he had had to accept half a dozen unusually patterned foulard ties , dark socks with fancy clocks , two or three 'display kerchiefs ' for his breast pocket , nylon vests and pants ( called t-shirts and shorts ) , a comfortable light-weight camel-hair overcoat with over-buttressed shoulders , a plain grey snap-brim fedora with a thin black ribbon and two pairs of hand-stitched and very comfortable black moccasin 'casuals ' .