pants, sat in a chair in the kitchen facing Navratilova, who was in black pants and a purple sweater open at the neck, where a gold necklace, on loan from Storm, winked in the lights.

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