Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant's sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.
Colder weather to the north although this is still OK. 53 in Minneapolis, you don't have to put some kind of parka on top of your costume and cover it all up.
The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse.