I can understand trying to make Conrad a little more modern, whereas gold suit can only be 50's elvis, but the SHINY black suit (sharkskin?) with a neck tie fits no era prior to the 1980's, for New Wavers like The Cars, The Tubes, Elvis Costello, Brian Ferry / Roxy Music, Bowie, etc. Only Bowie is close to as iconic as Elvis and you'd have to go full 80's adaptation with music and dialogue to make that work, if even possible. One or two true icons back then might have worn a simple jacket and tie, like say Buddy Holly, but to make that work you'd have to go with the sexy nerdy type, glasses and all; could be a fun alternate reality spin, but you gotta commit one way or another. The Everly Brothers, but their trademark was being brothers who looked and sounded nearly identical, flashy clothes could only distract from the novelty. Remember the Bee Gees in matching white suits? Same idea. Elvis did wear a neck tie at times like on Ed Sullivan but with interesting Beale-Street styled jackets, diagonal stripes & what not. Or say a LOUDLY pink shirt, considered shockingly feminine at that time. At very least a give Conrad a colorful tie, or a jacket with a high-contrast open collar shirt. Others like Ricky Nelson or Bobby Darin (when not copying Sinatra) were other icons who did this. All Black suit & tie, shiny or not is way too plain and could represent 1000 do wop acts, or crooners (trough to Michael Buble), and bland teen idols like Paul Anka or worse, Pat Boone. A black suit & tie w white shirt became iconic only when suits were again generally out of style; by then it was unusual and clearly a stylized throwback; think The Blues Brothers, or Reservoir Dogs. These are literally the only "black suit & tie on white shirt" icons of "cool" I can think of (not counting tuxedos, like for Bond, Cary Grant, or Sinatra.) I shouldn't care, I guess, but I can't believe they made such a neutral look with nothing bold & distinctive besides, i guess, being shiny? Lame IMO
I think it's lame that he didn't wear the gold suit as if he's too good or something. Otherwise it was well done. I played Conrad in high school as well.
