"Ivan Ivanovich's splendid bekesha! The finest! And what lambskin! Good heavens, what lambskin! Frosty blue! I'd bet anything that no one else has such a one! For God's sake, look at it. Look from the side when he's talking to someone. A feast for the eyes. Indescribable. Velvet. Silver. Fire. O Lord God. Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, God's saint. Why don't I have such a bekesha?"

Thus Nikolai Gogol, who loved to flaunt a strange outfit, describes Ivan Ivanovich's clothing with obvious pleasure. And his fashion is not only for men. The writer also knew women's attire. The article tells why Gogol invented colors that don't exist and how Ivan Bunin made fun of one of his passions.

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