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Today’s power players are expected to wear dark suits even in the dog days of summer. David Ignatius calls for a revival of cream-colored linen and balmy pinfeather. VIEW OUR GALLERY

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Brad Pitt looks effortlessly cool at the premiere of Inglourious Basterds , in Cannes, France.

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Chris Pine in seersucker at a press conference in Beverly Hills, California.

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Trent Lott leads a crowd of fellow seersucker-clad lawmakers in a yearly rite of summer in 2007.

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President George H.W. Bush shows off his seersucker suit at a May wedding he attended with his son, President George W. Bush.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs dressed all in white at the BET Awards.

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Justin Timberlake's wax alter-ego looks perennially good in a summer suit at Madame Tussaud's in London.

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Viggo Mortensen arrives at the premiere of A History of Violence in Sydney, Australia.

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Jay-Z rocks a Dolce & Gabbana white suit and tennis shoes at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Director John Waters arrives for the Hairspray premiere after-party at the Roseland Ballroom last July.

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Loveable lawyer Ben Matlock, played by Andy Griffith, argued his cases in pastel summer suits.

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Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby in 1974.

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Legendary actor James Stewart wearing a seersucker suit.

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Gregory Peck playing attorney Atticus Finch, in a scene from the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. It's official: Lawyers look better in seersucker.

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