we wanted to live the way scott and zelda fitzgerald had lived in new york, before dancing in the plaza fountain, throwing money out of the windows. we wanted that kind of gesture in our life and we certainly weren't going to get it in our basement roach crowded with cockroaches. martha had one beautiful dress she was going to wear when we went downtown to get married at city hall and we thought if i buy a suit to match it we will be living the scott and zelda life even in our little room. so we went down to a discount warehouse and i bought a beautiful navy blue, martha called it inky blue because she had far more words for colors than i did, and we bought it and it was beautiful and it was designed by ted lapiness. generally speaking, he is not a huge name to conjure with in the history of fashion except for one thing that he had done. he designed the white suit john lennon is wearing on the cover of abbey road. this suit was not only a handsome single-breasted blue suit, it also had the beattitude of the beatles upon it. for our generation, the beatles were not a musical group, they