As a conjuror of panache, his eye studies the subtle details of fabric weight, texture, silhouette, cuff, lapel width, single and double breasting and venting.
The band felt slightly diminished without their charismatic totem prowling the stage like a grizzled shaman, her hand gestures as commanding as a conjuror's.
He's trying to unpick the thing that makes magic work -- and to explain why audiences and conjurors put up with one another, and even seek each other out.