The Wardrobe Adventures of:
The Reverend Golightly
Johnny Golightly - pleased to meet you…
My card…
Yes, I do have some rather arcane specialisations. But if you are experiencing anything spiritually untoward, I would be happy to try and help.
It is indeed awkward to talk about, but I can appreciate that you have some familiarity with these matters.
I too would prefer to think in terms of poltergeist activity rather than the vaguer concept of the haunting.
It’s very kind to mention that you know my writings. They are quite exploratory. One day a book, perhaps.
My trilby?
Thanks for the compliment. I’m afraid I am rather vain. But clothes do maketh the man.
To that point, did you read the recent piece on ghost clothes in the Society's journal?
I can, of course, send you the reference.
The House of D Presents:
The Akenfield Poltergeist
Starring:
The Reverend Golightly
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Only those with a detailed knowledge of nineteenth century psychic research would know anything about the strange disappearance of the Reverend Jonathan Golightly.
The author of articles on poltergeists and natural theology, he was celebrated in his day for his impeccable sense of style. Golightly disappeared whilst investigating an alleged haunting in rural Sussex in the late 1800s.
New information has now come to light which may finally resolve one of the most mysterious cases in the annals of ghost lore.
Golightly’s Sartorial style
Reverend Golightly dresses with the quiet confidence of a man who regards both theology and tailoring as disciplines deserving equal seriousness. For the inclement English summer, he favours soft linen jackets, suitable for layering on cooler days, derby shoes polished carefully to a high shine, and, of course, his signature trilby. Beaver fur, he notes, is admirably suited to summertime showers owing to the naturally water-resistant oils present within the fibre.
He may possess the air of an absent-minded academic; nevertheless, Reverend Golightly is, in all matters, an exceedingly particular man. He never fails to notice the cut of a lapel, nor the importance of changing into the appropriate attire for dinner — even after an afternoon spent investigating a haunting. His wardrobe balances clerical restraint with flashes of quiet vanity.
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An Amuse-Bouche…
The Akenfield Poltergeist
Golightly’s old friend asks for help.
Dear Jonathan,
Old friend, it is with much anxiety that I ask for your help. I am sorry to lay my troubles upon you, but I am not sure to whom I can turn. Believe me, Jonathan, I have thought long and hard before writing this letter.
I do not mean to flatter you or place you under undue pressure (one knows that friendship has its protocols), but, after much meditation, I believe that you are the only person who might be able to my family and I.
We are being haunted…
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